Berries · Perennial
Blueberry
Ericaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 120 cm
- USDA zones
- 3a–8b
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 15 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:raised-bed mixsandy
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:very free-draining
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Blueberries need acidic soil (pH 4-5) — standard garden soil kills them. In a raised bed it's simple: 50% rhododendron mix, 30% compost, 20% sand. Two different varieties side by side cross-pollinate = double the yield.
Sowing
No sowing weeks recorded.
Transplanting
JFMAMJJASOND
Harvest
JFMAMJJASOND
Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage