How to Plant a Blueberry Seed

Blueberry plants are most commonly propagated by cuttings or grafting, as they cannot be guaranteed to come true from seed to produce plants with identical characteristics or fruit. Blueberry seeds are usually used in research and breeding nurseries or when a small patch of a surprise breed is desired and you have plenty of time and maintenance resources to care for the plants as they mature. Blueberry plants will begin to reliably produce fruit in their fifth or six year of life, according to the University of Florida IFAS Extension.

Small nursery pots or seed trays
Sphagnum peat moss
Clean horticultural sand
Water
Refillable spray mist bottle

Instructions

- 1
  Prepare a germination bed by filling a small nursery pot or seed tray with equal parts sphagnum peat moss and clean horticultural sand.
- 2
  Soak the germination bed medium with water until very wet but not soupy. Allow the excess water to drain away.
- 3
  Sow the blueberry seeds onto the wet surface of the germination medium using a few seeds for every 1 or 2 inches. Press the seeds onto the soil lightly just to make them stick to the medium. Do not cover the seeds with medium.
- 4
  Locate the pot or seed tray where the exposed seeds will have benefit of a full day of natural sunlight or artificial equivalent to spur germination. The seeds should be shielded from breezes or wind to prevent their displacement. Allow three to eight weeks for the seed to germinate and sprout.
- 5
  Mist the seeds and germination medium with water once or more each day as needed to keep them both moist at all times. Set the bottom of the pot or tray into a shallow dish of water once a week to keep the lower reaches of the soil moist as well if the medium is tending to dry out quickly.

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