re: Ideas for fruit trees to grow in south Louisiana

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What are the prospects on 2-3 blue berry bushes up here in the Arctic

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I have (had) three here in BR. A Climax, Tiffblue, and Bluebell. I had to augment the soil (never a good idea) with a LOT of peat to bring the pH down. That was about 8 years ago. I still have two bushes left. The tags have long since fallen off so I don't know which one died back. It is, however, trying to come back out of the ground so I'll give it a chance but I'm worried it might be diseased. That said I get about a cup of blueberries each day for about 5 weeks beginning in June. If I could do it again I would do the blueberries in large containers. Much easier to control soil conditions. Our soil has too much clay.
As far as citrus goes get a nice looking tree with good root stock and plant it in a sunny well-drained area and don't augment the soil. Dig a hole twice the width and as deep as the container the tree is in. Till the dug soil up well. Put the tree in and push that same dirt back in.
There will be someone on here to poopoo this but I cut every fruit off after flowering for about 5 years after planting. The trees are beautiful compared to my neighbors who planted at about the same time and didn't do as I did. His, actually, look like shite.