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They are quite happy in pots for many years, unlike a lot of other plants.
The key thing is to make sure the soil is highly acidic, so use ericaceous compost in your pot or add a lot of it around where you plant it.
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andyp has spelt out the important factor of ericaceous soil/compost.
Blueberries also hate the chlorine in tap water,
so try to only ever water them with rain water. -
We have a couple in pots, now about a decade old and going strong. From the deepest recesses of my mind, I don’t think they self-pollinate. So to get fruit, you’ll need another (I think - best check though).
Rainwater a must, as above.
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I ve been given a blueberry plant. Does anyone have any experience of growing them?
A look on the RHS
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/fruit/blueberries
seems to imply it will be best potted, although I'm generally not that keen on planting things I definitely don't want to die in a pot.
Soil is generally very, very heavy clay. But I'm pretty sure the spot I'm thinking is decent and was heavily worked by the previous occupants.