This plant is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
"Use rainwater for watering, as this is more acidic, and keep soil moist, especially when fruits start to swell"
Brilliant. We have this in a large pot in a sunny but sheltered area and it's produced a lot of fruit for a relatively small plant. The fruit is sweet and juicy. The plant has looked after itself with my 12 year old taking responsibility for watering it.
Stix
Ipswich
Plant arrived in excellent condition and produced a good number of sweet, tasty fruit in the first year. Looking forward to more in its second season.
Sue M
Monmouth
Edible berries
Anon
Kent
Used in patio trough. Healthy plant supplied. 45cm high. 4 branches.
T7
London
Really good healthy plant, delicious fruit. Grew very well
Ali
Essex
good!!!!!!!!!!!
buratino
Berwik-Upon-Tweed
Nice compact potted plant received wrapped perfectly and well watered and protected for transport.
Dennipatti
South West
This blueberry plant was spoiled to death. Special potting compost, etc. Produced 2 berries during the season.
pittujee
London
87.5
Planningalex
Hello there If the raised bed is 45cm deep or more that should be ok without a base using ericaceous compost. Hope this helps.
Judith
Hello There, I'm afraid you will have trouble getting a bumper yield of any of the edible crops if the bed receives little sun, as most of them need full sun. Ones that tolerate some shade include radish, potato, borage, horseradish, blueberry, blackberry and tayberry - all the others will flourish in the sun. I hope this helps. Helen Plant Doctor
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Anne Meyjes
Hello Anne, You can either pot them up into an intermediate sized pot initially (say around 35-40cm diameter) and then move them up to a largish pot (around 60cm+) in a year or two, or pot them straight out into the larger pots. I hope this helps. Helen Plant Doctor
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Kath Scott
Thanks - I'll sort the pot out and then place an order. Kath
Kath Scott
Hello Kath, These plants are self fertile so they do not need a pollinating partner, although you will often get a bigger crop if they do have one. You should aim to get a pot at least 60 x 60cm and fill it with ericaceous compost. I hope this helps. Helen Plant Doctor
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Tammy
Hello Tammy, I'm afraid most fruit needs a good amount of sun to flourish, so this a north-east wall is really not an ideal spot. I don't think any of the trees will thrive, however you could try either Blueberries or a Tayberry. I'm sorry not to be more help.
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mary curreri
Hello Mary, The plants are fully hardy so you don't need any protection in the winter. If you want to push the plant into producing more fruit, then you could feed them with Sulphate of Potash, which will give them a boost. I hope this helps, Helen Plant Doctor
Helen
Julia Conway
Hello There, There are a number of reasons why plants don't flower or subsequently go on to produce fruit. These include too much shade, not enough water or nutrients, or pruning at the wrong time of the year. I am not really sure why your Dad's have not produced fruit, but you can often give them a bit of a push by feeding with a high potash fertiliser.
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Kim Knight
Hello Kim, The best one for a container would be the Vaccinium corymbosum Bluecrop, as it is not too big. It will also produce a bumper crop of delicious berries. I hope this helps. Helen Plant Doctor
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MAVIS ALEXANDER
Many Blueberries are deciduous, so they do lose all their leaves in the autumn and don't put on new ones until the spring. This is a natural part of their life cycle and won't affect their long term health and vigour. Therefore, I would not give up on yours just yet, but do keep a look out for new growth in the spring.
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NICOLA KAY
Blueberries prefer moist, well-drained acidic soil, but they will grow in sandy or normal soil too. In a pot, your best option would be ericaceous compost.
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