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Growing Blueberries
morbidia
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in Fruit & veg
Hi, I have two blueberry plants growing in a tub, they did well last year but unfortunately my chickens got hold of them and stripped all the leaves off the plants at the end of last summer. They now look like they have died with no new leaves showing, is it going to be possible to save them or is it too late, Thanks M
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Mine are just starting to bud now, so there is hope! However, if you want to check, snap a bit off the end of a branch - if it is brittle and breaks off easily, it is probably dead.
I checked the branches today and they are going brown on the ends but are green further down, I was tempted to prune them back but then though this might make it worse
is is spring now in your there? they didnt grow any green leaves?? OR you can cut down a branch, and see if there is any life in it
Hi ,yes its spring here now but there are no leaves and the branches look brown, I think they are dead
I will have to go and get some more and coverthem so the hens don't get at them again
Hi Mrs S, I was told you don't need two bushes to grow blueberries but if you plant two they both get more berries on them
I had two blueberry plants in tubs, until my dog pulled them out of there pots and ate them. must like blueberrys then
I would be patent for a few more weeks as they may just have been frozen a bit more than they like and could reshoot from lower down. Mine haven't got leaf shoots yet but they did try flwoering. iexpect the blossom's been frosted and I'll get no fruits thi syear. Hey ho.
Try giving yours a good drink of rain water with added liquid tomato fertiliser as a tonic or else tap water with something like Miracid or sequestered iron to cancel out any alkalinity. If they haven't shown shoots by mid to late May then dig them out and start again with new plants, making sure they have plenty of ericaceous comost dug in aroud their rootballs.
You'll get better fruiting if you have two or more varieties to cross pollinate each other.
If you scrape the bark away they should be green underneath if alive. If its brown just try further down stem, but as obelixx says, give them bit more time & water & feed them. Good luck!
Its July and I bought 3 blueberries as a set at the garden center in the spring I potted them up with the right compost and had a few leaves on them. I have no pets and they are in the sun but now only have the bare framework of the plants and nothing else. any sugestions of what has gone wrong or how I can rejuvenate them.