Japanese blueberry

gracecarter

I have two rows of Japanese Blueberry creating barriers between my yard and neighboring driveways. They are looking rather wimpy. I Have had these trees at two other homes and they were fantastic!! Don't know what I'm doing wrong. They are leafy on the outside, but dead barren branches on the interior. They are not full and appear to be suffering. I feel like the soil is moist enough. How can I achieve growth on the interior? Would cutting those small branches back help spur growth and if so, when should i do it?

Please help. Thanks!

Eric Frei

Can you perhaps put up pics, overall of the site and close up.

Maybe not getting enough sun.

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bigdaddy

CUT THEM BACK IN THE FALL AS U WOULD A APPLE TREE

TreeSpecialist

Don't cut them back in the fall but rather cut them back as needed in the early spring - in Houston - just after Valentine's Day.

The problem is likely with your soil. Organic amendments - largely compost- are called for in significant quantities.

Mulch with compost, use a compost tea, scratch some compost into the soil around the base of each tree. Ditch ring the trees (out from the edge of the canopies about a foot wide and 2 feet deep - mix the soil that comes out of the trenches 50/50 with compost and refill the trenches.

Old leaves in general die back towards the center of the plant due to lack of sunlight, but also due to lack of proper soil nutrition - you might want to do a soil sample as well.

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bigdaddy

cut the dead limbs back u need to cut them back to help them produce