Blueberry bush problem?
Question:I have a few blueberry bushes,but this one baffles me.I have in a pot on the patio,planted in ericacious soil and watered only with rain water,All the other plants are doing great but this one all the leaves have died and withered away.Has anyone got any answers.
Answers:
Blueberries require about a 4.5-5.5 pH-acidity in the soil. You may want to repot with 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 garden bark, and 1/3 growing soil--along with about a cup of azalea food. The roots are quite shallow, so it is very important to keep the soil moist or your roots will "cook" in a container. You might ask yourself if there has been weather warm enough to dry your potted blueberry out. Keep watering, but don't take them out of the sun, because contrary to popular myth, blueberries require several hours of sunlight a day. Also, there are really very few pests that would attack your plant. Good luck!
It may be that the bush is lacking fertilization,or nutrients not provided by rain water. Put a few drops of miracle grow liquid and watch them grow!
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