Hey everybody! Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I appreciate the help tons! All of you really are helping a fantastic amount during a very stressful time. It's looking like we're going to try to transfer the plants this Saturday (its going to be 60 degrees and raining, so that should help!) I see that the two people that posted are from Washington, that's awesome! Me too!
The plants will be moving from Tacoma to Auburn. I want to makes sure to get things right for the cross-pollination, but I'm a little worried, there's 7 bushes and they all look exactly alike. I tried reading up on descriptions of different varieties and I fear that all 7 bushes might be the same variety. Should I try to buy a small random blueberry bush from home depot and plant it next to the two bushes I'm transplanting so that they can cross-pollinate?
Nearly everything I've read has stated the roots are shallow and only are about a foot deep, is that true for bushes that are even over 6 feet tall? (I found out from my Dad that 20 years was wrong, they're over 40 years old). I'm worried that I wont dig deep enough and that I'll damage the plants. What should I even do? Trench 12" down around the two bushes (about 1.5' away from the the base to get me a 3' diameter, ~12"deep root ball?) Then use a long 2 person hand saw to saw from side to side of the trench?
Thank you so very much for the condolences, my grandparents were awesome, and obviously much more of a green thumb than I.
