r/Blueberries

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Would you still refrain your blueberry plant from flowering the first year if you bought a bigger plant?

Hello! I feel like the consistent recommendations for blueberries are to let them settle in the first year by picking off the flowers to help the plant establish itself for better yields.

I recently bought a much bigger plant and now about the size of my blueberry plants that I let establish for their first year. I plant them on half size wine barrels (thats the only way they survive for me in zone 9B). Should I still pick off the flowers the first year or is it ok to let this new blueberry plant fruit this upcoming season since its a much bigger plant?

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u/DifficultPear8857 — 4 days ago

First time planting blueberries

I planted this Bountiful Blue about 10 days ago. It was prettt green and healthy, I think, when I planted it. This is my first time trying to grow blueberries and I’m not sure what happened to it. Here in Southern California we had a pretty wild heatwave the week after I planted it, 5-6 days of 95 degree weather or hotter, immediately followed by a day of rain.

I planted it with EB Stone azalea mix, using their starter fertilizer as well. If anyone can tell me what I’m doing wrong I would appreciate it!

u/beenjamminnn — 4 days ago

blueberry cuttings question

i did a post about 3 weeks ago asking a few questions. these are my first ever cuttings so im looking at this as an experiment. at this stage its been a month and two weeks. the soil is not wet, but slightly moist. ( i put my finger an inch down in the soil to check ). should i start to water just a little bit or at least a little tug to see if there is any pull for roots? im still using a clear container for humidity. i have not used any fertilizer. none of the stems or leaves are droopy, they feel firm. im not sure if anyone can see, but a leaf here and there are starting to get a brown? discolor. the first picture is the biggest spot. is that something i should just clip off? also, i have seen absolutely no growth ( no new nodes for leaves, etc. no new height ). im sure the pictures before will basically look the same, except now with some spots. am i at a stage where i should just keep letting it do its thing? thanks for any insight.

u/sourge8 — 4 days ago

Blueberry spacing

Is this a good amount of space for these berry bushes? Space4’ from each other.
Left to right: sunshine, pink lemonade, chandler.

u/Puzzleheaded-Eye-923 — 13 days ago

Sourcing Native Blueberries

Anyone know where I can get the straight species of V. tenellum, V. pallidum, or V. crassifolium? Preferably from a nursery that ships plants, since I haven't found any within an hour of me that sell these

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u/Witty_Activity_869 — 14 days ago