The case for blueberries in Texas

Blueberries seem to have everything going for them. The plants look beautiful, the fruit tastes delicious, they’re almost always near the top of the superfood list for health and nutrition… and the cool thing is that you can grow them fairly easily in your back yard here in central Texas. 

Southern rabbit-eye blueberries are the type that we have in the South because they require much less cold to set fruit than the highbush varieties popular along the east coast.  

The big hurdle that blueberry growers face is getting the pH right. To be successful, the plants require very acidic soil, and our soil naturally is alkaline.