Blueberries

[Slatterday]

Does anyone here plant blueberries? We have quite a few wild ones on our property with the tiny little berries. I like the low shrubby cover and enjoy planting things that are good for wildlife as well as people. I'm hoping if I can get some other varieties going it will produce better yields for the native ones too. We saw similar results when we added a few cherry trees from Lowe's and found out there were actually a bunch in the area that just hadn't been producing fruit presumably from lack of cross polination.

I tried growing some highbush varieties from seed this year with no success. If anyone has experience or suggestions I'd appreciate the help.

 

[Turkey Creek]

For our personal consumption, yes. For wildlife use, no. If you already have wild blueberry plants on your property I would just let them keep reproducing. Other than birds and small mammals like possums and coons probably not a lot of deer utilizing blueberries.

 

[Telemark]

I have some blueberry bushes in Ontario, and we have tons of wild blueberries in Norway. They like very acidic soil. Red deer eat the leaves, but I don't know about whitetails.