Cindy went to the nursery Saturday and came home with three blueberry plants for the back yard. She bought a Sharp's Blue, a Misty and a Southmoon, all Southern Highbush varieties that require fewer chill hours than varieties that do well in cooler climates.
However, when Cindy went to re-pot the bushes, she found that although the nursery had told her that the three bushes were bare-root bushes that had just been potted, she found that all three plants were actually badly root bound and waterlogged, with roots that were brown and tightly compacted. The danger with that is that they may be starved of oxygen and less likely to thrive. The nursery says the bushes have a lifetime guarantee and they will replace them if they die.
I hope they survive and eventually produce lots of fruit; we love blueberries.
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