1 of my blueberries not growing

14 years ago

Last autumn one of my 5 blueberries had little brown scales on the stems, which I very carefully removed. This spring 4 of the plants are flowering nicely but the one that had the scale insects doesn't seem to be doing much.

There are tiny buds on it that don't seem to be getting any bigger (of course we did have a very bad winter here in the UK) but I have scraped each of the stems and can see green underneath, so it isn't dead. The other four plants were also out in the same winter weather and it hasn't affected them.

It gave me fruit last year for the first time (it was a new plant already well established from the garden centre) and was replanted in ericaceous compost and was fed with an acid type fertiliser last year.

I have just added some Miracle Gro about a week ago but can't seem to see any difference in the plant. (I do realise it won't do much after just a week)!!

Any help would be appreciated.

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dablaw
14 years ago
hang in there...Harvestman and Fruitnut should be able to help you out..They will probably be able to tell you whats going on.
destin_gardener
14 years ago
Dab has it right, hang in there and wait, as long as it has buds on it it should be OK. Sometimes they just are late getting started.
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In my experience, poor growth in blueberries is an indication of high soil pH, and will not be fixed by adding fertilizer, unless the fertilizer also lowers soil pH, as would be the case with ammonium sulfate. There are several ways to test soil pH, including pH paper, indicator dye, and pH meter. I prefer to use indicator dyes, because they are inexpensive, there is no calibration required, and the results are not ambiguous. The color change will be bold. You might be able to obtain bromothymol blue, or bromocresol purple at a scientific supply house in your area.

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