What is wrong with my blueberry Bush?

1sophie.samson · June 2022

Hi, so I have 4 blueberry bushes. They are still quite young and small ( 3 years old)
They are all in pots with erasious/acidic compost and all together, same watering levels too.

One is fruiting, just a few but are beautiful for the second time one is yet to fruit, but is growing beautifully.
The two others are unhappy, one is fruiting but they are all shrivelled up and the other the leaves are changing colour drying out and falling of ( the same is happening to the unhappy fruiting one) I have attached a few pictures.

Does anyone know what is happening? And can they be rescued?

Thank you in advance
Sophie

Dovefromabove · June 2022

What's all the grassy stuff in the top of the pots? Is it weeds? You need to get rid of that ... it's competing for nutrition and water.

Shrivelled fruit would seem to indicate drought ... fruit bushes need lots of water.
Also, have they been fed this year ... they need fertiliser for ericaceous plants.

bertrand-mabel · June 2022

Ours are still developing and no signs of "blue". Yes it looks like drought problems.

Skandi · June 2022

I would suspect that the compost has gotten so dry at some point that it isn't actually taking in any of the water you are giving it. Try standing the entire pot in a larger tub or even a bin bag (without holes) and give it a good soaking for a couple of hours.

Dovefromabove · June 2022

bertrand-mabel said:

Ours are still developing and no signs of "blue". Yes it looks like drought problems.

Ours are just beginning to turn blue.

What is wrong with my blueberry Bush?

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