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7/19/2019 – This feeding is based on the advice at UF/IFAS’s Blueberry Gardener’s Guide1. The relevant advice we followed or will follow is below. Blueberries respond best to frequent, light fertilization. In the [plant’s] third year and beyond, use 3 ounces of fertilizer (12-4-8) per plant per application spread evenly over a 4-foot diameter circle, […]
Continue Reading7/18/2019 – Past years we were here to gather the berries but never right after they were done when it is time to trim the bushes. Several had gotten too tall and all were out of shape. Today we took out some of the old trunks to open up the large one on the south […]
Continue ReadingSpread by hand 13-13-13 on the blooming blueberries at the rate of two handfulls for the small ones and 4-6 for the larger. Had about a quart left in the bucket so threw in around the backside of the oak and thinly around the sides.
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