r/Blueberries

Hi there, I'm new at caring for these. They've been neglected for years, but never exhibited disease like this until I started trying to take better care of them! These bushes always bore at least a little fruit, but last year I decided to fertilize them with slow-release balanced fertilizer and watered them during dry patches. I tried pruning them in early spring because I read that was the smart thing to do. Now the whole patch is showing whatever disease this is. Is this stem blight? I'm horrified that I've ruined them. Any suggestions?

We just moved into a new home (in North Carolina) and with it came a whole row of mature blueberry bushes planted by the previous owners. I have never taken care of blueberry bushes and need advice! I love blueberries and would love to keep the plants healthy so that we can get a good amount of blueberries. Pictures are of the current state of the plants.

I planted it in the ground just over a month ago, the second picture is a month old. Does it need nitrogen or sulphur ?

These are Japanese beetles, and they are not a friend to gardens. I have sprayed them with an organic fungicide/insecticide, and plan to walk out every once in a while with a bowl of soapy water and make them go for a swim if they're still around.

This is my blueberry bush which I purchased from a local garden center and planted in a container with some peat moss and berry tone. When I got it from the garden center it had a bunch of blueberries but it has stopped producing. You can see one sad wrinkled green berry which is the first I’ve seen in weeks.

I keep it well watered and it has new growth but why isn’t it producing? I ordered a soil tester. Should I add pine shavings? Will that help? It also does have aphids and ants which I spray off daily but they keep coming back. Should I dig it up and resoil it with more pine? Or just add pine on top?

Hello there!

I just picked up this blueberry plant and I'm wondering if its too young to take cuttings from. If it isn't, I'd love some guidance on taking cuttings that'll survive!

Thank you for your time 🥰

My blueberries are being eating alive please HELP

Hi! I got these blueberry bushes (Tif blue on left and powder blue on right) at the beginning of May, and they were doing well and producing lots of (small) berries and got lots of rain all thru May and the first half of June. Then it stopped raining, then we had a heat wave this week (south of Nashville). We gave them a good deep soak of water last night, but when I checked them today, this is what they looked like… to me (inexperienced), it looks like too much sun and definitely not enough water.

My instinct is to prune all the shriveled leaves (since they didn’t spring back after getting watered last night), move onto the patio for a few days (so they get partial sun instead of full sun to get a chance to recover) and continue to water deeply maybe every other day? I’m not sure how much water blueberries like?

My plan was to plant them on my FIL’s land in a full sun spot in the fall, but now I’m wondering if they’re going to get scorched every summer if I do that?

Thank you for all info and advice! I really want these to make it!!

Something is eating my blackberry bush and I’m not sure what it is. 😢 I’m completely new to gardening but I love fresh fruits and vegetables. I had planted some zucchini and basil as well but they all but look dead. Now I am hoping to safe my blackberry bush as I love blackberries. I do have a second one that I almost had to completely cut down cuz all the leaves had either small holes in them, big chunks missing or were yellow/brown and dying. We did have almost constant rain the last two weeks so I think that contributed to the leaves dying. Now I’m wondering if there is some natural pesticide that I might be able to use to save both bushes. I don’t want to spray anything harsh on there as I am planning on eating the berries once I get some. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The muffins have taken over the breakfast table around here, and I can't get enough! Between the Joan Crawford Muffins and the Ann Blythe muffins, in addition to the very muffin-like Betty White Applesauce Loaf and Orange Loaf, I feel like I need to bake a batch each week. They're just so good with coffee!

These muffins were very easy to make, and like some of these other vintage muffins and loaves, they do have a bit more baking powder than a modern recipe might have.

That's what makes them firm and so good with coffee, kind of how a scone is good with tea. For this batch of muffins, I thought it would be fun to add mostly (cut-up) strawberries, and a few blueberries. With 4th of July coming up, and all the strawberries available at the store right now, it seemed like a good idea.

I baked them at 400 for exactly 25 minutes and they came out beautifully! It made 12 muffins.

The strawberries in the muffins gives them moist pockets of sweet flavor and with butter, this can't be beat!

Every green spot in this picture is a bilberry plant. I’m sure there’s enough here to feed the entire human race, but I just want enough for myself.

Is there a way to pick these faster than one at a time?

Is this plant cooked I gave good PH soil and have been watering I transplanted it and it’s been going downhill since. What do I do this is a DUKE I also have 3 others legacy, spartina, and blue jay. So it’s also not cross pollination problems if that could even do this.

Out of the 7 different blueberry bushes I have Sweetheart is my favorite. It has such an amazing sweet taste unlike anything else. What’s your favorite?

First time with blueberries. Not really an avid gardener but have a little experience. Seemed like they were doing fine. Went on a trip for a week and a half. Neighbor was watering for us.

From what I’ve read, I think it’s a combo of a few things.

1. Black pots in lots of sun. Plan to pull closer to the house for more shade. Will see if I can paint a lighter color too.
2. Dry out. Probably not watering enough. Would hit the pot with the hose until there was about an inch of standing water and then let it soak in.
3. Soil ph is probably not anywhere near what it needs to be.
4. What do you all think?

Blueberry flower 💜

Shot handheld with my Sony A7R III / Laowa 90mm 2x Macro lens / Neewer Z2 Pro flash and AK diffuser.

f/8 | 1/250 | ISO 160.

I have a blueberry bush in the back yard that is about 3 years old now. I'm getting more invested into gardening and tending to the bush more regularly. While watering from time to time I've noticed two 'styles' of weird brown spots on the leaves and was hoping someone could educate me more on what I'm looking at. One looks bug related and the other looks plant health related. Any insight would be appreciated.