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Mon, Oct 20, 14 at 19:56
| I planted 10 blueberry plants in pots. They are growing well, but I don't have enough time to take care of them everyday.... I need to water and fertilize them very often, so it's taking too much of my time... That's why I've been thinking of transferring all my plants to the ground... If I did that, I believe I wouldn't have to spend so much time taking care of them.... What do you guys think? Do you think that they would still grow well in the ground? Would I still have to water them all the time like when they are in pots? |
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| If your soils pH is below 6 then in-ground should be a possibility. Add half by volume acidic organic matter to the planting area and they should do fine. Watering needs would then depend on rainfall but shouldn't be more than once a week. |
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- Posted by jdbrown1998 6 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 20, 14 at 22:03
| With my blueberries i never got a good yield until I put in drip irrigation and a timer. I didn't have to think about it then...timer watered about 15 min in morning and evening ~1 gal per plant per day on the emitters I was using. Got about 8 cups of blueberries every other day for two weeks out of two 4 year old bushes. Before that I had never gotten four cups period in a season. That is a picture of what I was pulling in every other day. You can email me and I will give you my supplier and setup. -jd |
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| Here in Madison, Wisconsin, where I live, our blueberry shrubs are all in the ground. We have a wide range of temperature, across the seasons, and I suspect that potted shrubs would be subjected to multiple freeze/thaw cycles, in the fall, during the winter, and possibly in the spring. I don't think this would be good for the health of the shrub. In the ground, at least the roots are kept on a more even temperature, since the ground temperature does not swing back and forth as much as the atmosphere. Also, the blueberry shrubs don't have to be watered as often. During drought conditions, typically August, I will water them twice a week if the drought is severe(the lawn is brown, not green). |
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