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| Does anyone have any experience with planting blueberry bushes in containers and fertilizing with Miracle-Gro Water Soluble Azalea, Camellia, Rhododendron Plant Food?
I planted my first Misty Blueberry shrub and I want to care for this plant as best as possible. It sits in a 7 gallon container with Miracle-Gro Organic Choice Potting Mix, Perlite and bark mulch topping it off. Please advise. |
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| Should be OK. I would use some Osmocote, too. Follow the label rates on any product you use. |
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| I'm just a little nervous about the pH of the mix you're using. Sounds like it might be around 7. Probably should be closer to 5. Maybe someone with a little more experience can comment about this. |
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| Edweather has it right, best to re-pot according to CARE OF SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRIES. Miracle-Gro Water Soluble Azalea, Camellia, Rhododendron works really well enough for me. I will continue with it until something better comes along. Note that it is not an organic fertilizer - if that matters to you. |
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- Posted by bamboo_rabbit 9A Inverness FL (My Page) on Thu, Jun 7, 12 at 16:23
| I also use the Miracle grow some, mostly as a foliar feed if the young plants look like they need a pick me up in between scheduled fertilizing. |
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| I would agree with others..........you need a good blueberry mix for those plants. The link Clint posted is good, here is a video that's also good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnbYI4zaR48 As for the fertilizer, a close friend of mine has used that fert for the last few years on his BB plants in pots and they seem to do well. However, I still think it makes the most sense to use either an organic fert of some kind such as those made by Dr.Earth or ammonium sulf to make sure that you pushing toward a lower PH. RM |
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