In article , Martin Sykes
writes
"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
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I've had this blueberry plant for 3 years now, and it's never done much:
it
just sits there and looks sulky. It doesn't grow much, it doesn't fruit,
it occasionally has the odd flower which it then drops in a fit of pique.
Its leaves are a bit mottled and sad-looking.



Apparently blueberries need a partner for pollination or you won't get any
berries.

That surprised me, as blueberry in the genus Vaccinium, and I didn't
think they were self-infertile, but a google threw up
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...berry_care.asp
which says that you get a better set with cross pollination - and also
gives general growing instructions.

Googling on blueberry pollination gives a whole lot of articles on
commercial blueberry growing which show great concern about encouraging
enough bees for pollination.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"