Learn to grow blueberries

Written from university extension guidance, not folklore — with the numbers (pH, spacing, sulfur rates, chill ranges) stated plainly.

• Soil pH for Blueberries: The 4.5–5.5 Rule — Why blueberries starve in ordinary garden soil, how to test, and how much sulfur actually lowers pH.
• How to Plant Blueberry Bushes, Step by Step — Site, spacing, depth and the year-one rules that decide whether a bush takes off.
• Chill Hours, Explained: The Number That Picks Your Variety — What chill hours are, how many your region gets, and what happens when a bush doesn't get enough.
• Blueberry Pollination, Explained: Do You Need Two Bushes? — Self-fertile vs cross-pollination, the rabbiteye rule, and why pairs out-yield singles.
• How to Prune Blueberry Bushes (Late Winter, 20 Minutes) — The annual prune that keeps a bush productive for decades: what to cut, what to keep.
• Watering & Fertilizing Blueberries Without Killing Them — Shallow roots, steady moisture, light acid fertilizer — and the fertilizer type to never use.
• Growing Blueberries in Containers: The Complete Patio Playbook — Pot size, acidic mix, watering rhythm and winter care for patio bushes.
• Keeping Birds Off Your Blueberries (Netting, Done Right) — Birds can take half a crop. How to net a patch so it works — without trapping birds.