Comments on: Blueberry Root Rot

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:19:41 +0000

Tanya Walton–I always recommend blueberries. There are things that can go wrong, of course, but I don’t think they are as fussy as most berries. Go ahead and try them!

By: Tanya Walton

Tanya Walton — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:14:35 +0000

I really want to grow fruit on my allotment but after reading all of this i don’t know that I will try blueberries…although I really love blueberries and really want to try…oh hell…I hate it when I find out something is so hard…maybe I will give it a go…now I just don’t know what to do!!!!

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:01:42 +0000

I hope you find the culprit. So far only one of mine has this problem. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Aaah! What a clever cat! She must be terribly proud of her/himself.
I’ll go fix the link–thanks for the alert.

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:57:52 +0000

M–I’m so sorry your blueberries aren’t doing very well. One of the discouraging things about them is they take so long to get established, and during those early years my main problem is keeping them watered enough. The shallow roots are very sensitive to drought. My best advice is threefold: water, acidity, and patience. During the first few years it seemed I would never get enough blueberries out of four bushes to make one pie, but eventually it paid off. I hope your survivors turn the corner and start getting good. It’s worth it!

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:07:14 +0000

We planted about twelve blueberries this year–mostly highbush, but some lowbush, too. None are doing very well. Our fingers are crossed that next year they’ll be happy.
They seem to have the same symptoms as yours, but I’ma gonna look through the cool resources you recommend to see what else it could be.
BTW, the link to your gee haw whimmy diddle goes to another place. A good place, but not nearly as fun a place as you gee haw whatsit! Ho boy! Cat just brought in a live mouse!

By: M

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:01:27 +0000

I was pretty excited to plant blueberry bushes after seeing your post a few months ago. I got the Hollytone, two types of bushes, dug the holes… sadly, I killed two, and the rest are barely hanging in. I think blueberries must be harder to grow than they say.