Star Blueberry

[JF]

Is it normal for blueberries to lose all their leaves??My is now flowering like crazy, sorry for the fuzzy pic.

[CoPlantNut]

Yes, it is normal for blueberries to lose all their leaves.  Mine wouldn't survive the snow load if they still had leaves!

My 'Chandler', 'Top Hat' and 'Brigitta'  blueberries this morning:


The snow drifts make them look small!  I'll have to wait another 3 months for flowers, but they have certainly met their chill requirements.

   Kevin

[MangoFang]

Yeah, JF - mine lose their leaves, sometimes not all,  but it is quite normal.  I lost a couple Blues this winter -
I'm thinking the soil wasn't acidic enough - probably should have kept them in pots, though I did plant them in
pure peat moss and have been feeding them with Aluminum Sulfate and coffee grounds occassionally, I think
the tap water is just too hard on their ph requirements....


Fang

[JF]

Thanks MangoDog and CoPlantNut


I'm going to leave it in the 15 gallon. What do you do to keep the birds away?

JF

[MangoFang]

hmmmm....well....they are so new I don't think the birds have figured them out yet....but what would I do if
they did?  Try strips of aluminum foil maybe tied to branches.....or cover them with a net.....


Dr. Fang