About This Episode

A reader struggles togrow blueberriesat home.

Plus, Grumpy gripes about gas leafblowers.

They used to produce a good crop and then the branches started dying back.

blueberry bush

I’ve tried moving them to a different site, but the same thing is happening.

  • Pat

Grumpy’s Answer:Okay.

Pat, this sounds like a problem with your soil.

And soil that stays too wet, it ends up producing root rot and dieback.

So when you plant your blueberries, plant them a little bit high in the holes.

And they should be fine.

I hate these machines.

But these gas blowers, they emit noise in excess of 100 decibels.

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