Yesterday I went out to see what Easter candy was left (and consequence ridiculously cheap) as well as pick up potting soil and starter trays for my garden this year. Didn't find much as far as candy goes, which is probably a good thing. However, roaming around the garden center at Wal-Mart I found some rather sad looking berry bushes. I've always wanted fresh raspberries, and due to their sad shape they were only a couple bucks. It looked like they sat in the direct sun for too long and probably over watered. I needed to get plant food anyways, so I took home a raspberry bush. Mixed in a little fresh soil and gave it some plant food before heading off to work. I wish I took a picture, poor thing only had one green leaf. I found this when I got home 4 hours later...
Once a week for the next month, I will water it with the water-based plant food I have and then go down to every other week (Box recommends every 7 - 14 days during busy plant growth) and we'll see what happens. I'm not expecting any fruit this year, but if I can at least nurse it back to health and then hopefully I can have lots of raspberries in the future! Every week, I'll post a new picture and track its progress.
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