What plants can be added among or between blueberries?

habitat_gardener · May 22, 2013

While my blueberry plants are small, I was wondering what will do well in the spaces between them, or on the edges. It's a small plot and I have 3 plants so far, but they take up a lot of space in a community garden plot. What edibles or herbs grow with blueberries in the wild?

rwsacto · May 31, 2013

I put fava beans between mine in the fall and early spring.

Redbaron · May 31, 2013

try radishes

herbs try basil, yarrow, wintergreen

Some cultivars of Potatoes and sweet potatoes will grow well in acid soil, but you have the problem of damaging the roots at harvest.

Naturally? Heaths and heathers, edges of pine forests, Fox glove, bleeding heart, wild strawberries, black raspberries, boysenberries, elderberries, cranberries all like acid soils, sometimes not quite as acid as blueberries, but with some overlap.

May 22, 2013	#1
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	What plants can be added among or between blueberries? While my blueberry plants are small, I was wondering what will do well in the spaces between them, or on the edges. It's a small plot and I have 3 plants so far, but they take up a lot of space in a community garden plot. What edibles or herbs grow with blueberries in the wild?

May 31, 2013	#3
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	try radishes herbs try basil, yarrow, wintergreen Some cultivars of Potatoes and sweet potatoes will grow well in acid soil, but you have the problem of damaging the roots at harvest. Naturally? Heaths and heathers, edges of pine forests, Fox glove, bleeding heart, wild strawberries, black raspberries, boysenberries, elderberries, cranberries all like acid soils, sometimes not quite as acid as blueberries, but with some overlap. __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture Last edited by Redbaron; May 31, 2013 at 09:01 AM.

May 31, 2013	#2
rwsacto Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Sacramento CA Posts: 288	I put fava beans between mine in the fall and early spring.