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This spring I planted a smallish raised bed with 3 blueberry bushes, all different varieties. The bed is about 3ft 6" by just under 2ft, filled with ericaceous compost and topped up with muck to a total depth of 12 inches (under which it'll be rubbish clay like the rest of my garden!)
Unfortunately one of the plants died, but in reality that is probably a good thing because the raised bed wasn't really big enough for all three anyway!
Anyway, what I am left with is a plant at one end of the bed and a plant in the middle - both of these plants have really thrived - and a gap at the other end... Help!
1. Would it be sensible to balance up the bed by moving the plant in the middle over a bit. Only a foot or so, would make the bed look nicer, but would I risk the plant / next year's crop? If I move it, what's the best way to go about this and when should I attempt it?
2. While searching the forums on here I found a thread suggesting underplanting blueberry bushes with cranberries as ground cover. Sounds very appealing, but I'm quite conscious that with the size of the raised bed they are in it might be pushing it to plant something else in there as well. What do you reckon?
Any other ideas welcome... At the empty end there is a fence that something could climb up?
Unfortunately one of the plants died, but in reality that is probably a good thing because the raised bed wasn't really big enough for all three anyway!
Anyway, what I am left with is a plant at one end of the bed and a plant in the middle - both of these plants have really thrived - and a gap at the other end... Help!1. Would it be sensible to balance up the bed by moving the plant in the middle over a bit. Only a foot or so, would make the bed look nicer, but would I risk the plant / next year's crop? If I move it, what's the best way to go about this and when should I attempt it?
2. While searching the forums on here I found a thread suggesting underplanting blueberry bushes with cranberries as ground cover. Sounds very appealing, but I'm quite conscious that with the size of the raised bed they are in it might be pushing it to plant something else in there as well. What do you reckon?
Any other ideas welcome... At the empty end there is a fence that something could climb up?
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