What did you do in your garden today?

[flowerbug]

...One is definitely struggling though, and the confusing part is its the first one I planted, the one that ended up with the most peat moss! We have red clay soil here, so its already a bit acidic, so im pretty frustrated.

peat moss has not really that much in the way of nutrients. you may need to give it a bit more nitrogen.

also there are other considerations like if it is at the end of a row and getting more winds that could be drying it out or perhaps it is near a wall and gets heated up more or ? does water flow through the area ? is it getting more shade or light? or maybe the root system is twisted and bound? there's really a lot of different possibilities.

 

[Rillowen]

peat moss has not really that much in the way of nutrients. you may need to give it a bit more nitrogen.

also there are other considerations like if it is at the end of a row and getting more winds that could be drying it out or perhaps it is near a wall and gets heated up more or ? does water flow through the area ? is it getting more shade or light? or maybe the root system is twisted and bound? there's really a lot of different possibilities.

Hmm. I planted them in a box shape, one at each corner, at the edge of a hay field. So lots of sun, nothing else nearby. We are on top of a hill, with lots of sun and wind so maybe it got too dry over winter? I was concerned about the nutrients, that's why I planted in acidic compost too. I gave them fish emulsion and stink garden bucket last year, but dropped off in the winter and just started back up. Maybe that one just didn't get enough, it was the biggest.

I also didn't cover them this winter, I gave them a nice 6inches of pine mulch and thought that was good. Maybe the other 2, being smaller, were ok but the biggest one took too much cold damage? I got the varieties good for our climate, but we had an unusual winter, with lots of more drastic ups and downs than normal. And maybe I should have covered them to begin with.

 

[flowerbug]

Hmm. I planted them in a box shape, one at each corner, at the edge of a hay field. So lots of sun, nothing else nearby. We are on top of a hill, with lots of sun and wind so maybe it got too dry over winter? I was concerned about the nutrients, that's why I planted in acidic compost too. I gave them fish emulsion and stink garden bucket last year, but dropped off in the winter and just started back up. Maybe that one just didn't get enough, it was the biggest.

I also didn't cover them this winter, I gave them a nice 6inches of pine mulch and thought that was good. Maybe the other 2, being smaller, were ok but the biggest one took too much cold damage? I got the varieties good for our climate, but we had an unusual winter, with lots of more drastic ups and downs than normal. And maybe I should have covered them to begin with.

i'm not sure from your writing if it was planted as a bigger bush or it grew that big over several years. but if it was planted as a larger bush and not yet really established for a few seasons then yes it may struggle until the root system can catch up. one thing i've always known from when i started out with house plants was making sure the root system and top growth were close to being in balance.

 

[Rillowen]

i'm not sure from your writing if it was planted as a bigger bush or it grew that big over several years. but if it was planted as a larger bush and not yet really established for a few seasons then yes it may struggle until the root system can catch up. one thing i've always known from when i started out with house plants was making sure the root system and top growth were close to being in balance.

We bought it as a 3 year old and planted it last spring, the same as the other 2 that are doing better, but it was the biggest. It had a fairly large root ball, but I know it still takes a while to get established. It's not even doing as well as it did last year though, which has me worried. All I know to do is to keep throwing pine mulch, acid and fertilizer at it!
The few leaves it has are not red, which makes me think its not low acid. We have had a decent amount of spring rains and i have been watering when we go over a week, so i don't think its dry now, but maybe the damage happened over winter. The winter dry or cold? The few leaves are at the top, which seems odd for either cold or dry damage. i don't see any pest damage, but we do have voles, do they eat/damage blueberry roots?

 

[akroberts]

The son in law helped me get the potting soil mixed in the bathtub that's out back. I filled the 3rd bucket and working on the 4th one. I needed a break.