Blueberry

[mrscorpio]

i have just been gifted a blueberry by a neighbour who is down sizing and its in a large pot.
do i wait till autumn to put it in a bigger newer pot. and what is ericsisters compost?

ericsisters are very acidic girls

[Brengirl]

Thanks everyone. My bush (very straggly) was planted in ericaceous is watered with rainwater, fed with berry food and I dump my rhubarb leaves in the pot for mulch. I really do think that fruit is forming so will wait and see.

If I am honest I believe it's a case of R.I.P.

[Madasafish]

I find small blueberry bushes very fragile. One of ours has been 3/4 killed by the winter.

Larger ones - I have Chandler - appear much more hardy - and easier to take cuttings from . I am trying for the first time this year. So far so good...

I just dump loads of composted leaves on the ground around them in March and feed sulphate of iron to acidify the soil. (ours is normal on top but heavy clay 0.5 metres down)

[OllieMartin]

Both of mine died right back to twigs the first year I bought them (one last year, one this year), but both have regrown. Perhaps they don't like repotting.

[Brengirl]

I have a packet of azalea/rhododendron feed. Can I use that?

[Madasafish]

Azalea feed will be acidic so fine.

[WrexTheDragon]

fed with berry food.

I would not feed blueberries with this as it sounds like a general feed and not one for acid loving plants.

If it is a solid feed I would remove the top 2 inches of compost and put fresh ericaceous in it's place, if it is a soluble feed then I would try and flush it through with rain water.

It may be too late, as the damage has been done to the roots, but worth giving it a go.