cliff_the_gardener wrote:
Willeh
You will get a little fruit of a bush in its early years, but it is
only a small plant in a 1l pot.
When fully grown they can get up to 4-5ft tall.
Sunshine blue is an evergreen kind and produces in m garden, smaller
berries than bluecrop. I have an acid soil but have found that the
best method is to mix 1 part top soil, 1 part B&Q soil improver, 1
part peat (has to be peat rather than peat free) and 1 part grit
sand. This produces an acid soil, which is moisture retentive yet
drains. Blueberries dislike drying out - infact they die. Equally if
the roots are permanently wet they die also.
As well as Blackmoor, the Dorset Blueberry Company is worth checking
out. As mentioned in another post Jenny Trehane wrote the bookon
Blueberries and it is her fmaily that runs Dorset Blueberry Co.
Blueberries in tubs are fine so long as you can keep them watered. An
alternative solution is to bury the pot to reduce evaporation.

Being bone idle, I planted a blueberry in good old solid Sussex clay (pH was
about 6 or 6.5, if I remember correctly). It grew well and fruited every
year for about 7 years (late 80s to early 90s). Then it slowly started to
fruit poorly, and eventually died. But I never saw signs of chlorosis at
any time.

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Jeff
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