When to start blueberry seeds
How to Grow Blueberries from Seeds of Blueberry (Quick Method)
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going to talk about growing blueberries
from seeds I'll show you an easy way to
grow your blueberries and just slice it
open here you're gonna see how small
these seeds are they're very very small
if you guys have watched the strawberry
video this is gonna be a similar video
to that just a little bit different you
can see how just tiny they those seeds
are the seeds are actually smaller than
a strawberry seed so we're dealing with
some very very fine seeds here let's get
a close-up try to see there you go you
can see how small they are there's some
seeds in there yeah they actually will
sprout most people keep their
blueberries in the fridge so I keep them
in the fridge they're staying chilled
and it causes them to go through what's
called cold stratification so once you
plant these into a nice warm spot
they're gonna start sprouting within a
couple days to a couple weeks so again
when you use a sharp knife you're just
gonna cut that blueberry right and 1/2
and here we go here's some more seeds
for you very fine very small the darker
red color a little bit bigger the seed
the the more ready they are those those
yellow ones though they will solve the
previous blueberry they'll be just fine
they'll be able to grow and sprout but
we're gonna we're gonna cut about four
of these open here slice them open just
kind of give you guys an idea of what
what we're dealing with here how small
the seeds are I like again to use if you
guys watch the strawberry video but the
blueberry seeds they are so small and I
like to use the cups you see the cups on
the grow bench there what that does is
allows us to water
without losing any seeds or moving
around too much so it gives us a little
bit more control with the little cups I
do put them in pots as well and this is
a good time to do it it's a winter for
us or we're ready for a spring we're
gonna start sprouting some blueberries
and strawberries and that was a really
good time to do that so let's let's grab
a couple cups let's get some soil in
those cups
you want to get the soil near the top of
the cup
all right now we're gonna start placing
our blueberries just right on top you
place the whole blueberry one per cup
these are some small cups here again I
just buy the cups in bulk they're so
cheap just given up a big box and it's
pretty much gonna last us quite a quite
a while depending on how much planting
you're doing and there we go here's a
close-up of the seeds close can we get
so yeah the darker seeds for sure are
going to they're going to grow you've
got some immature seeds in there that
may not sprout but again this is a small
cup those blueberries go a long way
all right we're gonna take some soil
we're just gonna cover the tops
I'm just going to cover the top with
some topsoil there we're going to use
about a quarter an inch to half an inch
on the blueberries
once we water we want to make sure that
we don't expose them pack it down a
little bit here give it a good pack on
on the soil there and once we've water
we're gonna make sure that we're not
exposing the top of the blueberries we
want to cover those up that looks good
a little bit more so there no we're
covered that's good good good
a little bit of water skin
get the soil a little bit wet here there
we go
blueberries um they like a little bit
higher pH levels you guys are really
into the science of it go ahead and look
that up on the Internet
blueberries require a lot of Sun you
want to get them at least 3/4 of the day
with full sunlight they can tolerate
partial shade
but you want to give them some sunlight
stop our blueberries out here we're
gonna do the same thing we're gonna use
a little bit larger pot Sealy space and
we're gonna we're gonna do the same
method where it's gonna cut these
blueberries right in half
blueberries like to be well-drained as
well when you're planting them when they
when they sprout you're ready to plant
those or Transplant them into the soil
you want to be about a foot foot above
the the rest of the soil and then you
want to plant them in rows if you're
gonna plan them in rows you want to go
three feet wide I'll tell you what
there's nothing better than going out
and picking fresh blueberries from your
from your garden here you can see some
of the seeds exposed here well that's a
good one there's a lot of darker red
brown brownish eat the seeds in that one
that was going to do really well
blueberries love organic matter you know
I'm just using a top soil right now here
some kale bit of perlite it's just a
potting mix go
I'm really happy with the seats inside
that blueberry we're gonna have some
we're gonna have some blueberry sprouts
here in a couple weeks so there it is
again we're going to cover with our
topsoil here you want to place it when a
quarter an inch at least on top to a
half inch
we don't want any any of the fruit
exposed make sure all the blueberries
are covered so those seeds can grow if
you expose the blueberries they're not
going to grow you got to keep them under
the soil
keep the soil moist put it in a warm
place you put these right on your
windowsill maybe even your kitchen if
you got a sunny area there we've got a
sunroom or wherever it gets a little bit
of sunlight and it's warm for sprouting
you don't need to you don't need a whole
lot of Sun but you just need of you have
a warm spot once they start sprouting
that's when you need a little bit of a
little bit of Sun so if we're gonna do
this in a winter right before spring
it's actually a good time to do it for
us right now it's January I'm smooth
that around make sure it's level
looks good let's look at some of the
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