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title: "My neighbor gifted me this blueberry shrub in a rather sickly state.…"
description: "My neighbor gifted me this blueberry shrub in a rather sickly state. I drilled drain holes in the pot and have managed to get it to thrive. This summer I got…"
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author: "Heather"
published: "2024-08-12T15:37:06.523209Z"
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# My neighbor gifted me this blueberry shrub in a rather sickly state.…

_Posted by Heather on 2024-08-12_

My neighbor gifted me this blueberry shrub in a rather sickly state. I drilled drain holes in the pot and have managed to get it to thrive.

This summer I got all of about 5 berries off of it. I am assuming that is because it probably pollinated off of a neighbor’s plant prior to me receiving it. because they aren’t self pollinating I am planning to get another blueberry shrub but wanted to ask folks who know if it matters what variety I get? Does it have to be the same variety blueberry bush in order for them to cross pollinate or am I good with whatever the nursery has in stock?

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## 2 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-08-12

You can cross varieties for larger yields — a lot of blueberry varieties have male and female parts of the flowers so you don’t actually need an additional plant, just pollinators. I expect your low yield was a result of the adjustment period

### Hort Specialist commented on 2024-08-12

Love carbs response!!  
but never hurts to add more pollinators, more the merrier! 😌

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