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morning folks..

funny car/cop story Toby.. was she blond ?

i agree with Jemian.. large enough holes (that will be a lot of digging.). 8 full grown shrubs heh? try to recruit some young strong teenage backs from church.. ask the youth minister. Each brings a shovel. They can have it done before lunch & before football today. Just a suggestion. Kids need opportunities like that to help. They truly do. They wont'/shouldn't accept $$$ - that is why it is a service project.. And I second Jemians LOTS Of water..as you still have warmer weather.

Here we can transplant now & NOT water. all pretty dormant.

Jemian, I have had blueberries everywhere I have lived & always put them in places where I didn't feel the need to trim. they get large . In NC I had 6 varieties & they were all about 8' fall & had huge crops. My hubby took care of the "vitamins, fertilizing etc" But I know we never trimmed unless there was dead branches that had broken. Some plants the buds set in fall & to trim, missed the next year crop .. so I suggest you find a fruit tree/shrub site with good info. I am sure I have something in one of the horticulture books I have but they are either in garage/or spare bedroom inaccessible.. or in basement , ruined. Still a lot to go through

I took Molly's suggestion and googled it. The article I read said prune only cautiously as it limits berry production the next year. It seems berries grow on one year old wood. But these are 8 - 10 feet tall! Also, we don't like blueberries; Dad does. So, should we prune back to a manageable heighth and force Dad to wait a year for his berries? Or should we let it go; Dad may not get berries anyway as he doesn't want to pick 'em.

I'm off to read about azaela care... when to prune, fertilize and mulch.