Pink blueberry flowers?

General Fruit Growing
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Hey everyone

I had a question I was hoping I could get answered here…

So I picked up a couple blueberry bushes at the local garden center

They looked okay, a little dry and some of the flowers had started turning brown

I brought them home, up potted them with some peat moss, perlite, vermiculite and earth worm castings…

I also added some espoma iron tone…

Plants started looking much better and alot of the bells seemed to “revive” and turned white from the light brown they were…

Today when I got home from work I noticed the bells on one bush are turning pink… really pink… and some of the foliage is turning pinkish red as well…

Is this normal or is this caused by a nutrient deficiency or an over abundance?

The variety is “legacy”

This is the bush in question…

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Some photos on Google for “legacy” showed them with pink flowers/ bells… but some showed white…

Thank you!

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Welcome aboard. It could be the type of berry cultivar. We have some Huckleberries of differing types that have very different flower colors.

Our Box Huckleberry flowers are much lighter then our Black Huckleberries. Which are close to red.

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Leaves and flowers can turn towards red if pH is high. Also with cold weather or stress. If keep in a green house, and you put in direct sun that would turn them red. Or if it was inside or it was cold last night.
If the plant was inside,in a greenhouse, you have to slowly expose it to full sun. Two weeks to acclimate, giving it more sun exposure everyday. Worm castings are very basic. I would not add them to acid loving blueberries. Something is stressing it. It’s either the cold, the sun, or the pH is too high. It is a nutrient deficiency. No worries if it’s the cold.

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Ahhhh…

The plants were outside when i bought them but it has been getting cold here at night so ive been bringing them inside at night…

We’ve been having 60+ degree days and the nights have been getting down in low 30s/ high 20s…

Maybe they just got a little cold before i brought them in… :man_shrugging:

I couldnt imagine the ph being too alkaline as i mixed in some soil acidifier when i put them in bigger pots but maybe…

Thank you so much for your help!

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Well that’s good news as it doesn’t really hurt the plant. They recover quickly when the weather changes.

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