Can I save this blueberry?

jackieglasgow

I have a few small blueberry bushes in pots, two are just new and two are a year old. I stupidly fed them the feed which I use for my fushias. I know, stupid. I am ready tp pot on the two new ones, but is there any point? They are starting to look quite sad already. There's also a redcurrant bush and two raspberries suffering from the same affliction. Don't know what I was thinking about, I know they need different food, and have a watering can collecting rainwater for thius purpose!:mad:

Thanks.

Jackie X

TonyMMM

Wouldn't have thought the food would really harm the plants ..

Did you plant them in ericaceous compost (essential for Blueberries) ?

jackieglasgow

Yes, I did. I think I'll repot them anyway, they were only 99p so worth a punt, I think. I'll be heartbroken if the older ones die though, I'v nursed them back to health, they were sad and dead ish in a corner of the garden centre last year, I'm very proud of them!

A._Badger

jackieglasgow wrote: »

I have a few small blueberry bushes in pots, two are just new and two are a year old. I stupidly fed them the feed which I use for my fushias. I know, stupid. I am ready tp pot on the two new ones, but is there any point? They are starting to look quite sad already. There's also a redcurrant bush and two raspberries suffering from the same affliction. Don't know what I was thinking about, I know they need different food, and have a watering can collecting rainwater for thius purpose!:mad:

Thanks.Jackie X

As long as you used the correct strength, your fuchsia feed won't have done them any harm at all. In fact most soluble fertilisers have a slightly acid balance anyway, so they will counteract hard tap water, at least to some extent.

Even if they didn't like the hard water, any ill effects wouldn't show after just one dose, anyway. It would appear over a long period of weeks.

Either they have some other problem, or you are being overly concerned. Just go back to whatever method you were using before and they should be fine.

Hope that helps.

jackieglasgow

Thanks, we have very soft water here, so it should be OK then. I cut off the dead looking bits, I'm not too worried about getting fruit from them this year anyway, and the few flowers they had have passed. There are quite a few new bits of growth at the bottom, so fingers crossed!