[AFB-XYZ]

Brought my 3 blueberry plants in containers into the house before our recent cold spell (Okla., Zone 7). So far, they’re doing well. To me, that’s a big deal. Neanderthals like me aren’t supposed to be able to keep plants alive, especially over thew inter. However, this deal just may work out. Keeping fingers crossed.

Everyone says blueberries take forever to produce any berries, and I can attest to that. This is the 3rd year I’ve had them, but at least THIS year, they put forth some decent leaves. So maybe one of these days, I can harvest my own, rather than pay way too much at the grocery store. :-)

[metmom]

I don’t know where you live but blueberries can take the freeze. They do here in New England all the time.

As a matter of fact, some plants that are native to the north need a prolonged cold spell to grow properly, like set flowers or even for seeds to sprout the next spring. Blueberries may be in that category but I am not sure.

[FamiliarFace]

I have a friend in CT that has 6 blueberry bushes that came with the house when she and her husband bought it. Those berries are the BEST blueberries I’ve eaten since I was a kid in Florida. I’m not sure what variety they are, but I think it’s pretty cool. She just freezes what she can’t eat right away. Good luck with yours!

[GaltAdonis]

Decades ago my father grew a dozen blueberry bushes along the south side of the garage.
They did quite well. (This was in central New Jersey.)

The only problem he ever encountered with them was mockingbirds.
They LOVE blueberries. So much so that they would perch of the next door neighbor's fence -
watching and waiting for the berries to get ripe.

It went something like this -

"YES! Over a dozen berries are just about ripe! I'll pick them tomorrow!"

And the next day they would be all GONE!

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I wish you the best of luck!
They are very well worth growing. Mmmmmm....

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NOTE: Do you have a quick, energetic cat?
If not - get one.

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