How to Plant Blueberries in Texas
- 1). Plant blueberries in fall in Texas, before the first frost in your area. This gives the plants time to grow and establish and produce fruit the following summer. Timing may range from early October in north Texas to late November in south Texas.
- 2). Prepare large pots for blueberry plants in Texas to guarantee both drainage and the correct soil mixture. Use 20- to 30-gallon pots with drainage holes to give the blueberries room to grow to maturity. Fill the pots 3/4 full with a non-soil peat-based planting medium. Blueberries thrive in 100 percent peat moss, and this foundation guarantees drainage, acidic nutrition and weed-free growing. Add a slow-release balanced fertilizer like 10-10-10 or 12-12-12 to the top 2 inches of the growing foundation.
- 3). Spread blueberry roots across the peat moss, then add more peat mixture to cover the root ball. Add peat only up to the base of each bush's trunk; these plants don't appreciate deep plantings.
- 4). Put the pots in sites where the blueberries will get full sun for eight to 10 hours every day during the summer and all day during the winter. Water each pot until water runs out the bottom of the pot, then add 1 inch of organic mulch to maintain soil moisture.