So I recently purchase 2 blue berry bushes. I have done a little research but I value my Stewbies advice more then anything I've found googling. So from what I've read you need 2 bushes and they are to be different types.... still not sure why about that.... anyways Lowes my favorite garden center with always the healthiest plants had the Sunshine Blue variety. They said the were expecting a shipment of emerald next but when the shipment came it was the same sunshine kind. Needless to say the garden mgr was not happy... so I went to home depot and they only had sunshine... so I went to Walmart which always has ify plants but still better then Kmarts deseased half dead crap.... and there was one Emerald variety left and it looked ok but not 100%..... so uugghhhhh I bought it.... now I have them both about 3 feet apart in large containers.... I can't put them in the ground, containers will have to do.... the sunshine is blooming the lil white buds like crazy, it was like that when I bought it.... the Emerald has had a few lil white bud things..... So now any help, tips, advice or suggestions would be much obliged..... Sunshine Blue (left) and Emerald (Right) ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden ) I haven't transplanted the emerald yet into the pot also because it looks like there's a tiny baby bb bush in there too.... So what do you think? Is this another baby one in the pot along with all the weeds that came free of charge from walmart... lol Maybe a baby? ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden ) New Emerald with baby? ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )
Hello mrs G, http://www.gardenstew.com/about18538.html Klik on the link above and have a read there. It is sort a of long-winded thread, but you may find some useful tips. Good luck with your blues.
You need two plants for cross pollination. They (or most varieties) aren't self fertile. So, you need to have the pollen from one plant deposited on the stamen (this is the bees job) from the other plant in order to produce a fertilized blossom. The fertilized blossom will then start producing new seeds. the seeds are encapsulated in a pulpy type fruit during development. We harvest the fruit to eat but the seeds are of no value to us. Otherwise birds and other creatures eat the fruit and when they poop they deposit the seeds elsewhere and the seeds then start growing where ever the animal left its deposit...making the cycle of seed to plant to flower to fruit to seed once again part of the cycle of life. Now, on to the other part...if they are blooming at different times this year you may find you will have not much, if any, fruit, unless the plant is pollinated by other blueberries in the area. Growing in containers is fine for them for now, but keep them watered and fertilized. If you let them dry out too much or wilt down they may not survive. Check the Ph on the soil/media you have them planted in and add aluminum sulfate at the recommended amounts if need be and do this yearly, not just every now and then. They will turn yellow and die if the Ph is off too much. They literally starve to death. I am not familiar with the varieties you grow there, so you will need to research what each variety needs specifically for your climate. We grow totally different b. berries than you do. I think yours are called "rabbit eye" blueberries and we grow high bush or low bush varieties up here.
