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My Blueberry Bushes

My Blueberrie Bushes are now a year old.

Very healthy plants I got from JParkers last year but so far they have not given me any fruit.

How long do they take to produce fruits.

I want them to be organic plants .

My Blueberry Bushes

My Blueberrie Bushes are now a year old.
Very healthy plants I got from JParkers last year

With new growth? If you have this, you are over the first big set of
hurdles (related to soil pH and maybe mycorhiza).

so far they have not given me any fruit.

I don't know if I'd expect flowers the first spring (I guess ours,
which are small plants, had a few, but we picked them off to let the
plant spend its energy on getting established). But next spring I
would think so.

Do they get full sun? Although in the wild blueberries are forest
understory plants, full sun is recommended in the garden.

I want them to be organic plants .

Some organic ways of lowering the soil pH or keeping it down are pine
bark, pine needles, or oak leaves.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Kingdon (Post 751017)

My Blueberrie Bushes are now a year old.
Very healthy plants I got from JParkers last year

With new growth? If you have this, you are over the first big set of
hurdles (related to soil pH and maybe mycorhiza).Thankyou they really are healthy looking plants.

so far they have not given me any fruit.

I don't know if I'd expect flowers the first spring (I guess ours,
which are small plants, had a few, but we picked them off to let the
plant spend its energy on getting established). But next spring I
would think so.

Do they get full sun?Yes they do get full sun Jim. Although in the wild blueberries are forest
understory plants, full sun is recommended in the garden.

I want them to be organic plants .

Some organic ways of lowering the soil pH or keeping it down are pine
bark, pine needles, or oak leaves.

Should I still feed through the winter Jim or just water.

My Blueberry Bushes

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:11:28 +0100, Scotkat wrote:

Jim Kingdon;751017 Wrote:
My Blueberrie Bushes are now a year old.-
Very healthy plants I got from JParkers last year-

With new growth? If you have this, you are over the first big set of
hurdles (related to soil pH and maybe mycorhiza).Thankyou they really
are healthy looking plants.
-
so far they have not given me any fruit.-

I don't know if I'd expect flowers the first spring (I guess ours,
which are small plants, had a few, but we picked them off to let the
plant spend its energy on getting established). But next spring I
would think so.

Do they get full sun?Yes they do get full sun Jim. Although in the
wild blueberries are forest
understory plants, full sun is recommended in the garden. -
I want them to be organic plants .-

Some organic ways of lowering the soil pH or keeping it down are pine
bark, pine needles, or oak leaves.

Should I still feed through the winter Jim or just water.

I don't do anything in the winter, once the bushes are established they
make it through the winter fine. For the first several years that I had
blueberries bushes I always had a couple of casualties, in the spring I'd
replace the dead ones. Eventually they were all well enough established
that they no longer died in the winter. My oldest bushes are now
producing a lot of berries, it took about five years before they became
really productive.

My Blueberry Bushes

Where are you located? Arkansas needs super phosphate added to the soil in
some cases, to make things blossom (0 - 56 - 0 on the bag). Sometimes it is
the pH of the soil that makes them grow or fail (like here in Western
Kansas). I would have a soil test done and see if everything is where is
should be, and if not, correct it. Blueberries need a pH of 4 to 5.5 for
best results..

Dwayne

"Scotkat" wrote in message
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My Blueberrie Bushes are now a year old.

Very healthy plants I got from JParkers last year but so far they have
not given me any fruit.

How long do they take to produce fruits.

I want them to be organic plants .

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Scotkat