Planting Blueberry Bushes and Walking Onions

I was able to pick up some blueberry plants from our local garden center. They have such nice plants. However, I think these plants were leftovers from last year. They aren't looking as hot as the other, newer varieties that they just got in stock. Also, there were only 3 plants, in the varieties that I wanted, available. Last year the entire section was full of them.

I was able to pick up Top Hat. It's a low bush variety that does really well here in the north. It only grows to 1-2 feet tall and wide. The fruit are supposed to have a tart, wild flavor that mature mid season. They need full sun and lots of water in well draining soil. Hopefully I have provided all of that and am greatly anticipating the harvest.

The second plant that I got was Patriot. It's a high bush variety. It's supposed to have large berries that ripen in June. The bush is supposed to grow from 3-5 feet with red and orange leaves in the fall. It's also supposed to do very well here and is resistant to root rot. Sounds great to me.

Planting was easy once I collected compost from an old compost area and filled in the bed. I like to double dig my beds to get really good, loose soil. The plants didn't seem to be root bound at all so just a little "tickling" of the roots before planting was all that I felt was necessary. The garden center gave me a very nice paper on the importance of watering so I followed their instructions and made a trench around the plants and watered them in well. I went back a few hours later and watered again.

After the blueberries were in I started on adding Walking Onions around the outside of the raised bed. I add them to every bed in my kitchen garden. These plants can stand a lot of hardship. When I processed them yesterday I found a lot that were too small and put them aside to replant. I still have some left so they will be planted tomorrow in a different bed.

May all your endeavors be profitable,
Jess

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