It seems that I am not going to succeed in having a post published under the
subject heading "Blueberries" Sooo,
Poor crop this year on three bushes. All the planting/pruning advice
followed. Only item missing is feeding. How should I encourage a better crop
next year?
Alistair

"Alistair Macdonald" wrote...
It seems that I am not going to succeed in having a post published under
the subject heading "Blueberries" Sooo,
Poor crop this year on three bushes. All the planting/pruning advice
followed. Only item missing is feeding. How should I encourage a better
crop next year?

You can post under any subject heading you like, this is an unmoderated
newsgroup. If your post didn't show then either your ISP refused to post it
or something else went wrong.

We didn't get too bad a crop on our two bushes but none made it home from
the allotment. :-)

Presumably you have them in acid soil (our allotment is) and if you want to
feed them then use an Ericaceous Feed, they are sold mainly for Rhodies and
Camellias.

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Regards
Bob Hobden

Alistair Macdonald wrote:
It seems that I am not going to succeed in having a post published
under the subject heading "Blueberries" Sooo,
Poor crop this year on three bushes. All the planting/pruning advice
followed. Only item missing is feeding. How should I encourage a
better crop next year?
Alistair

Your posts appeared for me, first on 22 August, and again on 18 Sept.
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Pete C
London UK

Now there's a surprise. I was sure there was an over zealous moderator
somewhere (there was a previous "Blueberry" post in the same window) The
mystery remains - apparently my previous messages were published, but
invisible to me. Thanks. I've now got hold of the remedies ericaceous soil
(in which they are planted) and ericaceous feed. The only gap in my
knowledge now is to prune or not to prune, and if so, how?
Alistair

Alistair I did read both your posts, but as I know very little about growing blueberries, I could not reply. I did watch to see what replies you got in the hope I might learn something, but so far it seems Bob's advice is the best, and it concurs with what I've read in my books.
I hope you have better luck next year.

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from "Bob Hobden" contains these words:
"Alistair Macdonald" wrote...

It seems that I am not going to succeed in having a post published under
the subject heading "Blueberries" Sooo,
Poor crop this year on three bushes. All the planting/pruning advice
followed. Only item missing is feeding. How should I encourage a better
crop next year?

You can post under any subject heading you like, this is an unmoderated
newsgroup. If your post didn't show then either your ISP refused to post it
or something else went wrong.

All three turned up, but whether his news-server collected them is
another matter.

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The message
from "Alistair Macdonald" contains
these words:

Now there's a surprise. I was sure there was an over zealous moderator
somewhere (there was a previous "Blueberry" post in the same window) The
mystery remains - apparently my previous messages were published, but
invisible to me. Thanks. I've now got hold of the remedies ericaceous soil
(in which they are planted) and ericaceous feed. The only gap in my
knowledge now is to prune or not to prune, and if so, how?

If you didn't see any of the replies in the 'Blueberries' thread, then
you've probably managed to killfile 'Blueberries' somehow.

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Rusty
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