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Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 20:07
| I've got three different issues with three different types of blueberries. All are two year old plants. One Duke that's leaves are turning yellow, along with brown spots (bug nibbled too)....then a Bluecrop with dark brown areas intertwined and finally a Biloxi that started out with curling green leaves, followed by turning brown then finally falling out. All were planted in 100% Canadian sphagnum moss and fed with Miracid. Ph between 4.5 and 5.0....kept moist. I'm including a pic of the leaves from the first two plants mentioned....the last one has no leaves left. One other part is that all three had several brown cocoons (that I plucked and destroyed) after fruiting. I'm located in central Oklahoma. Thanks for any and all help! |
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- Posted by blueboy1977 TX9A/B (My Page) on Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 20:27
| A picture of the bushes would be more helpful. |
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| Here's the Duke.... Thanks for help |
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| ....and here's the Bluecrop. The Biloxi are just brown stick now. Thanks again! |
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| Most of the blueberry problems are Ph related. Have the soil ph tested.With a high Ph, the plant can't absorb water. So the plant will be always under stress. In its native setting, such as NJ Pine Barren, wild blueberry bushes grow under tall trees. Very deep composted leave layer is like peat moss and holds a lot of water. The Ph is low. So the wild blueberry just thrives there. |
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| You mention that you've kept them moist, zebra4, but have you dug down and confirmed that that the peat is staying evenly moist below the surface? Based on what you wrote, I'm assuming that you dug your planting hole, filled it with peat, and then planted the bush? It's generally not a good idea to completely replace the native soil but instead to blend native soil with amendments. That helps mitigate the risk of ending up with a root zone that stays too wet or too dry. Since peat can potentially hold too much water, especially if the surrounding soil is slow to drain or if you have a high water table, and that, conversely, it becomes hydrophobic if it dries out too much, the problems that you're seeing could very easily be water related -- either too much or too little. They might not be, but that's a good place to start... |
This post was edited by shazaam on Mon, Sep 1, 14 at 12:48
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