Planting fruiting blueberries?

General Fruit Growing
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I got a 3g liberty blueberry this winter and it flowered in February (!!) and managed to set some fruit (hand pollinating). I had meant to plant it out in March, but was afraid to with the fruit developing, then I got distracted with all my gardening projects. Given that it is now ripening fruit, should I leave it potted until fall? Or who cares, it’ll be fine and plant it? Is there a general rule for fruiting container plants and whether or not you disturb roots if avoidable? I just got a kishu mandarin covered in fruit that I’m up potting, but I don’t feel great about it.

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I culled 20 sum blueberry plants and by culled i mean i threw them on a bank last fall roots and all… they have been snowed on, frozen, sun baked… everything… and i noticed a month ago that they were blooming and still ‘healthy’.

So i gave 10 to a neighbor whom is ecstatic… and i am putting 10 in old buckets or old pots that i have to live their best lives…

I had another 10 that i also removed and set in a storage tote for a guy that i know… he procrastinated all winter and they sat in a solid block of ice. They thawed then bloomed and he got them a few weeks ago… and is happy with them.

Long story short… im not sure they can be killed or it even matters… at least here.

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I’d be tempted to pull all the berries and blossoms this year, plant it, and let it focus on growing roots and getting established. Next year you’ll have even more berries and a very healthy plant.

That being said, it’d also probably be just fine and survive if you didn’t. It just might not be as vibrant or productive next year.

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We only have 2 early blueberry bushes here. Our neighbor blueberry farm has 3 hectares of them and they are absolutely loaded right now.

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Y’all use hectares in south GA?:open_mouth: I would’ve expected you to just say bout 7 and a half acres. I suppose our international members appreciate the metric though.:slightly_smiling_face:

Either way, that’s a lot of tons or tonnes of blueberries :joy:

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Sure. Some of us are bi-system lingual…lol 100 meters Squared is fairly easy to get used too. Certain things are more annoying. Like Kilometers per liters. Kilometers in general annoys me. Imperial just feels…less filling!