By Dougie34
United Kingdom 
I have a blue jay blueberries bush that my wife has put in the garden. With compost. The leaves are turning redy brown. I think it's gone in to early. My soil is ph7.5 I don't want to dig it back up. Is there anyway I can revive it still in the ground. Very new to gardening. Perth scotland
24 Mar, 2015
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Could I keep putting ericacaous compost on that area of soil. Or just give up on blueberries in the garden.
24 Mar, 2015
You could lift, dig a bigger hole, fill with ericaceous compost and replant but it is going to need a lot of care and attention in the ground including feeding with an ericaceous feed.
24 Mar, 2015
It might be better container grown when you can control the pH more easily. They need a pH of about 4.5
24 Mar, 2015
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Blueberries need an acid soil, yours is slightly alkaline. I would pot it up in ericaceous compost and see how it does, I don't think it will ever be happy in the ground under your conditions.
24 Mar, 2015