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Blueberry plants turning leaves bright green / yellow

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  • I have 6 different varieties and this is only the first year. When I planted them some already had berries on them. Expecting much more next year, hopefully the will grow fast.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    My Belgian garden regularly had 2 or 3 weeks of -20C and ometimes much worse in a bad winter.   The blueberries cope fine tho in very cold, dry winters, a few tips of stems and branches die back.  I doubt you will have anything that cold in the UK.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Plenty hardy in the UK. They also survive the very wet cold we get up here without any issue.
    In fact, they grow very well everywhere in Scotland, as we have  the right conditions/soil.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • They are looking nice and healthy now.  :)
    It's a good idea to remove some of those thin, weak shoots near the bottom of some of those plants as those will never grow well.  Doing that also triggers the roots to send up strong, straight, vigorous new shoots which are the ones you want to encourage as those will bear most of the crop in future years.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • They are looking nice and healthy now.  :)
    It's a good idea to remove some of those thin, weak shoots near the bottom of some of those plants as those will never grow well.  Doing that also triggers the roots to send up strong, straight, vigorous new shoots which are the ones you want to encourage as those will bear most of the crop in future years.
    Thanks Bob for the advice. Right now I'm just too happy that they keep growing but will do the trimming as well. When is the best time?
  • @pdolinaj Sorry about the delay - missed your reply.  I usually do mine in late winter, just as growth is beginning.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • BLTBLT Posts: 525
    I have only one bush too and it fruits and as long as I net it, I get the crop lol or the birds will.   I actually weighed my crop from one bush 2ft x 2ft and it was only 175gms..  Which are safely in my freezer, as I make a mean Grape n' Blueberry preserve..
  • Never weighed mine, straight on my morning cereal or straight into my mouth, :):)


  • Blueberries summer 2019
  • Success!  You'll get better and better crops every year from now on. :)
    Next spring, you will hopefully see new strong shoots coming up from the base which will be capable of bearing many more berries in future years.  All you need to do for about the next five years is snip-off the fruited tips (which will probably have turned yellow by then) in late winter together with any dead or unhealthy-looking bits.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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