growing blueberries

[pianistimo]

how hard is it to grow blueberries?  costco had some blueberry trees - and i thought it was strange they were trees and not bushes.  i think someone mentioned they clip the bushes to look like a tree - but i want bushes. where to buy them?  local gardening store?  i don't recall seeing any nearby.  where do they grow wild in pa?  can i dig up a bush and replant it in the backyard. wild blueberries would probably grow better.

[m1469]

WOW, I really don't see how your post is related to your normal topic  :-. 

But, if you really want to know where to buy blueberry plants, you can also order them online.

For example :

https://gurneys.com/search.asp?eid=081506&ss=Blueberry&sid=503970&gclid=COKag7jJlo0CFQqgYgodvw-A6A&bhcd2=1183850017

[pianistimo]

thanks, mayla! 

*normal topic?  i haven't started any particuarly normal topic have i?  *becomes worried.

[elspeth]

My sister tells me most fruit bushes are best planted around September, to (hopefully) fruit the following year onwards, so they've got the winter to settle in... I was going to have a try at gooseberries this year but I've been scared off leaving pot plants outdoors after my beloved fushia got stolen about a month ago.

[pianistimo]

people even steal plants now?  that's kinda funny and still very bizarre.  perhaps a lock down clear fiberglass or something lid will keep people away from your plants.  something with small holes poked in it for air. 

ok.  i'll try planting the blueberries in the fall.  good idea.  it's so hot right now.  will probably be 90-100 today.  probably not good for transplanting.

[m]

My sister tells me most fruit bushes are best planted around September, to (hopefully) fruit the following year onwards, so they've got the winter to settle in... I was going to have a try at gooseberries this year but I've been scared off leaving pot plants outdoors after my beloved fushia got stolen about a month ago.

Ah! 
May be that explains why my blueberries died in a couple weeks after planting. Will try again in Sept.

The gooseberries are awsome. I also plan on planting black and red currant bushes.

I got my blueberries in local Lowe's.

[pianistimo]

lowe's!  ok. good advice.  somebody else was telling me about how they also have these plant sales at lowe's and you can get things 50%-70% off if you go at the right time.  something about sales bin plants.  and, they said they felt they were quality.