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northern highbush blueberry Northern Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

A variety of blueberry

How to sow northern highbush blueberry: Plant plants into soil or pots.

Sun requirement for northern highbush blueberry: Plant in Full Sun

Perennial flowering plants with sweet, indigo-colored berries. Blueberry plants are usually erect, prostrate shrubs that range in height from 10cm to 4m high, depending on the cultivar.

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Dilleniidae
Ericales
Ericaceae
Optimal temperature 18 - 30 掳C
Absolute temperature 7 - 42 掳C
Killing temperature growth: -1 掳C, rest: -29 掳C
Optimal rainfall 900 - 1100 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 700 - 1300 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 4.0 - 5.0
Absolute soil pH 3.0 - 5.5
Crop cycle 160 - 200 days
Max altitude 1000 m
Life form shrub
Life span perennial
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth shallow (20-50 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility moderate
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light clear skies to very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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