I accidentally pruned off way too much of 1 of my blackberry’s primo cane last year and sure enough barely got any fruit this year😢 does that mean it’s doomed next year and forevermore!???
I'm in the Hunter region in nsw Australia. In my first year growing blueberries I killed them because my pots were to small my second year I got the largest plastic pot I could find but that year I had sun scold problems and birds ate 90% of the fruit even if it was green so I fixed both problems at the same time, I made a shade house out of portable gazebos with 50% shade cloth for the roof and bird netting on the side and this year I got all of my berries!
Lol, the first time I met my neighbors chicken, she was jumping up to pick blueberries off my bushes. We developed a loving relationship in the next couple years. They moved & I sure miss her.
@@midei - oh, it was heaven. One day, I wiped her beak for her and she really liked it. Who knew their beaks were sensitive?! From there, we got more comfortable with me petting her more; her head, under her eyes, her throat. And, she loved for me to sing to her. She'd stand in a sheltered corner of my porch and I'd sit in a chair by the door and if I sang the lullaby song to her, she would close her little eyes and tilt her little head. I'd feed her treats and she'd eat a little, then come over for a bit of pets, and then go back to eat more & back and forth. She couldn't decide which she liked best. I'd sit on the steps and she'd come find things to peck at...an interesting pattern on my clothes or a flyaway hair. I really miss working in the garden and hearing that soft booock and looking around to see her. It just gave so much joy. Or when she'd run to me; they run so cute. She lived 4 houses away, at the end of the block. Sigh. Some day, I'd like to have a couple hens. She felt really healing and comforting to me.
Just now watched this video…. I have Red Raspberries and Black Raspberries that i let grow wild in the back yard. I get about 10-12 1 gallon freezer bags every summer lol they’ve been growing there since the late 70’s. We love them. I make jellies, pie filling, syrup, etc. that carry us through until the following year when it’s time to pick again. Our neighbors and friends love when i start canning/preserving them. The best part of any garden is sharing what you grow ❤️
I’m in my 4th year of growing blueberries in containers. They are in grow bags mainly because clay and plastic don’t do well in western New York winters. For netting I put a tomato cage over each plant in early spring and periodically check to make sure the branches are growing inside the cage. After they flower and fruit start to develop, I cover each of them with extra large white mesh laundry bags, two per plant. One bag has the bottom cut out and is slipped over as a “sleeve” and anchored with landscape staples to the soil in the pot. The other bag is slipped over the top and clipped to the top of the sleeve with clothes pins. This netting method keeps not only birds, but harmful insects, chipmunks and rabbits out of them. Water goes right through the mesh and to harvest, I open up where the two bags meet. I hope this helps. 🫐
No, they stay outdoors. In the fall I put a fence around them with stakes to support it, and put raked leaves inside the fencing around them to protect them from the cold. Then I weave wire along the top of the stakes that supports the fencing and tie strips of fabric every 18-24” onto the wire. This deters deer from eating the blueberries bushes during the winter. We have deer that stroll through our yard and they have yet to venture near to the blueberries. I call this the “Blueberry Fortress.” 🤣
Hey Kevin, can we get a 6 month update on these berries? It would be awesome to see how they are doing and would help me in my berry garden? Thanks man, keep putting out the good stuff!
My grandmother, who lived on a farm in Michigan, loved raspberries and passed the raspberry gene to me. She had wild blueberries out behind the barn, wild blackberries behind the garage, and raspberries nearly everywhere else. Not roses; raspberries. There were red, yellow, black, and purple raspberries and they all taste just a little bit different, with slightly different seasons. My uncle was the one, though, who taught me about "canning" raspberries - which just means that whatever you can't eat goes into the can, which eventually winds up in the house, to the benefit of those who didn't make the effort to pick them. I'd rather eat than can! 🥰
I was told you cannot plant red raspberries beside the other colors of them, because red being the dominant color would cause the other colors to eventually becoming red, due to pollination. But what your saying makes that untrue. I've always wanted to try the other colors, being in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, ive only seen red, only found out there was other colors about 5 years ago. How do the other colors taste? Which is the best? Thanks for sharing 😊
@@catpride1323 To my knowledge, that isn't how pollination works. What is generally advised is not to plant black raspberries near other colors of raspberries, because they are vulnerable to raspberry diseases that they could catch from the other types of raspberries. Around where I live, black raspberries are about the only thing that can handle my soil. Most raspberries can only grow in a loose soil, and struggle in clay soil, black raspberries which have a different growth habit appear not to have this problem though. Black raspberries are delicious, and are crunchy due to their larger seeds. I've had success with Jewel and Munger in my area, though I'm in a very different climate. I'd like to experiment with other varieties soon, especially the primocane producing ones so I get a longer season. Yellow raspberries have a lighter taste, with notes of stone fruit or tropical flavors. Anne yellow was very productive and vigorous, and worked here for a couple years before declining. Double Gold I tried but it failed, I'll likely try again with a pot. Finally purple raspberries allegedly have a similar taste as red ones, but are apparently sweeter. I tried growing royalty, but it failed in the clay soil. Brandywine is what I'll likely try to grow next, as its growth pattern is more similar to a black raspberry. Tayberries and Loganberries are cross breeds of raspberries with blackberries, which I'd also like to experiment with here to see if they're better adapted to clay soil. Those are said to have a unique taste slightly different than red raspberries. In general, most raspberries need an airy soil, like a loam or sandy loam. If you have a clay soil you'll need to pick out specific varieties of raspberries that don't spread by rhizomes the same way most raspberries do, or are more rot resistant. Black raspberries grow more like marionberries, in that most of their shoots grow out from a 'hill', so they're easier to control the spread of, unlike red raspberries which can become invasive.
" I like to teach you how to become a gardener, to think like a gardener. Instead of becoming a google search engine on youtube." Love this quote Kevin! Gardening is about the journey, not just finding the solutions.
You gave me the motivation to have plant babies again in containers on my back porch (sadly no garden space). I live in a tiny apartment on the ground floor so I've got herbs and a Thai chili plant with my first 2 little chilies popping up. My little lilac is also about to bloom. Someday I hope have an epic garden of my own.
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@@mariannerapp411 He also has a $10 coupon code when you purchase one of the green stalk planters. I’ve got a couple of them and I love them. I garden in a small space also.
Hey Kevin, the reason that bark mixed into the soil of your blueberries does well is because it promotes fungus. Having soil high in fungus makes it acidic due to how they break down their food, with acids. Thanks for the video!
@@Crysarkoh see now I’m confused. Someone in my gardening group said fungus with raspberries are bad. What type of fungus would my raspberries have that’s potentially killing then? My leafs and stems are dying. I was told to trim the dead stuff off and burn what I trimmed. Then use a fungicide.
@@rlopez18m Sounds like some kind of blight or virus, either way yes you should trim and burn any affected spots. I'd steer away from fungicide unless it starts becoming uncontrollable, blight can only spread via touch, so as long as you dispose of the affected parts it should go away. Blight usually happens due to soil splashing on leaves due to there being blight spores in all soil worldwide. Try watering without splashing the plant once you clear all the affected parts, and trim any leaves touching the ground. You could also make a compost tea and use it as a foliar spray to defend against fungus that would hurt your plant. The beneficial microbes take residence on the leaves and reduce the chances of diseases significantly.
@@rlopez18m depends on the fungus. some fungi are beneficial, like a lot of the ones that live in the soil and have symbiotic relationships with plants, and provide nutrients for them. other fungi are detrimental, like the ones that attack the leaves of living plants, those are the parasitic (disease) variety.
Great topic, I was working in a nursery when some of the container variety raspberries got some publicity and were selling like mad, the fact that they're thorn-less makes them easy to work with (in most cases). I also started mulching my berries this year with sunflower seeds that I was feeding chickadee and junco's over the winter cause they're fun to watch and they help in my area with some of the pest pressure. And the last thing I'll say is that i'm experimenting this year, I put some garlic in with my blueberry plant, because it's said that they give off a little uric acid and so far it seems to be going well, it was just some leftover small cloves I had from my garlic planting and i'm not expecting them to produce a harvest, just to see if my blueberry appreciates the company.
I grew a number of varieties of blueberries in containers for several years. Healthy plants. Lots of berries. There's more than one right way to do things. This worked for me. 14 gallon container. (14 gallons of soil is too heavy to lift. You can pull it with a rope.) Northern Highbush varieties for me. Depending on where you live, maybe Southern Highbush varieties. Must have at least 2 different varieties of the same type of highbush to get fruit. For example, 2 different Northern Highbush varieties. Select varieties for your zone with staggered ripening times. Do not pick dwarfs. Worst case, pick half highs. Soil recipe: equal parts pine bark fines (SMALL pine bark mulch), peat moss, compost (not composted manure) plus 1 tbsp gypsum per gallon and 1 tbsp epsom salt per gallon. Water: every day when it's warm. Occasionally add vinegar to the water. Do not allow the roots to dry out or sit in soggy soil. Fertilize: In the spring when the buds swell, add time released fertilizer for acid loving plants. (High nitrogen if you can find it.) Regular fertilizer will kill them. Fertilize with epsom salt a few times a year. Post harvest, add another dose of time release fertilizer. Unless your fertilizer adds calcium, add a handful of gypsum in August. In the fall, add a handful of garden sulfur. Winter: The hardiness zone of the plant refers to the above ground structure, not the roots. (Normally, the roots are kept warmer in the earth.) Unless you live at least 2 zones warmer than the limits of the plant, you need to protect the roots in the winter. I piled leaves generously up around the pot and 6" over the pot for the winter. If you live in a hot climate, you may need to protect the roots from the heat in the summer. Prune: blueberries in pots don't need a lot of pruning. But if you think the plant is overgrown, remove the oldest (thick, gnarly) canes (thick branches coming from the base). Short version, don't trim the length of the canes. Next year's fruit grows on the tip of this years canes. If you cut them off, you cut off next year's fruit. Harvest: Here's the big secret. Blueberries are NOT ripe when they turn blue. Leave them hang for a while. If the berry requires a tug to harvest, it's not ripe. If it rolls off easily by rolling between thumb and finger, it's ripe. If the fruit starts dropping off or shriveling, it's getting late. Generally, hanging means getting sweeter, but less crisp. Blueberries can hang a long time. Pick yourself a bowl and leave the rest until you are ready to eat them. Pests: I would have gotten zero fruit of any kind without bird nets. Make a simple frame from pvc pipe or wood. Drape bird net over the frame, not directly on the plants. I grew a range of fruits in containers. We ate fresh fruit from our "urban orchard" every day all summer until frost. Blueberries were the easiest to grow.
@@annnonomys3132 thank you so much for sharing SO much knowledge on growing blueberries, I appreciate it! I actually just potted up some blueberries and raspberries today! I’ve never tried growing fruit before, so we shall see how this goes! 🤓🤗
Blackberries are the Bain of my existence! My yard is FULL of blueberries, strawberries and blackberries. The blackberries have thorns, and they spread everywhere. I cut them down twice a year and they still produce berries and multiplies rapidly
I wishhh I had that problem 😭 mine died back but then this year when I started ignoring it it’s formed a small compact bush. I have yet to get a single berry though smh.
@@strawberrytiramisu blackberries ripen in later july. I think raspberries and blackberries thrive more if you kinda ignore them.... They are considered a weed in Oregon, we would get boxes full from a wild patch back behind our house.
Happy accident I found for blueberries in containers - I planted some lettuce seeds in one, and the blueberry plant took off like crazy. It is easily 1.5 times the size of the potted blueberry grown without a lettuce. The small one has more berries, but the one partnered with lettuce has amazing growth.
Living in Japan and can only grow in containers. Thank you so much for all the information. Have been struggling with blueberries and have yet to try blackberries. Looking forward to trying blackberries now.
Kevin I just wanted to tell you how great your Epic-6 cell seed starting trays are. I have been starting my own seeds for about ten years now and I have NEVER seen such amazing root growth!The roots are very white and healthy and have created a mat in my trays. All of my plants are big and beautiful. What an amazing product. Now I understand why they sell out so fast. It would be great if you had some bigger ones also. Three or four inch pots would be awesome. Thanks for such a great product!
Saying a big thank you from Georgia! I am a slow gardener, but today I was so pleased using my hose link to water - oh my! so convenient! So neat and tidy! - and my square foot garden spacing template. Would not have known about these without your recommendations, and they have made my time in the garden so much more enjoyable. Thank you!
@@moisesm9602 It's kind of like a black raspberry but the whole plant is toxic (but not very toxic with the leaves containing more toxins then the berries) so if you eat a large amount at once who could feel sick. Like diarrhea, blurred vision, stomach cramps and such
I seriously can't wait until I have property to farm. Currently living in an apartment with little to no extra space and I realllyyy want to grow my own food. These videos have been extremely informative and helpful for a beginner like me :)
Wow, I never realized on how blessed I am in that sense, where I have a lot of land space, I have about 100x15m in one garder and about 80x40m in the other garden. So yeah pretty much unlimited space when it comes to gardening, sadly we don't use it to the full extent(only about 15-20% of the land in one garder) and none in the other one. Yeah I'm looking forward to planing some of those berries, and hopefully they succeed!
I live in a apartment.my landlord lets me grow veggies in buckets around the house and yard.i have 2 jaholopino peppers plants in front of our steps.i also have 2 tomato plants in buckets beside the house.i just bought some basil in pots and a lemon tree in a pot im putting behind the house.im also growing lettuce and carrots in long window containers in my kitchen window.
Blasted earwigs! We have a major problem with them here in San Diego. They eat all the new leaf growth on my fruit trees. I put traps out to capture them - small bowls filled with vegetable oil and soy sauce seems to be doing the trick so far.
OMG I just picked my 1st blueberries from my container garden - they are amazing! We got that heat wave a few weeks back and my tiny raspberries fizzled out so the blueberries are making my confidence bounce back.
Well done, sir. You are a very good presenter. I notice, too, that you were growing a lovely healthy artichoke. Thank you and greetings from the Land Down Under.
I bought a couple blueberry pots a few months ago, then left them sitting in the plastic pot in front of my house. The only water they got was rain. Thought they were dead for sure! Then, about 2 weeks ago they both started growing and budding!! They lived! I will try to repot them since they have such a strong will to live!
literally just yesterday I was thinking that I needed to move my one raspberry bush which was grown much bigger and faster than I expected. I'll be moving them into a raised bed, but this does give me more information about what soil to use in the bed and how to better care for them. So thanks!
Wow, I just literally put on my list to buy seeds for those fruits that's if they are sold in seed form. I'm starting my vegetable and flower garden. Thank you so much for all your help. Love your channel, just found it real recent as of February 2023
Kevin, I absolutely love your channel. I'm also a self-taught gardener. It is my dream to quit my day-job and have a community garden teaching cultivation to communities in the Southeastern US. Thank you for your informative and inspirational videos. I'm looking forward to getting your book!
We got bushel and berry raspberry and blackberry bushes last year. We planted them in a giant blue toy tub container things and they have been loving it. Lots of flowers this year! Cant wait for the berries to develop! Also bushy blackberries are way better than the himalayan blackberries that have been trying to invade my yard. Say no to himalayan blackberries
This will be my first year growing blueberries and grapes I’m so excited I’ve only ever grown veggies and herbs so I’m branching off to fruit and berries this year I have all the ingredients you listed so I’ll see how this goes! 🌻
Thank you ... this was the perfect video for me. Recently moved to a retirement community, high rise, fabulous lanai but no yard. Excellent instruction, good camera work, and I like your style. Didn't know there were container blueberries ... turn me loose, I am ready to plant!
That is awesome. I just did videos on Blueberries and Blackberries last week. That is great you used clay pots. No chance of leaching plastic. Also it is good to grow two types of blueberry to get higher yields.
Berries are the best, last year we put in 12 different brambles (blackberry, raspberry, boysenberry etc), 11 different blueberries (our native soil was 6-6.5 pH so a little sulphur to drop it that little bit), about 10-12 different strawberry varieties and some Midyims (native Aussie berry). Hoping to add another native a muntrie, this year. Our raspberries produced the first year, the same with the strawberries and the kids have been going nuts with the berries lol. I would plant strawberries into the pots as a living mulch.
i didnt think id be taking the wild razzberries and blackberries here in ireland for granted but seeing what you have to do here does make me thankful that they literally are everywhere here
Excellent as always! we have rabbit-eye blueberries from farms in our area in Southeastern North Carolina. I haven't dressed the beds in 3 years so I'm cleaning and adding fresh compost to continue the excellent growth/berries we have been getting over the last couple of years. Thank you so much for your encouragement and information as we continue to grow:) Blessings!!
The best work - Been watching you shows on UA-cam since the pandemic! I didn't get in to growing veggies, or fruits, but taking care of the bushes and Japanese Maple my Church has growing. Learn so much from you. Keep inspiring
This is extremely helpful, I was scared to try growing these in the climate we have. But now I know they can thrive! This is so exciting and now I’m on the look out for some berry bushes and know that I can confidently grow them in potting systems! THANK YOU! Gained a new subscriber and I’m excited to binge your channel to better my green thumb!
I had a beautiful raspberry patch at our old house, it was very established - I have no idea how old it was, but we got at least 10 pints of raspberries every summer. Every spring I would prune down all the dead canes from the year before, then the second year canes would give us lots of raspberries and the first year canes would just grow and get healthy and ready to bear! I miss them.
I have a tiny raspberry I have yet to pot up in my garden so the tips are very useful! I've had blueberries in containers for a couple of years now and they're doing really well, I tend to mulch mine with pine needles kept from Christmas trees and a little bit of coffee grounds!
@@TurningTesting not at all! We use the left over grounds after making coffee. I drink loose leaf tea too so often throw the used leaves into the mix - though I don't know if there is a benefit to that!
@@LtReinRaus thanks for clarifying! I'm so skittish to start having plants, but brilliant experience with chives in a glass got me curious. And people sharing tips and tricks is encouraging ☺️ What about mold? The fluffy growth thing that I've seen once when left my coffee cup unwashed for week 😅
@@TurningTesting I sometimes get that in the outside bowl I use to store the grounds before pouring them into my planted pots, but I've never found it to cause any problems!
Wow Kevin, remembering back when you pruned the tree in the background, looking awesome. I planted 2 new blueberries this year near my 90 year old Spruce tree and trying mulch with spruce needles. Thanks for all your help, even though our climates can be very different, your channel is still a great resource.
@@epicgardening hi, I was actually wondering about the tree. Is that a kumquat or a loquat? I live in Florida and we have loquats everywhere but everyone thinks they're kumquats.
Yes! Blackberries are invasive weeds here in Seattle area, lol, but I’ve been wanting to do container blueberries and raspberries. Off to the nursery I go to find some Bushel and Berries varieties.
My neighbors are letting blackberries eat their house and are now encroaching into our yard. It’s the worst. But love the fruit. Containers seem like a great option and I love the idea of a trellis arch full of boysenberries
I live in New england and just planted a blueberry bush last season and was definely looking forward to planting more berries this year! Plus I have tons of wild blackberries that grow on the edges of our yard
I'm growing my first "Patriot" blueberry bush here on my balcony in Quebec Canada, Zone 4. Sadly the bees haven't woken up fully yet, but the flies sure have.
I'm in Northern Ontario. We've got blueberry bushes, rhubarb and wild raspberry on the side of the house. Super love and appreciate your videos. Potatoes are our newest addition so thanks especially for all your potato growing tips.
I got my raspberries as just two tiny plants from someone a town over. They produce in the summer and then again in the Autumn. I've had them in a trunk, outside, for probably 6-7 years now. They are my children's favorite part of our yard.
I really appreciate your knowledge and ability to explain what you know in a timely and understandable fashion. I've found courage to grow things that I thought that ai couldn't. Thanks. Great job!!!
Thanks for the mixture for each plant. I thought I was making it right I just need to mix more. I have Triple Crown BlackBerry Plant, and Dwarf TOP HAT Rabbiteye Blueberry Bushes. I am going to plant in containers Jalapeno and cherry tomatoes. In my raised garden beds I am going to have carrots and green onions.
I actually propagated a neighbor's raspberry plant last year with like one cane - I thought I killed it over winter, but it came back! Obviously I don't expect much from it this year because it's still a small plant but I put it in a bigger grow bag. Can't wait for it to keep growing 🥰
You are Sooo right about the intelligence of birds!! The cat bird "owns" our blueberries - squawks at me all the time. They can also find ways to get Under the netting - so be sure to anchor it all the way around. Last year, we saved those clear plastic containers in which berries are sold. They snap nicely around groups of berries. Birds got some, we got some - just be sure to put them on early because I caught the cat bird snagging berries way before they were ripe!
I bought one of the Bush and Berry shortcake raspberries on clearance for $5 last year, she is so leafy and gorgeous this year! Hope I get lots of berries :)
Kevin, you’ve motivated me to plant raspberries so I picked up a couple of plants to grow. Super excited. Thank you for your knowledge. Keep up the great work.
Thank for explaining why my raspberries and blackberries never made it. I prefer container gardening and even grew silver queen corn in buckets when everyone told me I couldn't. I have always said my biggest arch nemesis is that darn squash bug. I have killed far too many plants finding and digging them out before I started netting everything. I am ok with hand pollinating if I have to. Used to do it to my cukes in my hoop house
Glad to know I'm not the only one growing corn in a pot! Lol. I started some and they just grew! Grounded two of them and left the other two and the two in the pot are just exploding, while the two in the ground are like 'nope, we're going to be slow and small for now'.
Unreal mate!!! I have all these growing in my food forest at the moment!!!! They are so bloody delicious picked straight from the yard!!!!! Big love to you x
Kevin, I absolutely love your channel. I'm also a self-taught gardener. It is my dream to quit my day-job and have a community garden teaching cultivation to communities in the Southeastern US. Thank you for your informative and inspirational videos. I'm looking forward to getting your book!
This is perfect timing for me. I started with blackberries,raspberries and blueberries this season.Never tried to grow them before.I also got conteiners varieties,since I don ´t have garden. I was always afraid to grow berries in general, since popular believe is that :”they grow big “. Well I try anyway ☺️ Happy gardening
Salal berries are also everywhere in British Columbia and make a very sweet treat, tasting like a sweeter blueberry...the flowers drip with resin and a very sticky The leaves are commonly used in floral arrangements
This past spring I picked up a raspberry plant from Walter Andersen Nursery and threw it in a 20 gallon plastic pot with a fox farm, compost, and native soil mix. The original 2 canes are dark green and there are a ton of new, light-green canes. I can't wait for the harvest!
I was happy to come across this one, because I've got a pot growing black raspberries right now, from seed. I have several large black raspberry patches out back, and when I run the fruit through the food mill to get juice, I wind up with piles of mostly crushed seeds, and just toss them out the window into large pots outside. Left those out for a few months, and seeds around the edges of the pot started sprouting, presumably because they get the most natural water when it rained or dew formed. Was thinking when they start to get large enough to try repotting and then giving them to neighbours who want to start their own patches.
I love my 7 blueberry bushes. I’ve made pies, ice cream, muffins, scones, cobblers, and pancakes with my blueberries. I even learned about feeding them Potash and Phosphorus last year which really gave me these HUGE delicious blueberries. The best blueberries I ever had, it’s kinda sad when you realize people aren’t getting the best food possible. I can’t buy certain things from the store anymore, like blueberries, onions, peas, carrots. I have to grow my own because store brands are just basic
Mine fruit off both canes different times of the year , the old canes will send flowers start of spring thru summer and the new growth sets fruit after it gets about 3ft tall
Thank you soooooo much for putting where your garden is located above the title of your video.....for me.....this helps know what growing zone you are in and how it relates to my growing zone
It's funny we have essentially opposite climates so I always pay attention to the things you say don't do well in your garden. They will probably do ok in mine! Not enough sun and too much rain!
True I live in Finland where blueberries grow in almost all forests. They like the most moist and shadowed forest which is full of bark and moss on the ground.
love your emphasis on observation. People ask me often how I'm such a good gardener and it's cause I've been gardening since I could walk fast enough to keep up with grandpa! I won't say how many decades ago that was! but it takes years of observation to learn the plants, learn your soil (and if you're a renter, you learn alot about containers!), learn your WEATHER!!! (I check 2x a day, the world she is changing!), learn your garden's ecology (bugs, weeds, birds). That all takes time.... no other way... ask Dr. Jacques, you stare at a rock until you attain enlightenment... about that rock...then you find another rock....
Just got my 1st blueberry bush!! ..already ripe blueberries on it..I ate them on way home ..as I walked with a smile on my face with my new friend....Bernie Blueberry...😁
Oh my goodness this is what my mom and I are going to grow first, she already has your book but these are her favorite s!! Thank you epic gardening guy 🐝🌼💚🐾🔥🐕🦺😇
I have 5 blueberry plants that are each in a 5 gallon buckets! I feed them each spring and fall with rotted goat manure. 4 times in summer they get well rotted cow manure. They produce well. I move them to the protected side of the house to over winter and they are on year 3 or 4 with us!
ooh can i drop you my favourite berry recipe for when harvest time comes? scrummylane's blueberry yogurt muffins (they work great as a base recipe for cakes/muffins AND no mixer required!)
Lay a root bound or spiraling root system on its side before re-potting and roll it back and forth breaking the soil ball to avoid damaging the roots. really woody plants can at this point have their roots slightly trimmed, especiallly if you have any mushy over watered/rotted roots. unless there is a long taproot, you should try to lay the roots out as laterally as possible then backfill the pot to the original depth. Berries in pots need a bit less watering but a bit more attention to ph values to continue productivity
I love watching your videos! They have helped me so much especially with my tomato plants last year. I would love if you did a video like this for strawberries. Im Trying those out this year and I’m trying them out in a hanging container. Thank you!!
For those planting bare root raspberries, the people I bought mine from recommend no fertilizer in the soil when you transplant them due to possible root burn.
Hello Kevin, This is Michelle from India. Your videos have been tremendously inspiring and informative. Would you kindly make some suggestions on Epic Gardening, suitable for Indian climate and soil?
I truly enjoyed this video. I have been a farmer, I l landscaper in three Midwest states as an adult returning to one in particular when my mother was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and iamb just recently in the last five years finding the joy of container gardening. My only frustration with this video is it it doesn’t apply to my soon. In fact several of the gardeners I love to listen to that is the case. I want to move east and south because you guys have better gardening zones and I do in the Midwest. And definitely a nicer variety of plants both floral and fruit and vegetables. I know I can figure this out myself but it’s just be nice if somebody did some of the planning for me especially as I am now fighting cancer myself. … gardening is good for my soul and helps fight cancer as well. Keep planting in those parts and I’ll keep watching your show❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Great video, thank you! I’d like to try growing berries in pots in Iowa. My native soil here is heavy clay. I’m curious to know what size your pots are-how many gallons or how many inches is the opening. Sorry if I missed it in the video.
I planted three blueberry bushes in containers this year and they are THRIVING! Might add some raspberries in the yard too but we have a lot of rabbits and birds who love to snack on the garden 😬
Thank you so much for using the word Optional, It let's us average Gardener's get to growing. Love the instructions. I listen to other UA-cam garden video's and just feel depressed. I have raspberry, blackberry in my garden and they do great. I don't have to buy this get that from all their sponsored links. Have a great growing season.
Kevin... I can't wait to see you "save" that dragon fruit behind :) I also love berries - but mine are not potted, I'm keeping them in my backyard tied to trellis. Awesome tips, thank you!
I have a few of those types of black&Raspberry in zone 6 NE Ohio all but one made it through winter in container. It was a mild winter but we had some extreme cold snaps. I will definitely add more when they are on sale.
live in upstate NY/Adirondack and have sandy loom and clay soil, heavy clay and rocky is where the natural berry bushes thrive with tall dense plants that spread as soon as theres room for more. i used the same soil to transfer into pots and added some acidic compost. great for jams!
Seems You've Learned A Lot From Me Epic. Especially My Micro Bark Idea Made By GreenAll. Been Growing Blueberries For Over 10 years Like This In Containers. Good Job!
Thanks my friend, I live in the uk and I’m a small apartment but it hasn’t stopped me growing I have nearly 20 something plants on the go at the minute, I just purchased a container raspberry yesterday and I’m looking for what soils and compost ext..this is my first time growing I’m going to have about 40 plants in total, my dad is in his 70s and he has a decent sixes allotment I will start the growing process at home and give him most of them to plant there for this summer, Im looking forward to the sun beating down mid summer and all my plants bearing goodies, I love growing
Thanks to Bushel and Berry for sponsoring and providing these EPIC varieties: www.bushelandberry.com/varieties
I accidentally pruned off way too much of 1 of my blackberry’s primo cane last year and sure enough barely got any fruit this year😢 does that mean it’s doomed next year and forevermore!???
I'm in the Hunter region in nsw Australia. In my first year growing blueberries I killed them because my pots were to small my second year I got the largest plastic pot I could find but that year I had sun scold problems and birds ate 90% of the fruit even if it was green so I fixed both problems at the same time, I made a shade house out of portable gazebos with 50% shade cloth for the roof and bird netting on the side and this year I got all of my berries!
Your opening.. I'm (almost) experiencing pot and fence envy. Looks great, Kev!
@DLS Dyer Yup, that’s a dead sexy fence.
Thank you!
Lol, the first time I met my neighbors chicken, she was jumping up to pick blueberries off my bushes. We developed a loving relationship in the next couple years. They moved & I sure miss her.
What a lovely story!
Lol, my old neighbor misses my chickens, they would sneak into his garage and lay eggs in an old laundry hamper.
@@SgtRudySmith31bRet - Yeah, cleaning through a garden bed one day, I found 8 eggs! I had no idea she was laying eggs in my yard.
@@midei - oh, it was heaven. One day, I wiped her beak for her and she really liked it. Who knew their beaks were sensitive?! From there, we got more comfortable with me petting her more; her head, under her eyes, her throat. And, she loved for me to sing to her. She'd stand in a sheltered corner of my porch and I'd sit in a chair by the door and if I sang the lullaby song to her, she would close her little eyes and tilt her little head. I'd feed her treats and she'd eat a little, then come over for a bit of pets, and then go back to eat more & back and forth. She couldn't decide which she liked best. I'd sit on the steps and she'd come find things to peck at...an interesting pattern on my clothes or a flyaway hair. I really miss working in the garden and hearing that soft booock and looking around to see her. It just gave so much joy. Or when she'd run to me; they run so cute. She lived 4 houses away, at the end of the block. Sigh. Some day, I'd like to have a couple hens. She felt really healing and comforting to me.
I love this thread. I now want a chicken neighbor
Just now watched this video…. I have Red Raspberries and Black Raspberries that i let grow wild in the back yard. I get about 10-12 1 gallon freezer bags every summer lol they’ve been growing there since the late 70’s. We love them. I make jellies, pie filling, syrup, etc. that carry us through until the following year when it’s time to pick again. Our neighbors and friends love when i start canning/preserving them. The best part of any garden is sharing what you grow ❤️
I was wondering if I could let mine grow in my back yard if it will survive the winter
I’m in my 4th year of growing blueberries in containers. They are in grow bags mainly because clay and plastic don’t do well in western New York winters.
For netting I put a tomato cage over each plant in early spring and periodically check to make sure the branches are growing inside the cage. After they flower and fruit start to develop, I cover each of them with extra large white mesh laundry bags, two per plant. One bag has the bottom cut out and is slipped over as a “sleeve” and anchored with landscape staples to the soil in the pot. The other bag is slipped over the top and clipped to the top of the sleeve with clothes pins. This netting method keeps not only birds, but harmful insects, chipmunks and rabbits out of them. Water goes right through the mesh and to harvest, I open up where the two bags meet.
I hope this helps. 🫐
thank you for sharing! ❤️
Yes, very helpful! One question, do you bring the plants indoors for winter?
No, they stay outdoors. In the fall I put a fence around them with stakes to support it, and put raked leaves inside the fencing around them to protect them from the cold. Then I weave wire along the top of the stakes that supports the fencing and tie strips of fabric every 18-24” onto the wire. This deters deer from eating the blueberries bushes during the winter. We have deer that stroll through our yard and they have yet to venture near to the blueberries. I call this the “Blueberry Fortress.” 🤣
Thanks for the tips!
I’m in Central NY. May I ask what varieties you have and where you purchased them? Didn’t know you could grow these fruit bushes in containers in NY!
Hey Kevin, can we get a 6 month update on these berries? It would be awesome to see how they are doing and would help me in my berry garden? Thanks man, keep putting out the good stuff!
Oooh I love that fence design.
I thought the exact same thing when I saw it. The property is really coming together.
Dude living on the resort version of a garden. Super jelly.
I love that fence
So slick
Plese saw from blackberry sead how to Grown.
Watching this as I'm eating my oatmeal with blueberries that I just picked from the pots on my porch!
My grandmother, who lived on a farm in Michigan, loved raspberries and passed the raspberry gene to me. She had wild blueberries out behind the barn, wild blackberries behind the garage, and raspberries nearly everywhere else. Not roses; raspberries. There were red, yellow, black, and purple raspberries and they all taste just a little bit different, with slightly different seasons. My uncle was the one, though, who taught me about "canning" raspberries - which just means that whatever you can't eat goes into the can, which eventually winds up in the house, to the benefit of those who didn't make the effort to pick them. I'd rather eat than can! 🥰
I was told you cannot plant red raspberries beside the other colors of them, because red being the dominant color would cause the other colors to eventually becoming red, due to pollination.
But what your saying makes that untrue.
I've always wanted to try the other colors, being in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, ive only seen red, only found out there was other colors about 5 years ago.
How do the other colors taste?
Which is the best?
Thanks for sharing 😊
@@catpride1323 To my knowledge, that isn't how pollination works. What is generally advised is not to plant black raspberries near other colors of raspberries, because they are vulnerable to raspberry diseases that they could catch from the other types of raspberries. Around where I live, black raspberries are about the only thing that can handle my soil. Most raspberries can only grow in a loose soil, and struggle in clay soil, black raspberries which have a different growth habit appear not to have this problem though.
Black raspberries are delicious, and are crunchy due to their larger seeds. I've had success with Jewel and Munger in my area, though I'm in a very different climate. I'd like to experiment with other varieties soon, especially the primocane producing ones so I get a longer season. Yellow raspberries have a lighter taste, with notes of stone fruit or tropical flavors. Anne yellow was very productive and vigorous, and worked here for a couple years before declining. Double Gold I tried but it failed, I'll likely try again with a pot. Finally purple raspberries allegedly have a similar taste as red ones, but are apparently sweeter. I tried growing royalty, but it failed in the clay soil. Brandywine is what I'll likely try to grow next, as its growth pattern is more similar to a black raspberry.
Tayberries and Loganberries are cross breeds of raspberries with blackberries, which I'd also like to experiment with here to see if they're better adapted to clay soil. Those are said to have a unique taste slightly different than red raspberries.
In general, most raspberries need an airy soil, like a loam or sandy loam. If you have a clay soil you'll need to pick out specific varieties of raspberries that don't spread by rhizomes the same way most raspberries do, or are more rot resistant. Black raspberries grow more like marionberries, in that most of their shoots grow out from a 'hill', so they're easier to control the spread of, unlike red raspberries which can become invasive.
" I like to teach you how to become a gardener, to think like a gardener. Instead of becoming a google search engine on youtube." Love this quote Kevin! Gardening is about the journey, not just finding the solutions.
It’s so weird, I literally read your comment as he was saying it lol x
@Bobby Jay Thank you, but the credit should go to Kevin.
You gave me the motivation to have plant babies again in containers on my back porch (sadly no garden space). I live in a tiny apartment on the ground floor so I've got herbs and a Thai chili plant with my first 2 little chilies popping up. My little lilac is also about to bloom. Someday I hope have an epic garden of my own.
Ever consider a tower garden? You can grow most veg, fruits, herbs & flowers year round indoor or outdoor with a tower garden. Let me know if/how I can help
@@SharneseLaNierHELPS what's a tower garden 😍
@@SharneseLaNierHELPS He has a couple Greenstalks and has a video or two on them
@@kristaseattle just an upward way of growing. I want one just because they are beautiful when filled out.
@@mariannerapp411 He also has a $10 coupon code when you purchase one of the green stalk planters. I’ve got a couple of them and I love them. I garden in a small space also.
Hey Kevin, the reason that bark mixed into the soil of your blueberries does well is because it promotes fungus. Having soil high in fungus makes it acidic due to how they break down their food, with acids. Thanks for the video!
Is that a good thing?
@@MakeUpMofo Yes, most perennials are symbiotic with funguses.
@@Crysarkoh see now I’m confused. Someone in my gardening group said fungus with raspberries are bad. What type of fungus would my raspberries have that’s potentially killing then? My leafs and stems are dying. I was told to trim the dead stuff off and burn what I trimmed. Then use a fungicide.
@@rlopez18m Sounds like some kind of blight or virus, either way yes you should trim and burn any affected spots. I'd steer away from fungicide unless it starts becoming uncontrollable, blight can only spread via touch, so as long as you dispose of the affected parts it should go away. Blight usually happens due to soil splashing on leaves due to there being blight spores in all soil worldwide. Try watering without splashing the plant once you clear all the affected parts, and trim any leaves touching the ground. You could also make a compost tea and use it as a foliar spray to defend against fungus that would hurt your plant. The beneficial microbes take residence on the leaves and reduce the chances of diseases significantly.
@@rlopez18m depends on the fungus.
some fungi are beneficial, like a lot of the ones that live in the soil and have symbiotic relationships with plants, and provide nutrients for them.
other fungi are detrimental, like the ones that attack the leaves of living plants, those are the parasitic (disease) variety.
Great topic, I was working in a nursery when some of the container variety raspberries got some publicity and were selling like mad, the fact that they're thorn-less makes them easy to work with (in most cases). I also started mulching my berries this year with sunflower seeds that I was feeding chickadee and junco's over the winter cause they're fun to watch and they help in my area with some of the pest pressure. And the last thing I'll say is that i'm experimenting this year, I put some garlic in with my blueberry plant, because it's said that they give off a little uric acid and so far it seems to be going well, it was just some leftover small cloves I had from my garlic planting and i'm not expecting them to produce a harvest, just to see if my blueberry appreciates the company.
Can you do a video about caring for aging container blueberry plants? When and how to trim it up, adding to or supplementing the soil, etc?
Yes!
I grew a number of varieties of blueberries in containers for several years. Healthy plants. Lots of berries. There's more than one right way to do things. This worked for me. 14 gallon container. (14 gallons of soil is too heavy to lift. You can pull it with a rope.) Northern Highbush varieties for me. Depending on where you live, maybe Southern Highbush varieties. Must have at least 2 different varieties of the same type of highbush to get fruit. For example, 2 different Northern Highbush varieties. Select varieties for your zone with staggered ripening times. Do not pick dwarfs. Worst case, pick half highs. Soil recipe: equal parts pine bark fines (SMALL pine bark mulch), peat moss, compost (not composted manure) plus 1 tbsp gypsum per gallon and 1 tbsp epsom salt per gallon. Water: every day when it's warm. Occasionally add vinegar to the water. Do not allow the roots to dry out or sit in soggy soil. Fertilize: In the spring when the buds swell, add time released fertilizer for acid loving plants. (High nitrogen if you can find it.) Regular fertilizer will kill them. Fertilize with epsom salt a few times a year. Post harvest, add another dose of time release fertilizer. Unless your fertilizer adds calcium, add a handful of gypsum in August. In the fall, add a handful of garden sulfur. Winter: The hardiness zone of the plant refers to the above ground structure, not the roots. (Normally, the roots are kept warmer in the earth.) Unless you live at least 2 zones warmer than the limits of the plant, you need to protect the roots in the winter. I piled leaves generously up around the pot and 6" over the pot for the winter. If you live in a hot climate, you may need to protect the roots from the heat in the summer. Prune: blueberries in pots don't need a lot of pruning. But if you think the plant is overgrown, remove the oldest (thick, gnarly) canes (thick branches coming from the base). Short version, don't trim the length of the canes. Next year's fruit grows on the tip of this years canes. If you cut them off, you cut off next year's fruit. Harvest: Here's the big secret. Blueberries are NOT ripe when they turn blue. Leave them hang for a while. If the berry requires a tug to harvest, it's not ripe. If it rolls off easily by rolling between thumb and finger, it's ripe. If the fruit starts dropping off or shriveling, it's getting late. Generally, hanging means getting sweeter, but less crisp. Blueberries can hang a long time. Pick yourself a bowl and leave the rest until you are ready to eat them. Pests: I would have gotten zero fruit of any kind without bird nets. Make a simple frame from pvc pipe or wood. Drape bird net over the frame, not directly on the plants.
I grew a range of fruits in containers. We ate fresh fruit from our "urban orchard" every day all summer until frost. Blueberries were the easiest to grow.
@@annnonomys3132 thank you so much for sharing SO much knowledge on growing blueberries, I appreciate it! I actually just potted up some blueberries and raspberries today! I’ve never tried growing fruit before, so we shall see how this goes! 🤓🤗
@@carolinasv525 Wish you luck.
@@annnonomys3132 Thank you! That was very helpful for a first timer 😊
Blackberries are the Bain of my existence! My yard is FULL of blueberries, strawberries and blackberries. The blackberries have thorns, and they spread everywhere. I cut them down twice a year and they still produce berries and multiplies rapidly
Pretty cool!
Try them in a pie! Blackberries make the best pies!
Pick and sell them!
I wishhh I had that problem 😭 mine died back but then this year when I started ignoring it it’s formed a small compact bush. I have yet to get a single berry though smh.
@@strawberrytiramisu blackberries ripen in later july. I think raspberries and blackberries thrive more if you kinda ignore them.... They are considered a weed in Oregon, we would get boxes full from a wild patch back behind our house.
Happy accident I found for blueberries in containers - I planted some lettuce seeds in one, and the blueberry plant took off like crazy. It is easily 1.5 times the size of the potted blueberry grown without a lettuce. The small one has more berries, but the one partnered with lettuce has amazing growth.
Why do blueberries grow better with lettuce?? Very interesting!
Cool I will try that. I’m gonna try and grow blueberries this year.
Is it related to nitrogen level?
@@lova368 I'm really not sure. I didn't do any soil testing, just want another place for lettuce and picked the blueberry pot. :)
Sometimes interplanting helps to drive oxygen into the soil?
Living in Japan and can only grow in containers. Thank you so much for all the information. Have been struggling with blueberries and have yet to try blackberries. Looking forward to trying blackberries now.
Where in Japan? Haskaps (native to Hokkaido) are growing in my containers whereas blueberries failed. Give it a shot.
I’d love to try haskaps. Haven’t seen them where I live, but I have yet to venture into other cities, since I moved here last winter.
hmm i’d love to grow those but i’m in NYC would that be a problem?
@@jayclearmen411 I'm on Long Island close to Queens and I think blackberries are hospitable to this climate. I'm growing blackberries and raspberries.
Kevin I just wanted to tell you how great your Epic-6 cell seed starting trays are. I have been starting my own seeds for about ten years now and I have NEVER seen such amazing root growth!The roots are very white and healthy and have created a mat in my trays. All of my plants are big and beautiful. What an amazing product. Now I understand why they sell out so fast. It would be great if you had some bigger ones also. Three or four inch pots would be awesome. Thanks for such a great product!
Means a lot to HEAR!
Working on the bigger ones ;)
Love what you said about having to learn how to become a gardener. You hit it right on the head and you do a amazing job teaching. Thank you so much.
Saying a big thank you from Georgia! I am a slow gardener, but today I was so pleased using my hose link to water - oh my! so convenient! So neat and tidy! - and my square foot garden spacing template. Would not have known about these without your recommendations, and they have made my time in the garden so much more enjoyable. Thank you!
Gosh, I have boyenberry, and blackberry to plant this weekend. I needed this video. Thank you!
I have blueberries to put out also! Good luck with yours ☺️ yummy at picking time!
Be careful not to eat a large amount of boyenberry at a time though
I'm going to make jam out of them.
@@onlineearner4669 why? Actually what's boysenberry in the first place lol
@@moisesm9602 It's kind of like a black raspberry but the whole plant is toxic (but not very toxic with the leaves containing more toxins then the berries) so if you eat a large amount at once who could feel sick. Like diarrhea, blurred vision, stomach cramps and such
I seriously can't wait until I have property to farm. Currently living in an apartment with little to no extra space and I realllyyy want to grow my own food. These videos have been extremely informative and helpful for a beginner like me :)
Wow, I never realized on how blessed I am in that sense, where I have a lot of land space, I have about 100x15m in one garder and about 80x40m in the other garden. So yeah pretty much unlimited space when it comes to gardening, sadly we don't use it to the full extent(only about 15-20% of the land in one garder) and none in the other one. Yeah I'm looking forward to planing some of those berries, and hopefully they succeed!
Territorial seed company has some dwarf tomato seeds? Two varieties stay about 6-8 inches tall, at least one is a cherry tomato.
I live in a apartment.my landlord lets me grow veggies in buckets around the house and yard.i have 2 jaholopino peppers plants in front of our steps.i also have 2 tomato plants in buckets beside the house.i just bought some basil in pots and a lemon tree in a pot im putting behind the house.im also growing lettuce and carrots in long window containers in my kitchen window.
Blasted earwigs! We have a major problem with them here in San Diego. They eat all the new leaf growth on my fruit trees. I put traps out to capture them - small bowls filled with vegetable oil and soy sauce seems to be doing the trick so far.
Same here!
Ooo, TIL.
Diatomaceous earth should work
@@Rob-- it kills beneficial insects also, ladybugs, bees
I have a ton of pecan (5 trees in our yard!) so I use the shells as mulch for the blackberries. Seems to work great.
Cool!!
OMG I just picked my 1st blueberries from my container garden - they are amazing! We got that heat wave a few weeks back and my tiny raspberries fizzled out so the blueberries are making my confidence bounce back.
Well done, sir. You are a very good presenter. I notice, too, that you were growing a lovely healthy artichoke. Thank you and greetings from the Land Down Under.
I bought a couple blueberry pots a few months ago, then left them sitting in the plastic pot in front of my house. The only water they got was rain. Thought they were dead for sure! Then, about 2 weeks ago they both started growing and budding!! They lived! I will try to repot them since they have such a strong will to live!
literally just yesterday I was thinking that I needed to move my one raspberry bush which was grown much bigger and faster than I expected. I'll be moving them into a raised bed, but this does give me more information about what soil to use in the bed and how to better care for them. So thanks!
Wow, I just literally put on my list to buy seeds for those fruits that's if they are sold in seed form. I'm starting my vegetable and flower garden. Thank you so much for all your help. Love your channel, just found it real recent as of February 2023
Kevin, I absolutely love your channel. I'm also a self-taught gardener. It is my dream to quit my day-job and have a community garden teaching cultivation to communities in the Southeastern US. Thank you for your informative and inspirational videos. I'm looking forward to getting your book!
We got bushel and berry raspberry and blackberry bushes last year. We planted them in a giant blue toy tub container things and they have been loving it. Lots of flowers this year! Cant wait for the berries to develop!
Also bushy blackberries are way better than the himalayan blackberries that have been trying to invade my yard. Say no to himalayan blackberries
This will be my first year growing blueberries and grapes I’m so excited I’ve only ever grown veggies and herbs so I’m branching off to fruit and berries this year I have all the ingredients you listed so I’ll see how this goes! 🌻
Thank you ... this was the perfect video for me. Recently moved to a retirement community, high rise, fabulous lanai but no yard. Excellent instruction, good camera work, and I like your style. Didn't know there were container blueberries ... turn me loose, I am ready to plant!
That is awesome. I just did videos on Blueberries and Blackberries last week. That is great you used clay pots. No chance of leaching plastic. Also it is good to grow two types of blueberry to get higher yields.
Thanks
Berries are the best, last year we put in 12 different brambles (blackberry, raspberry, boysenberry etc), 11 different blueberries (our native soil was 6-6.5 pH so a little sulphur to drop it that little bit), about 10-12 different strawberry varieties and some Midyims (native Aussie berry). Hoping to add another native a muntrie, this year.
Our raspberries produced the first year, the same with the strawberries and the kids have been going nuts with the berries lol.
I would plant strawberries into the pots as a living mulch.
i didnt think id be taking the wild razzberries and blackberries here in ireland for granted but seeing what you have to do here does make me thankful that they literally are everywhere here
I have Babycakes growing in a large container in their 3rd year. Great for containers. Not too tall and the berries are great.
Excellent as always! we have rabbit-eye blueberries from farms in our area in Southeastern North Carolina. I haven't dressed the beds in 3 years so I'm cleaning and adding fresh compost to continue the excellent growth/berries we have been getting over the last couple of years.
Thank you so much for your encouragement and information as we continue to grow:) Blessings!!
The best work - Been watching you shows on UA-cam since the pandemic! I didn't get in to growing veggies, or fruits, but taking care of the bushes and Japanese Maple my Church has growing. Learn so much from you. Keep inspiring
This is extremely helpful, I was scared to try growing these in the climate we have. But now I know they can thrive! This is so exciting and now I’m on the look out for some berry bushes and know that I can confidently grow them in potting systems! THANK YOU! Gained a new subscriber and I’m excited to binge your channel to better my green thumb!
I had a beautiful raspberry patch at our old house, it was very established - I have no idea how old it was, but we got at least 10 pints of raspberries every summer. Every spring I would prune down all the dead canes from the year before, then the second year canes would give us lots of raspberries and the first year canes would just grow and get healthy and ready to bear! I miss them.
I have a tiny raspberry I have yet to pot up in my garden so the tips are very useful! I've had blueberries in containers for a couple of years now and they're doing really well, I tend to mulch mine with pine needles kept from Christmas trees and a little bit of coffee grounds!
Hi! Do coffee grounds have to be fresh (no contact with boiling water) or do you use ground coffee left over after making coffee?
@@TurningTesting not at all! We use the left over grounds after making coffee. I drink loose leaf tea too so often throw the used leaves into the mix - though I don't know if there is a benefit to that!
@@LtReinRaus thanks for clarifying! I'm so skittish to start having plants, but brilliant experience with chives in a glass got me curious. And people sharing tips and tricks is encouraging ☺️
What about mold? The fluffy growth thing that I've seen once when left my coffee cup unwashed for week 😅
@@TurningTesting I sometimes get that in the outside bowl I use to store the grounds before pouring them into my planted pots, but I've never found it to cause any problems!
@@LtReinRaus neat :) thank you so much for your time and experience today! 🌻
Wow Kevin, remembering back when you pruned the tree in the background, looking awesome. I planted 2 new blueberries this year near my 90 year old Spruce tree and trying mulch with spruce needles. Thanks for all your help, even though our climates can be very different, your channel is still a great resource.
Thank you Judy!
@@epicgardening hi, I was actually wondering about the tree. Is that a kumquat or a loquat? I live in Florida and we have loquats everywhere but everyone thinks they're kumquats.
These intros give me life. Always popping in out of nowhere. Adorable, haha.
Yes! Blackberries are invasive weeds here in Seattle area, lol, but I’ve been wanting to do container blueberries and raspberries. Off to the nursery I go to find some Bushel and Berries varieties.
My neighbors are letting blackberries eat their house and are now encroaching into our yard. It’s the worst. But love the fruit. Containers seem like a great option and I love the idea of a trellis arch full of boysenberries
Not all blackberries are invasive in the Seattle area. Sadly it's most of them, but there are a few species that are native.
I live in New england and just planted a blueberry bush last season and was definely looking forward to planting more berries this year! Plus I have tons of wild blackberries that grow on the edges of our yard
I'm growing my first "Patriot" blueberry bush here on my balcony in Quebec Canada, Zone 4. Sadly the bees haven't woken up fully yet, but the flies sure have.
Try growing haskaps aka camerises. They’re very cold tolerant and fruit earlier! I’ve been harvesting for 2 weeks already.
I'm in Northern Ontario. We've got blueberry bushes, rhubarb and wild raspberry on the side of the house. Super love and appreciate your videos. Potatoes are our newest addition so thanks especially for all your potato growing tips.
Thanks so much for your channel, Kevin! I feel so much better prepared for the next growing season thanks to you!
I got my raspberries as just two tiny plants from someone a town over. They produce in the summer and then again in the Autumn. I've had them in a trunk, outside, for probably 6-7 years now. They are my children's favorite part of our yard.
I really appreciate your knowledge and ability to explain what you know in a timely and understandable fashion. I've found courage to grow things that I thought that ai couldn't. Thanks. Great job!!!
Thanks for the mixture for each plant. I thought I was making it right I just need to mix more. I have Triple Crown BlackBerry Plant, and Dwarf TOP HAT Rabbiteye Blueberry Bushes. I am going to plant in containers Jalapeno and cherry tomatoes. In my raised garden beds I am going to have carrots and green onions.
I actually propagated a neighbor's raspberry plant last year with like one cane - I thought I killed it over winter, but it came back! Obviously I don't expect much from it this year because it's still a small plant but I put it in a bigger grow bag. Can't wait for it to keep growing 🥰
we got a couple of raspberries last year! onwards and upwards!!!
Absolutely wonderful video! I like that you're here to teach and not JUST answer questions. Can't wait to see more
Thinking about trying Boysenberries in a container. They’re my absolute favorite, big flavor and make great jam or pie...!!! YUM!
Thanks so much 😊
I recently bought 2 different blueberry varieties and gave one to my mum
I will pass on your growing knowledge to my stepdad ❤
I love the shape of the lighter colored terracotta planters - very modern. Where did you get them? Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
You are Sooo right about the intelligence of birds!! The cat bird "owns" our blueberries - squawks at me all the time. They can also find ways to get Under the netting - so be sure to anchor it all the way around. Last year, we saved those clear plastic containers in which berries are sold. They snap nicely around groups of berries. Birds got some, we got some - just be sure to put them on early because I caught the cat bird snagging berries way before they were ripe!
I bought one of the Bush and Berry shortcake raspberries on clearance for $5 last year, she is so leafy and gorgeous this year! Hope I get lots of berries :)
Kevin, you’ve motivated me to plant raspberries so I picked up a couple of plants to grow. Super excited. Thank you for your knowledge. Keep up the great work.
Yo how they doing so far
Thank for explaining why my raspberries and blackberries never made it. I prefer container gardening and even grew silver queen corn in buckets when everyone told me I couldn't. I have always said my biggest arch nemesis is that darn squash bug. I have killed far too many plants finding and digging them out before I started netting everything. I am ok with hand pollinating if I have to. Used to do it to my cukes in my hoop house
Glad to know I'm not the only one growing corn in a pot! Lol. I started some and they just grew! Grounded two of them and left the other two and the two in the pot are just exploding, while the two in the ground are like 'nope, we're going to be slow and small for now'.
Thank you! Best video on this subject I've seen. I also appreciate your "Teach a man to fish" approach to gardening.
Unreal mate!!! I have all these growing in my food forest at the moment!!!! They are so bloody delicious picked straight from the yard!!!!! Big love to you x
Sick!
@@epicgardening sick indeed
Kevin, I absolutely love your channel. I'm also a self-taught gardener. It is my dream to quit my day-job and have a community garden teaching cultivation to communities in the Southeastern US. Thank you for your informative and inspirational videos. I'm looking forward to getting your book!
Very well explained. Love the details on the type of soil needed and the care after planting the blueberries. Thank you!🤓
This is perfect timing for me. I started with blackberries,raspberries and blueberries this season.Never tried to grow them before.I also got conteiners varieties,since I don ´t have garden. I was always afraid to grow berries in general, since popular believe is that :”they grow big “. Well I try anyway ☺️ Happy gardening
Y’all sleepin on this video, just did this garden idea and already lovin it. I extended it to grapes and kiwis too. Hoping to add currants soon.
Salal berries are also everywhere in British Columbia and make a very sweet treat, tasting like a sweeter blueberry...the flowers drip with resin and a very sticky
The leaves are commonly used in floral arrangements
I have grown blueberries in hanging coir baskets, with a rubber snake wound onto the chain to keep the birds off, quite successfully.
This is an awesome idea!
I keep dinosaurs on mine, they work like a charm! 🦕
Toy dinos 😁
@@Suprchica how big are your toy Dino’s?
How does that work?
This past spring I picked up a raspberry plant from Walter Andersen Nursery and threw it in a 20 gallon plastic pot with a fox farm, compost, and native soil mix. The original 2 canes are dark green and there are a ton of new, light-green canes. I can't wait for the harvest!
Fantastic video. I needed this! Just started with two new blueberry plants and I was feeling so overwhelmed! So much great info. Thank you!
I was happy to come across this one, because I've got a pot growing black raspberries right now, from seed. I have several large black raspberry patches out back, and when I run the fruit through the food mill to get juice, I wind up with piles of mostly crushed seeds, and just toss them out the window into large pots outside. Left those out for a few months, and seeds around the edges of the pot started sprouting, presumably because they get the most natural water when it rained or dew formed. Was thinking when they start to get large enough to try repotting and then giving them to neighbours who want to start their own patches.
I love my 7 blueberry bushes. I’ve made pies, ice cream, muffins, scones, cobblers, and pancakes with my blueberries. I even learned about feeding them Potash and Phosphorus last year which really gave me these HUGE delicious blueberries. The best blueberries I ever had, it’s kinda sad when you realize people aren’t getting the best food possible. I can’t buy certain things from the store anymore, like blueberries, onions, peas, carrots. I have to grow my own because store brands are just basic
Mine fruit off both canes different times of the year , the old canes will send flowers start of spring thru summer and the new growth sets fruit after it gets about 3ft tall
Yessssss we used to pick blueberries in the woods growing up in Mass
Thank you soooooo much for putting where your garden is located above the title of your video.....for me.....this helps know what growing zone you are in and how it relates to my growing zone
It's funny we have essentially opposite climates so I always pay attention to the things you say don't do well in your garden. They will probably do ok in mine! Not enough sun and too much rain!
True I live in Finland where blueberries grow in almost all forests. They like the most moist and shadowed forest which is full of bark and moss on the ground.
love your emphasis on observation. People ask me often how I'm such a good gardener and it's cause I've been gardening since I could walk fast enough to keep up with grandpa! I won't say how many decades ago that was! but it takes years of observation to learn the plants, learn your soil (and if you're a renter, you learn alot about containers!), learn your WEATHER!!! (I check 2x a day, the world she is changing!), learn your garden's ecology (bugs, weeds, birds). That all takes time.... no other way... ask Dr. Jacques, you stare at a rock until you attain enlightenment... about that rock...then you find another rock....
Just got my 1st blueberry bush!! ..already ripe blueberries on it..I ate them on way home ..as I walked with a smile on my face with my new friend....Bernie Blueberry...😁
Oh my goodness this is what my mom and I are going to grow first, she already has your book but these are her favorite s!! Thank you epic gardening guy 🐝🌼💚🐾🔥🐕🦺😇
I have 5 blueberry plants that are each in a 5 gallon buckets! I feed them each spring and fall with rotted goat manure. 4 times in summer they get well rotted cow manure. They produce well. I move them to the protected side of the house to over winter and they are on year 3 or 4 with us!
ooh can i drop you my favourite berry recipe for when harvest time comes? scrummylane's blueberry yogurt muffins (they work great as a base recipe for cakes/muffins AND no mixer required!)
Yes please!
Lay a root bound or spiraling root system on its side before re-potting and roll it back and forth breaking the soil ball to avoid damaging the roots. really woody plants can at this point have their roots slightly trimmed, especiallly if you have any mushy over watered/rotted roots. unless there is a long taproot, you should try to lay the roots out as laterally as possible then backfill the pot to the original depth. Berries in pots need a bit less watering but a bit more attention to ph values to continue productivity
I love watching your videos! They have helped me so much especially with my tomato plants last year. I would love if you did a video like this for strawberries. Im Trying those out this year and I’m trying them out in a hanging container. Thank you!!
For those planting bare root raspberries, the people I bought mine from recommend no fertilizer in the soil when you transplant them due to possible root burn.
Hello Kevin,
This is Michelle from India.
Your videos have been tremendously inspiring and informative.
Would you kindly make some suggestions on Epic Gardening, suitable for Indian climate and soil?
I truly enjoyed this video. I have been a farmer, I l landscaper in three Midwest states as an adult returning to one in particular when my mother was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and iamb just recently in the last five years finding the joy of container gardening. My only frustration with this video is it it doesn’t apply to my soon. In fact several of the gardeners I love to listen to that is the case. I want to move east and south because you guys have better gardening zones and I do in the Midwest. And definitely a nicer variety of plants both floral and fruit and vegetables. I know I can figure this out myself but it’s just be nice if somebody did some of the planning for me especially as I am now fighting cancer myself. … gardening is good for my soul and helps fight cancer as well. Keep planting in those parts and I’ll keep watching your show❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Great video, thank you! I’d like to try growing berries in pots in Iowa. My native soil here is heavy clay. I’m curious to know what size your pots are-how many gallons or how many inches is the opening. Sorry if I missed it in the video.
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Thank you so much for asking I couldn’t find that info either
A bobble head owl worked well for me. And birds roosted right next to the berry patch. You also need more than one variety to polinate.
I planted three blueberry bushes in containers this year and they are THRIVING! Might add some raspberries in the yard too but we have a lot of rabbits and birds who love to snack on the garden 😬
Me too! One of mine flowered, those dropped, is that where they form? I am in lower Michigan ☺️
I have blueberries, raspberry and blackberry bushes planted. My blueberry bush has already started fruiting, I watched the bee do it's magic
Thank you so much for using the word Optional, It let's us average Gardener's get to growing. Love the instructions. I listen to other UA-cam garden video's and just feel depressed. I have raspberry, blackberry in my garden and they do great. I don't have to buy this get that from all their sponsored links. Have a great growing season.
Kevin... I can't wait to see you "save" that dragon fruit behind :)
I also love berries - but mine are not potted, I'm keeping them in my backyard tied to trellis. Awesome tips, thank you!
I have a few of those types of black&Raspberry in zone 6 NE Ohio all but one made it through winter in container. It was a mild winter but we had some extreme cold snaps. I will definitely add more when they are on sale.
Gahh that fence looks sooo good!
I'm in love with it, actually
I love love love blackberries and raspberries and strawberries, this quide will be very useful. Thanks Epic Gardening!
So the garden dept at Lowes/Home Depot will know what I am asking for if I ask for the mulch like Fruity Pebbles? 🤣
LOL
live in upstate NY/Adirondack and have sandy loom and clay soil, heavy clay and rocky is where the natural berry bushes thrive with tall dense plants that spread as soon as theres room for more. i used the same soil to transfer into pots and added some acidic compost. great for jams!
Seems You've Learned A Lot From Me Epic. Especially My Micro Bark Idea Made By GreenAll. Been Growing Blueberries For Over 10 years Like This In Containers. Good Job!
Thanks my friend, I live in the uk and I’m a small apartment but it hasn’t stopped me growing I have nearly 20 something plants on the go at the minute, I just purchased a container raspberry yesterday and I’m looking for what soils and compost ext..this is my first time growing I’m going to have about 40 plants in total, my dad is in his 70s and he has a decent sixes allotment I will start the growing process at home and give him most of them to plant there for this summer, Im looking forward to the sun beating down mid summer and all my plants bearing goodies, I love growing