This Elliott blueberry bush isn't thriving like its neighbor, a Bluegold bush, which I planted with it last fall. They're situated about 3.5 feet from one another, get almost exactly the same amount of sunlight, and are in the same 6.7pH clay soil in a bed that is heavily mulched with leaves and pine needles. Five feet to the left of the Elliott is a Rhododendron that is extremely vigorous. Given its neighbors' health, I tend not to suspect soil problems.
Yesterday I cut off three canes, which you can see lying in front of the bush in the photo below, because all the leaves they were producing were fluorescent red and yellow, with green veins, and were extremely stunted. The canes also had what looked like reddish brown lesions on parts of the bark, which are just visible in this photo.
On the healthier looking Bluegold bush, the young leaves emerge a reddish color, much like what you see here on the Elliott, but unlike the Elliott, they have become increasingly deeper green with age. (The Elliott was about two weeks slower to bud and leaf than the Bluegold.)
If anyone can tell me anything about the Elliott cultivar or can identify by eye what's wrong with this plant (or can tell me if I'm just overreacting to what amounts to nothing), I'd be very grateful.
This post was edited by Andrew7a on Fri, May 9, 14 at 23:58
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