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2/23/2020 – The recommendation is to fertilize the blueberries with 3 oz of Azalea fertilizer per plant. As we have seven bushes in the row that would be 21 oz. Measured about 24 oz. by volume. Threw the fertilizer along both sides and around the ends. Did not seem like much but the recommendation in […]
Continue Reading2/11/2020 – Fed Azaleas, Camellias, and Blueberries in the following locations: the azaleas the AC compressor and the large one under the bedroom window; the camellia under the master closet window; the three camellias along the orchard’s 4-board rail fence; the azalea on the east side of the driveway gate; the camellia in the southwest […]
Continue Reading7/19/2019 – 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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