u/Glittering_Alps_3735

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A neighbor friend went into assisted living earlier this year and was an avid gardener. She had switched to container gardening so she had me take as many containers as I wanted. I took several that still had soil.

She was the "Dahlia Lady" of the neighborhood. She said a family member took all of her Dahlias.

I didn't empty the soil out of this pot because I could see what looked like a very pruned plant in it and I wanted to see what it was.

This is what has exploded out of the pot.

I found a piece of plastic in the pot that says "Cherry Drop."

I am actually pretty much an edible garden newbie.

We have 2 blueberry plants, both in large planters.

The one with the least amount of leaf damage was the bush we bought a year ago.
The one with the most leaf damage is the one we bought last fall.

I found 1 tiny green caterpillar in March after I noticed a hole in a leaf on the newest bush. There were no more holes or other leaf damage until now.

Last Tuesday, a crew came out and replaced an old rotting wood retaining wall with a taller block wall and created a planting bed where these will be transplanted behind the retaining wall for me. They just finished yesterday. They disturbed a lot of ground and used about 4.5 cubic yards of 3-way mix topsoil.

When I thoroughly checked the bushes this evening, I noticed multiple holes and multiple leaves that have been eaten. I didn't notice them before the work started.

I tried doing searches to see what may be causing the damage but am not sure if I'm finding the correct culprits. It seems like I keep getting conflicting info with each site I visit.

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I've looked under leaves and at stems and branch junctions.

- Are flea beetles responsible for the holes? The holes range from tiny to quite large.
- Are caterpillars eating the leaves from the edges in?

Both bushes have already set fruit on them.

In Beaverton.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give me.

I am actually pretty much an edible garden newbie.

We have 2 blueberry plants, both in large planters.

The one with the least amount of leaf damage was the bush we bought a year ago.
The one with the most leaf damage is the one we bought last fall.

I found 1 tiny green caterpillar in March after I noticed a hole in a leaf on the newest bush. There were no more holes or other leaf damage until now.

Last Tuesday, a crew came out and replaced an old rotting wood retaining wall with a taller block wall and created a planting bed where these will be transplanted behind the retaining wall for me. They just finished yesterday. They disturbed a lot of ground and used about 4.5 cubic yards of 3-way mix topsoil.

When I thoroughly checked the bushes this evening, I noticed multiple holes and multiple leaves that have been eaten. I didn't notice them before the work started.

I tried doing searches to see what may be causing the damage but am not sure if I'm finding the correct culprits.

I've looked under leaves and at stems and branch junctions.

- Are flea beetles responsible for the holes? The holes range from tiny to quite large.
- Are caterpillars eating the leaves from the edges in?

Both bushes have already set fruit on them.

I am in the Portland, OR metro area.
We had an extremely mild winter with no freeze at all.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give me.

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