One and 7 yr blueberry growth with pictures
fruitnut Z7 4500ft SW TX
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Comments (10)Thanks for the replies. Im not sure what to make of the figs slow progress, by all accounts they love hot weather, and even if they didn’t the last 2 weeks have been fairly mild in comparison to the first two weeks with temperatures sitting between 25-30oC (77-86F), only getting above 30 once, which should be fairly ideal. Fertilising may be an issue, although they have been getting their half strength solution quite regularly, sometimes 2x a week. If it isn’t going to hurt them I can give them a full strength measure at their next watering and see if that kicks them into action. If I could make a guess, I would say it comes down to water, since the plants wilted whilst the soil feels damp to touch (at least in the top few cms) I would say there is possibly patches of dry mix or, as I left some of the original soil mix around the root ball, this may have dried out, or isn’t staying wet. I have been silly and haven’t once checked with a dowel or anything, but believe the soil is probably quite wet now as last week we had a few days solid rain in a row. If this theory is correct then hopefully it should become evident quite quickly as the plants will start putting out growth again (I hope). This morning, despite being watered last on Saturday, all my pots feel wet, almost soaked, right on the top. After work I will stick a skewer in and see if this is the case through the whole mix. My other thoughts were that I had been over fertilising and the plants could not take up water, but I just don’t know that a high enough level of salts could have built up in such a small amount of time, especially since at each watering I let a fair bit of water flow out the pots. @shazaam I am fertilising only with the regular miracle grow for all plants, with some added vinegar and Epson salts for the blueberries. I am not sure what N source is used, but will check and see if it ammonia or nitrate based. I have been searching for a soluble acid loving formula, but although it is on their website I haven’t been able to locate in stores. Perhaps if it is nitrate based I will see if I can find any ammonia based product somewhere. I added some slow release acid loving Osmocote when mixing, which is likely to have an ammonia base, but I am sure someone stocks a soluble somewhere in my city…...See MoreHow much fertilizer for blueberries?
Comments (6)@BahamaDan Yes, they are in containers! Last year I bought them and started fertigating every day with ammonium sulfate and water. They grew very fast and strong. They were all beautiful!!! But then suddenly, one day, they began to burn.... That's when they stopped growing at all... It was as if they had got into dormancy, except it was not winter.... I had to wait many months for them to recover... Now they finally started to grow back again. Don't wanna repeat the same mistake. One thing I noticed is that the Jewel variety is less prone to burning than the Snowchasers. My Snowchaser blueberries got all burned from the fertilizer, while the Jewels remained mostly green and healthy, with only a few leaves burned....See MoreBlueberry leaf discoloration
Comments (15)It's been too long since I grew them in MO., but I do remember that they would tend to dry up if not kept well watered. They have a very shallow mass of roots and are not happy in hot dry weather if not kept really well watered. If you have lots of peat moss, organic matter, etc., that would hold moisture I would think they would be doing better at this time of year. Our native soil Ph was about 6.5 and we were told to use 1 Cup of agricultural sulfur per square yard of row by the pick-your-own grower we got our plants from. We did that in addition to adding lots of peat and composted pine bark needles. Then kept them well mulched with hardwood lathe turnings from a local handle factory.... probably hickory. We laid out a permanent drip irrigation line in the row and grew lots of blueberries for as long as we took care of them. They are not normally bothered by many pests or diseases. The main issues with blueberries is water and the correct Ph....See MoreBlueberries in raised beds
Comments (8)My experience with bb is if it's not broken don't fix it. Your setup doesn't sound broken. Why couldn't you just water less? And if you've added sulfur 5.5 sounds great. Most of the plants are growing well. What's not to like? I'd caution about adding too much sulfur. Excessively low pH is just as bad as too high. If you really have a drainage issue the best bet would be raising the height of your bed. If the plants aren't too big you might be able to do that in winter by peeling back the top 6-12 inches of roots with the plants included. Then push new material under the plants. Even 6 inches higher would improve drainage significantly....See Morefruitnut Z7 4500ft SW TX
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