[garden] I can't seem to grow blueberries

[mrbigstuff]

bought plants about 5 years ago and have tried them in 3 different locations (transplanting twice, moving barrel once) and none have seemed to take. how long does it typically take for these to start to fruit in any real number? I only get a dozen or so fruits on each plant and they are not looking too vigorous. actually, quite the opposite.

[WHiiP]

http://www.hgtv.com/landscaping/growing-...index.html

[numbered]

It is probably a soil issue. They grow reasonably fast if they are in the right environment.

[ztirffritz]

It took mine about 5 years.

[OWC Jamie]

blueberries grow in a bog

I have 12
a building downspout empties into the center of the patch and I add 4 - 2.2 cubic bales of peat moss to the top of the soil every year along with a acidifier to get the ph at about 5

probably cheaper to buy them in the store but then I know what pesticides have not been used to grow them

last year I didn't get many

[freeradical]

My Sunset Western Garden Book says that blueberries are prone to overbearing, and that you need to prune them to get good sized fruit. ;-)

It also says that you need to plant at least two varieties to get good pollination.

[SteveG]

RIM had the same problem with blackberries.

[mrbigstuff]

planted two varieties, have not really pruned, as it's hard to prune what doesn't grow much, but I'll give it a snip.

as to growing in bogs, that is the opposite of what I have seen up north, where they grow on hillsides and right in the middle of well-drained fields.

[OWC Jamie]

are you growing the wild -on-the-hillside variety or cultivated bog variety ?

http://www.mcht.org/news/2011/12/bog_bro...rans.shtml

[mrbigstuff]

I have the tag somewhere.

i'm guessing you are guessing that my best guess is that I'm growing the cultivated variety.