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Blueberry Problems in Qld

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Sarah88au15 starts with ...
Hi there.

Just wondering what the issue is with my blueberry. I am located in subtropical Queensland 3 1/2hrs north of Brisbane on the coast.

Species. Britewell? Or Powderblue?
Location. Full sun on palette
Pot size 430mm
Soil. Pitting mix, pine bark chips 40-50% with additional peat moss
Sugar cane mulching to protect surface roots 1 1/2inches deep.

I know we have had a bit of rain but the pot seems to be draining well.
Is it likely the soil is still lacking some elements?
The plants are only new and look fairly young is it possible they are not use to this amount of sun yet?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Sarah
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Sarah88au15 says...
Here is a close up of the bush
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Sarah88au15 says...
Here is a photo of its neighbour. I know the neighbour has a lot more branches and foliage than the other one. Admittedly the plant in question only had a few canes when I purchased it.
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Polly says...
I'm in CQ and my Powder Blue lost all it's leaves last winter, they went red and brown and fell off but it continued to bloom and fruit. It was just a few straggly branches when I bought it. It grew well over the summer and currently has another crop of berries ripening, it is starting to lose it's leaves again. Is your other blueberry the same type? I have a Blue Rose which is dropping leaves and a Sunshine Blue which is still lush and looks like it's about to flower.
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Julie says...
The pic wouldn't download, so hard to tell. The Inca peanut pic is OK, so not my computer.
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Sarah88au15 says...
Ok. That's reassuring. The leaves have gone red and the central cane is pink tinged. I can't be sure if it's a sharpblue or powderblue as all my varieties had tags but my smal children...bless their little socks...play with the tags and try to put them back, just not in the right spots I think.

So perhaps the offending plant is a powderblue and will be ok. No further leaves have fallen and it did not lose all its leaves. The other neighboring plant is an evergreen variety I think.
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A.C says...
Ive got Blueberry Burst growing in two pots . I give them sulphate of potash as they come into fruit
.Also I give them seasol occasionally.


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