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Got a little excited and accidentally picked some still green ones, but hey! First ever fruit I’ve grown! Tastes all the sweeter for it! Thanks everyone for all of your advice! I’ve got so many more still turning, I’ll have to make some blueberry cobbler once they’re all done.

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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah!

They very much are acid loving plants basically all berries are. I made sure to get some acid fertilizer when I planted them but another neat trick is to use evergreen clippings as mulch as it acidifies the soil too.

Now I just need it to get cold again for flowers. Next year. -_-

[–] Araithya@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wow, evergreen clippings? Like from an evergreen tree? That’s brilliant, I’ve got an evergreen partially in my yard so I’ve got endless clippings!

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 4 months ago

Yup yup! Seriously blueberries grow great out in NJ pine barrens and it's mostly from how acidic the soil is from the tree needles.

I ended up using a Yew trimmings which have the added benefit of really not making some of the weeds happy.