I had many great advice. Half of them folks said I'm doomed and the other half said thats normal :-/

They look very dry bro

I live in Seattle. Lol rain is is abundance this time of the year

I noticed your picture is a blueberry bush. How do you do it

Seattle lol yeah I heard it's rainy there.. It's a simple fix. I saw a few plants like yours posted on here. Either there dry or the roots are burned when u fertilized or maybe their lacking nitrogen or another important food. I'm sure one of the pros on here can diagnose the problem lol. Well we kno there not dry lol Seattle

OH and you have to check the soil ph.. Above 6 ph no good below 4 no good but you prob know that. Yes that is one of my blues in the pic. First thing I did is check the ph. I was below six. Then I dug a hole and mixed half native soil and half peat as I planted them. Then I sat back and waited for them to grow. Then I watched them and they basically tell you what they need. If they start to look dry I watered. If they turned a light green I carefully fertilized them. If they turn red I think I added nitrogen but I can't remember exactly. You're having nightmares lol

This is just one of my raised beds. It's 20 by 8 and 15 inches tall and the plants are 4 inches more raised. You know how much soil mix I put in to fill it up? Lolol heck yah I'm having nightmares lol

I just checked the pH again and it's about 6 for the raised bed and about 6.5 for the pots. Hmm. What should I do since I already fertilized? Ammonium salfate?

That's normal I think. My young blueberry plants are showing the same symptoms as yours - It's caused by cold weather.

It's mid Autumn in Australia right now and my evergreen young blueberry(sunshine blue and magnolia) leaves are turning red these past 2 weeks - ever since the night time temp dropped below 10°C.

I got worried and brought them indoor at night time and they green up after a few days. Anyway, I'm leaving them outdoor for now and the leaves are turning red again.

I'm not sure how cold it is in your area, give it some time and see if the condition will improve when the weather warms up.

Well if it's normal then that's great Ray .. Sweet dreams lol

My thoughts are that your plants look normal for spring in areas where the soil is still cool as they start growing. Be very careful with both battery acid and sulfur. It's easy to drop the pH too low. Ammonium sulfate is safe if you dissolve it first and don't mix it too strong. One teaspoon per gallon of water is safe.

I doubt you have anything to worry about. We are off to a very slow, cool (and wet!) spring this year in the PNW and every blueberry bush I see locally look just like yours.

FWIW, I grow my blueberries in containers filled with a similar acid planting mix and do nothing other than fertilize. And I am not all that fussy about fertilizer type - I use Dyna Gro's GROW for all my containers and that seems to provide all the nutrient requirements without any nitrate side effects. I try to just let rainwater irrigate, as ours is naturally acidic but if necessary, you could irrigate with vinegar water. The UCG's won't contribute anything to acidity - they are essentially neutral in pH - but they can be used as a mulch/topdressing in the raised bed to provide a low N boost. Just don't let them dry or crust over......they become hydrophobic and repel water when that happens.

IME, folks fuss way too much about growing blueberries in containers. Plant them right, water as needed and let 'em be - they pretty much grow on their own!! (FWIW, I often include blueberries as part of an ornamental landscape when I do design work - they fit in well with other common PNW ornamentals, offer great fall color and have the bonus of producing great crops of fruit! Unless one is intent on commercial blueberry production, much more attention is just over-working the issue :-))

I really want to stay away from battery acid. Would be ok to water them once a week with a. sulfate mixed with tap water without need of battery acid? This is considering that I fertilize with Dr. Earth acid fertilizer every 2 months during growing season? Does a. Sulfate count as organic? I'm just trying to do things natural. At least until sulfur kicks in since it's going to take few months or so.

Otto... Definitely sweet dreams for me then.

Yeah, using battery acid in the garden is just plain crazy in my book!! All you want is to have your irrigation water on the acidic side - NBD. You may be overdoing it with the ammonium sulfate with weekly watering. Just try the vinegar water - a couple of tblsp of table vinegar in a big watering can is easy-peasy and will do the trick. Although, even that may be unnecessary.

I tried vinegar water last year and was told to stay away from that as the vinegar kills the microbes or whatever is going on down there. Is ucg unfiltered coffee ground? I was thinking of using fresh fresh coffee ground, about 2 table spoon per plant every 2 weeks or so.

The vinegar is too dilute to have any bother with soil microbes!! I don't know where these crazy ideas originate but they are not valid! And there are minimal amounts of any microorganisms in any container potting soil to begin with, which is why it is difficult to be entirely 'organic' with any sort of container culture.

UCG is the acronym for 'used coffee grounds', which is ALL you should be considering for garden use. Again, the grounds remaining after the coffee has been filtered out are pretty much neutral in pH - it is the liquid coffee itself that is acidic. And that is of likely a more harmful impact to soil biology if poured directly on the soil than any dilute vinegar application.

I see. So used is better than fresh? Also how often should I use the vinegar solution? I think I really need help with schedule of growing these plants. Like for example, fertilize, with acid fertilizer early spring and then again every 2 months up until end of July. And in-between all that, if there's no rain, water weekly or twice a week if it's hot weather with the water and vinegar solution Everytime I water. Do you think that will be enough?

"Used" just means they have been used to brew coffee. But that could be as recently as this morning or as long ago as last month, so freshness is not an issue.

Plants don't grow according to a schedule nor does the weather perform according to a precise schedule so there is little logic in attending to them on a precise schedule and doing so may prove to be counterproductive.

I dose all my containerized woody plants, including the blueberries, with Osmocote in early spring, then fertilize infrequently with the GROW periodically during the growing season....no set schedule; just when I get around to it :-)

In summer, which tends to be very dry here, water as often as they need it!! Again, no set schedule - it will depend highly on the weather conditions and the size of the container. It could be weekly or it could be every other day. And I don't bother with the vinegar water myself - I just use water directly from the hose. Haven't noticed any adverse affects from this methodology but YMMV.

Let me repeat that I believe folks try to overthink this :-) Given the basic growing requirements and decent aftercare, the plants will grow and produce. Just give 'em a chance and don't try to love them to death!!

Lolol. I think that's what I'm doing now. Wanting to love them to death. What does GROW stand for?

It is the just the name of a fertilizer formulation made by Dyna Gro. Dyna Gro is a brand favored by many (most?) container gardeners.

Dyna Gro GROW

I'll look into it. Thx :-)

Sounds like they should be just fine. So stop worrying lol

I would like to see images of all 60 of them when their loaded with sexy blueberries lol

Yes I can't wait to see them. I'm a jersey guy living happily in upstate S Carolina for the past 4 yrs. I started growing last yr.. 15 blues.. 8 raspberry.. 2 peach 2 pear and two apple trees .. I hav 7 giant huge producing pecan trees in the back yard that been there for yrs. amazing!! Huge amounts of pecans and real good ones. One half assed grape vein and blackberry plant. I want to grow paw paw this yr or next. I need to study up about them like where to buy and what kind for my area, etc.

i really only only care about the blueberry bushes. I love the bushes so much lol. I talk to them and take crazy care of them.. My dad up in jersey had great blueberry bushes.. 3 giant ones.. It was great growing up and picking them every year late June. I guess that's why I love them so much, ya know??

what about you? What you growing up there in Seahawk land

Yes I got addicted real bad too.. Last year. Bad! Oh I bought two southern highbush blueberries this 6 weeks ago. They are very small and were at Walmart lol lol. And I was gonna order about 8 southern highs this yr but I just didn't get around to it and I saw the two plants at Walmart. They were in a 2 for one bag for 9 dollars total price so my addiction kicked in and I grabbed them.

I planted 5 knockout rose bush for my wife and they bloomed last week. They look really nice right now. Maybe I'll send a pic

yes dude I. So addicted to growing it's insane.. I need rehab lol

You got sucked in boooy.. But it was worth it. It looks real nice. Yes the roses bloomed a bit early his yr I think. Weathers been great here every month since last October . Sometimes it's cold but not bad. But I'm doomed soon. Bad heat comin soon. And devistating mosquitos coming soon lol