farmerjb, thank you so much for posting. On the contrary, I was actually pleased with the plants. As my very limited experience in buying plants was mostly the little twigs that are sold in body bags at Lowes and Home Depot for $5. that claim to be 2 year old plants but are nothing more than barely rooted cuttings. So these plants seemed much better. I also saw another sampling of plants sold to someone locally from a grower in this area, and the plants he had were much like the size of the plants from Lowes etc. I REALLY AM OF THE IMPRESSION THAT SIZE MATTERS IN THIS AREA. The bigger the plant the longer it's been alive and will remain alive. The reason that I was in doubt at all was that in my pursuit of another variety of blueberries, I came in contact with another grower here in GA who had the bad experience with plants from the same guy you and I purchased from. He said that out of 300 plants that he passed on to another of his customers, only 10 or so lived. Well I spoke to the man from the Market bulleting again tonight and he very confidentally assured me that these plants will grow and he has only gotten positive feedback and repeat business from his customers. Additionally he said that I could wait until later this year to pay him and if they dont grow, then I would not owe him anything. This seemed more than fair and I'll take special care of these and NOT SELL THEM to anyone else while I wait for them to grow. I really dont know why this other guy had the luck he had. But he also claimed that several other of his customers had bought plants from the market bulletin guy and they all died. I'm optomistic after seeing your post, as you have had success, I may also.

Check out the message "Currants and Blueberries in Container?". I have my blueberries in large pots under a tree, where they get morning to noon sun and shelter from the hot afternoon sun, have a good acid soil, and don't have to compete with tree roots. It's not hard to move them as the sun pattern changes over the year, if necessary. Southmoon is giving me the best flavor and size right now, but the pot is further away from the tree, gets more sun. More blueberry plants make the best companion planting. Then there's enough for you and the birds. A territorial bluebird and several mockingbirds guard the bushes from each other in my yard, and an occasional squawk is heard as one chases the other off.

One of my Sharpblues died over winter from being too wet. The other 2 made it and I let them dry out considerably before watering this spring. Get a moisture meter for 10 bucks and just make sure it's not staying too wet. I'm a newbie at this but so far i've learned the hard way that it is easy for blues to get too wet especially with the peat and compost in my mix that retains water. Hopefully somone more experienced will chime in.

We have both blueberries and everbearing raspberries. They are about 30 feet apart. I have never seen any evidence of disease that passed between them. However, I would not be inclined to mix them or plant them next to each other, in the same bed. The raspberries spread aggressively, so I would have to try and control them, without disturbing the blueberry roots. Also, blueberry roots, which mostly grow near the surface, must be kept moist. This requires attention and care during the August drought, and at other times of low rainfall. It would be even more difficult to keep these shrubs watered if they were competing with raspberry canes for moisture. Blueberry shrubs do best when the bed is kept free of weeds.