RE: [Organic_Gardening] blueberry bush problems
The extension service in your county may also be able to help.
Anna in MD
Zone 6B
From: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of alexisandtim_fl
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:11 PM
To: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Organic_Gardening] blueberry bush problems
We are in north Florida - one hour west of Jacksonville- our blueberries
produced wonderfully last year - for the first time. This year a couple of
them have no berries and have stayed small. Others grew and are covered but
one in particular is, I think, dead and don't know why - when things started
moving along in spring it only had a few leaves on one branch but got
covered with TONS of berries - then never grew any new leaves. Now all the
berries are shriveling up. Is this a disease? Can't find anything anywhere
that describes this. Second year for plums and bugs have apparently gotten
all of them and think they are now getting the peaches, also in it's second
year. This is SO disgusting. Friends who spray get tons of fruit - we work
like mad and get disappointment. Apples always rot with bitter rot no matter
what we do and now I think bugs are getting them before they get big enough
for the rot. Husband has sprayed organic things on the trees to no avail. I
am starting to wish we had never started this! There is a woman near here
that has a U-pick organic orchard with various fruit. An article on her had
an email - I wrote just to ask how she keeps the bitter rot off the apples
but she didn't answer. We aren't trying to compete with her - just raise
some fruit for ourselves and perhaps to give to friends that can't afford
much. Would love to know what she does - or anyone in this hot, humid thing
they call climate that is trying to grow fruit. All our varieties are
recommended for the area, fertilized regularly, watered regularly - just a
lot of disappointment.
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