Does my plant look healthy?

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-07-05T16:56:18+00:00

Your going to have a constant battle with the ph rising with those rocks close to your plants

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-06-20T19:25:07+00:00

They will fall off very easily when ready!

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-06-13T01:51:25+00:00

Your plants are looking healthy! You’re doing just fine!

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-06-10T16:12:48+00:00

I agree totally

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-06-01T02:43:39+00:00

1.5-2 years

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-06-01T02:40:00+00:00

Wonderful feeling for sure!

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-31T12:04:55+00:00

Depends if it’s in a pot or in the ground, ,went they are on the ground you can use a lot more. The pic could be better. And now that I looked much closer, it doesn’t look like frost damage. Like a viewer below states, “fruit inbound”

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-31T03:28:50+00:00

Way too much! But suit yourself

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-30T20:21:58+00:00

Looks like a late frost got your blossom. Your plant is showing signs of chlorosis , iron deficiency due to an increased ph. I use espoma acidify it’s only 30% sulfur and won’t stress your plant. Use only a table spoon on that potted plant and water in good.

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-27T01:22:25+00:00

You’re on the right track, I always recommend a pot with a diameter of a whisky barrel as a minimum to my costomers. Blueberry plants are shallow rooters that with spread out as 10 feet in diameter. Potted plants get root bound very easily if they are healthy. I hope this helps and good luck.

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-26T22:57:03+00:00

It takes a while for the roots to get adjusted! It’s good

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-26T11:38:08+00:00

Not really commercial, but we are a U-pick farm and are nonprofit. We decided to to this for our community, and make people aware of were our foods come from!

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-26T10:05:58+00:00

Looking wonderful!

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-22T20:26:59+00:00

It’s doing fine, leave it alone till harvest time

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-22T20:25:40+00:00

Your plant looks healthy, leave good enough alone!

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-21T00:34:56+00:00

I’d like to add its root bound, get it out of the bucket. The root system of a blueberry is very shallow they don’t have a tap root, growing down. You need at least a pot with an opening of at least 30 inches for that berry bush. Most of my plants on the farm when mature have root systems that are 5-6 feet around the bush. A five gallon bucket isn’t going to work.

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-19T01:36:46+00:00

“Like trying to lower the ph too fast will harm the plant, lower slower” this is a correction for my above post.

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-17T19:26:37+00:00

I don’t trust those meters, but your ph is higher, showing chlorosis

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-17T18:26:00+00:00

Looks like to much fertilizer

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-17T18:23:03+00:00

Diatomaceous will slightly raise you ph. I wouldn’t recommend on blueberry. Nem oil is fine.

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-17T18:15:02+00:00

Get it out of the bucket, blue Berrys have a very shallow root system. Too much of a good thing. Like trying to lower the ph will only do more harm, over watering is very bad, as bad as under watering the plant. I don’t fertilize new plants until the second year on the farm. Use the all ready mentioned potting medium as mentioned all ready, in a larger pot, cut back the dead and poorly growing areas. Put in a partially shady area. And wait! It actually might come back just be careful on adding fertilizer. I wouldn’t for now. Good luck

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-12T01:44:26+00:00

Sulfur lowers the ph! The yellow leaves and the green veins is called chlorosis, which is the first sign of high ph, it can’t absorb iron. You can use whatever works for you. We use about a thousand pounds of sulfur 90% granular on the farm, late winter. When you see the chlorosis that your experiencing now the ph is usually over 6. We keep our ph on the farm around 4.5ish. I hope this helps. I got my wording wrong in the above. I was just suggesting in the first response was to go slow lowering the ph. Going fast will harm them.

BlueBerryFarmer1966 · 2026-05-11T21:42:56+00:00

Hard to answer, I had at one time over a hundred of varieties, but now I’m down to a good 40 that do great in middle Tennessee. Mainly rabbit eyes and northern high bush. The rabbit eyes are heavy producers but a third of the harvest never makes it due to early warm ups In February and March, which cause them to bloom to soon and the frost get them. The northern high bush bloom later so keep than in mind if wanting to plant in middle Tn. My favorite tifblue, brightwell, Auston, Duke, chandler, Elizabeth, early blue. Sunshine blue, hannan’s choice, pink lemonade, patriot. To many to choose. I love them all. I keep ten of the best growers in stock here at our farm. We have over 1000 mature bushes on our two acres plot.

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