I'm not sure if I have the right soil for blueberries. I know I can grow wild raspberries though. They're thick in my woods.
We planted 4 blueberry bushes a couple weeks ago. I bought them on clearance at Runnings so they were 7.50 per bush. Seems like a fairly cheap experiment. The day we were planting our county extension guy happened to be over and he gave us a few tips. I have them written down but not sure where I put them. Here are some of the basics that I remember:
1. Plant 50/50 with high bush and low bush varieties for small plantings and for larger plantings mix even more varieties in. Bushes produce more and larger fruit when pollinated by other varieties.
2. The planting location should be on the down wind side of some brush or something that will help catch snow to cover the bushes during the winter. Bushes will produce much better if they are covered with snow during the winter. It doesn't work to dump snow onto them because it will damage the bush.
3. The soil needs to be acidic with a ph <5.0 with high % of organic matter and also well drained. Dig a hole twice as wide and twice as deep as the root ball. Mix the soil from the hole with peat moss so it is >50% peat moss. It lowers the ph and also adds a lot of organic matter.
4. Add elemental sulfur yearly to maintain ph.
5. The bushes require pruning for max production. Long term when production is down you can burn or chop down with a mower or brush chopper and the new growth should produce well.