[pepsi100]

Thanks, that link led straight to Amazon, bought and paid for now, be here October 01

[pepsi100]

Well the nights are drawing in now

Solar lights not lasting the night

Gloomy days, cloudy nights

Even a bit chilly in the morning

Now down to blueberry plants

When should I start bringing the pots in?

When do I start covering them in a fleece?

So far now frost, not even that cold really, the leaves haven’t dropped on the plants in the pots yet, the ones in the ground are starting to look like twigs

[Grubbypaws]

Mine stay out all winter and are not fleeced. Despite temperatures getting down to -11C here last winter and killing a fair few things in the garden the blueberries were fine and I have had a bumper crop.

[rowlandwells]

not knowing to much about growing fruit including Blueberries  after pickings does the Blueberry bush need pruning or any other thing doing besides feeding it in prep for next year?

[Grubbypaws]

RHS guidance

Pruning is rarely needed in the first two years, just remove any crossing or misplaced branches. After that, prune at any time during the dormant season (November to March), but ideally in late February or early March when fruit buds can easily be distinguished from leaf buds. Fat buds produce flowers and fruit, while smaller, flatter buds form shoots and leaves.

A mature bush should contain about one-third old, one-third middle-aged and one-third young stems.

Prune out:
  1.Dead, diseased, dying, weak, rubbing or damaged stems, plus any that are touching the ground
  2.Twiggy growth at the ends of the branches that fruited last year, cutting back to a low strong, upward-facing bud or branch
  3.Remove up to a quarter of the oldest and thickest stems at the base of a mature plant or prune to a younger strong shoot lower down on the branch

[pepsi100]

I thought by putting a fleece over them would give them an early start in the spring

Mine are 2 years old but still small, so not much point in pruning them

I have nothing to lose by putting a fleece over them (I dont think )

Plus I have the fleece anyway, may as well use it

[pepsi100]

I uncovered my blueberry plants over the weekend, there are flowers, but just buds for leaves

I put a healthy hand full of this sulpher chips as a dressing then covered it with this ericaceous compost, gave it a light watering

The ones I had bought indoors look pretty much the same as the ones that were out doors over the winter (we had no snow, but plenty of frosts) plenty of flowers, no leaves, just buds

I guess its a waiting game now and see what happens (mind you it is early in the season, (not even April yet)