Blueberry changing colour

[scripted]

Hi All.
I could do with a bit of advice.
I have had this blueberry since last August time and it has survived the winter etc, so now it has white flowers on it and I thought it was doing ok. Now the leaves have started to turn a bit orangy. Any idea why this might be?

I have just bought 5 patriot blueberries and these dont look at all orange but are much younger. (not very happy as I bought them on ebay and I wanted 5 different ones MIX AND MATCH VARIETIES OF SAME SIZE my bum)

Also.

Is the best way to make more of them by bending a stem down into the earth and then staking it there for it to root? If so whats the best time of year. Any hints and tips would be gratefully recieved.

[chris]

Couple new leaves of one of mine are going orangey too.. It's not rained for a bit, so I gave them a quick squirt of tap water Hope that' snot to blame!

[ginger ninger]

How to grow Blueberry's

Blueberry plants need an acidic soil an ericaeous compost is best.

Blueberries should be mulched in the Spring. Pine needles make an ideal mulch because they are acidic.

Blueberry plants will require watering from the time their buds show in the Spring to when the leaves drop in the Autumn. Remember always to use rainwater when ever possible as tap water contains lime.

Blueberries produce fruit on the previous year's wood.
It is not necessary to prune for the first two or three years except for removing dead wood and keeping the plant tidy.

Older blueberry bushes must be pruned between November and March each year in order to retain their vigour.

Rememer the blueberries will ripen at different times on the same bush.

The orange leaves could be dew to your plant's needing a small feed.

How to feed your Blueberry.

Blueberries like acid fertilizers such as for Rhody or Azalea, feed them in late spring or once plants are established. (Careful! Blueberries are very sensitive to over fertilization!). Hope this help's

[DaveJ]

Might be a lack of nutrients in the soil. I always use rainwater as well.

[scripted]

I have recently fed them will the proper feed and they mainly get rain water although i have had to get the hose on them a couple of times,
I will keep watch on them.

[basketcase]

Mine have just been re-potted into ericaceous compost and are all turning reddish. Could it be the fact that they've just been snowed on?! Again!

[Madasafish]

Is the best way to make more of them by bending a stem down into the earth and then staking it there for it to root? If so whats the best time of year. Any hints and tips would be gratefully recieved.

I am trying that this year. Did it in March.. Do now - not too late.

I have also taken ripe wood cuttings in March, stuffed in pots and in greenhouse under a clear cover - well ventilated. Three out of six cuttings have leaves growing and MAY have rooted. - Anytime up to June iirc. Semi ripe cuttiings in Sept I believe ...


Ask me again in 6 months time..

[toastie]

My Earliblue Blueberry is looking really well at the moment - lots of little flowers so hopefully lots of large blueberries later on. Usually water with rainwater but have started to water with special liquid feed (the same that is used on azaleas, rhododendruns etc (the same as I used last year). As its only in its second year will take some cuttings off it when its a bit bigger.

[chris]

I'm getting a lot more bronze leaves now. It may have been as they're new and I didn't really harden them off... just bunged them in that eracidious compost stuff, and stuck 'em on the decking

[WrexTheDragon]

It can happen with newly purchased plants that have been kept under cover by the nursery or in heated greenhouses to get them into bud/flowering before they are sold.

Most people plant them out in the garden forgetting that the temperature can change between the day and night. The plants are not used to a change in temperature so you get a change in the leaf as you do in authum when it knows that it's time to shed it's leaves and get ready for winter.

The plant should recover as it gets warmer and they get climatized to your location.

Keep an eye on them and if possible move the plant near to the house at night as this will be a warmer part of the garden.

[womble]

Can anyone tell me if tiny blueberry bushes grown from seed should, or may, have a red stem.
I have one grown by accident (I think), it appears to have blueberry leaves, but a red stem, the others don't.

[chris]

It can happen with newly purchased plants that have been kept under cover by the nursery or in heated greenhouses to get them into bud/flowering before they are sold.

Most people plant them out in the garden forgetting that the temperature can change between the day and night. The plants are not used to a change in temperature so you get a change in the leaf as you do in authum when it knows that it's time to shed it's leaves and get ready for winter.

The plant should recover as it gets warmer and they get climatized to your location.

Keep an eye on them and if possible move the plant near to the house at night as this will be a warmer part of the garden.

Yeah the thought crossed my mind.. I'd been on at T&M to deliver them, as I'd ordered them *months* ago, they kept telling me they weren't ready yet - so I guess you're right about the budding, etc.

[scripted]

Mine have just been re-potted into ericaceous compost and are all turning reddish. Could it be the fact that they've just been snowed on?! Again!

My one has just been repotted into new ericaeous soil so i wonder if its that. maybe too acidic compared to what it was used to?

bit of a coincidence.