advice for a newbie buying a blueberry plant

kazzys51

Hi there, homebase have a blueberry plant reduced to 9.99 and as im new to this have been reading up a bit , do i have to put it in acidic soil? im putting it in a pot 2ltr it says , would it not be good to put it in organic compost ive got loads of bags of this to use you see, but dont want to ruin the berrys i buy loads of these so thougth the plant will be good money saving mabey for next yearhopefully the pot i have is got a pound coin size hole in it is this ok? and will have it in a part shade is that ok?also was hoping to do organic any advice would be gr8 cheers;)

oliveoyl

You have to use ericacious (acidic) soil for blueberry bushes... if you use ordinary compost it will die... at £9.99 it's not worth trying it. They also don't like tap water... you need to use rainwater.

Smoffi

Plant in space whereby you have about 30cms to spare...
When it starts growing bluberries keep it trimmed to a reasonable size so you get a good crop of fruit
I've got my 3 in sunlight for most of the day

oliveoyl

Another thing is that they are not self fertile, so you will need more than one plant.

kazzys51

thanks guyz