** Note: It was brought to my attention by the grower that some had posted undeserved negative experiences with them in other forums.  My own experience with them has been disappointing. When asking their opinion regarding their plants poor performance, I received defensive argument and accusations, and no constructive feedback. When they shipped my plants, they included 5 additional at no extra cost, which I never requested, but greatly appriciated, however, they seem to believe that the gesture relieves them of all responsibility for their product.

May 14. 2011:
     My plants arrived and I planted them immediately, and mulched with finished compost.  We are expecting showers and rain over the next week so keeping them moist will not be an issue. The soil they were planted in has NOT received lime applications over the last few years, but I am uncertain of what the pH is.  To be on the safe side, I plan to apply some garden sulfur over the next week or two, and some organic fertilizer!

June 7, 2011:
     All the blueberries are alive and some have a good amount of berries on them. On a few, the leaves are turning yellow and there are few if any berries.  There is only light leaf growth on all of them, except for the 3-year old bush that survived from last season. That has good leaf growth, but few berries.  Over the past weekend, I top dressed the area around the bushes with sulfur and watered it in. I also covered all the bushes with bird netting to protect what fruit there is. Right now, the berries are breaking color, but are surprisingly small. They are about the size of wild blueberries, and no where near the size of domestic varieties.

June 8, 2011:
     The growers from where I purchased my bushes were kind enough to email me to let me know that teir instruction mentioned that it was advisable to remove the berries for the first year, and cut down the bushes in half to send strength into the root system.  I apparently miss that if it was actually in their instructions.  I sent them an email asking for their advise on the best course of action to take at this point in time, in view of my mistake. ** Note:  Two emails send and no suggestions or helpful input was forthcoming.

July 9, 2011:
     I never received any feedback from the grower about the best course of action to take, since I neglected to remove the berries and cut back the plants
before planting. I did find something in their literature about removing the berries, but was unable to find anything about cutting the plants back.
   There was no yield and most of the 10 bushes are looking pretty poorly, in spite of fertilizing them weeks ago with an organic fertilizer plus some
added nitrogen.  At present, they are all still alive. Today I removed any dead branches and am hoping they show some growth and vigor so they can withstand the coming Winter. When the initial plants were received, I noticed that the root systems were limited and perhaps cut for some reason. That might explain their poor performance.

July 2, 2011:
     Most of the plants are still doing poorly and I am concerned about their chances of surviving the coming Winter.  As I mentioned previously, the root systems appeared to have been pruned when they were dug and shipped, and many were very, very short - almost non-existant! That might explain their lack of vigor. When I brought this up with the grower, he brushed it off, became very defensive and accused me of having poor soil and/or planting them improperly, depending on the conversation. He would not address the issue of the lacking root systems.  When I first may the purchase, they told me there was a lot of negative reports about them on the Internet, but they claimed they were not valid.  Since the initial contact had been pleasant, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. My experience with them leads me to believe that perhaps they were on the money. My hope is they they will gain some strength once the temp cools down, and that some may survive until Spring! My overall experience with their product, and more importantly, with their staff have been very disappointing and negative!

Aug. 12, 2011:
   Three of the plants died completely, and the rest are doing poorly. I dug up 4 of them that still showed some life.  There was almost no root system, just like they way they arrived from the grower.  They had been radically root pruned prior to harvest and they hardly had a chance.  I replanted them to a new location, and heavily fertilized with an organic garden fertilizer, and mulches with pine needles & wood chips.  I am hoping that they might develop some roots between now and the cold weather, .and survive the coming Winter, but I am not expecting them to.  This growers plants were cheap, and I guess I got what I paid for. I will know better next year when I reorder from someplace else.