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what should I do with my blueberry plants this winter?
erin s asked:
I have 2 blueberry plants in pots. I planted them in the late spring, and they’ve grew since then but no berries yet. I live in NC, so it’s starting to cool off. What should I do with these plants this winter? I’m scared they’ll die in the pots. Please help!!!
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December 27th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Most Blueberries shrubs are cold hardy and should do well in pots over the winter. Keep them in a sunny place. You can wrap burlap around the plants to keep frost on them, but most blueberries do well in the winter. Only extreme colds may kill off outer branches.
Keep the top soil mulched with pine needles. Blueberries love acidic soil (in fact they often don’t produce berries if the soil is too alkaline) and the acids from the pine needles is enough to keep the plants happy.
You can prune the shrubs in early spring, removing any dead branches just before buds break. The plants will grow back vigorously with new stems.
Most blueberries don’t produce fruit the first few years as they are too busy growing vegetatively to concentrate on fruit produciton.
I have three Blueray blueberry plants in containers that I mulch with pine needles. I also pout old, cold coffee on the soil for added nitrogen and more acid. The plants will stay outside in a sunny location. But in AZ’s extreme summers I move them in a shadier location.
February 25th, 2010 at 2:04 am
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