fertilizing companies recommend feeding in both spring and fall ==>> did you expect anything else ???? have a soil test done.. amend pH ..no guessing here ... [contact your county extension office for tests] and if you have an otherwise healthy soil.. the thing will probably never 'NEED" anything ... though a little this or that wont hurt .... dont guess.. and dont think they are children that need to be FED .... acid loving plants.. need an acidic soil.. NOT FOOD!!! .. do you see the dichotomy???? make sense ... ken ps: i bet you wont find an acid soil company.. lol ....

Sometimes plants in pots newly from the nursery behave differently than they will in your garden since they were growing in different conditions. Jim Dandy is the recommended male for MB, so I would plant them and see what happens next year. There is the possibility that one might be mislabeled. Here is chart that shows bloom time for the different males, and though it doesn't show your female you can see the relative bloom times of the males.

all mature trees are water hogs ... what is ===>>> currently about five inches dbh???? what difference does it make.. if you transplant.. you are responsible for all water the year of transplants.. and in drought the next year ... and then if done right.. should be mostly established by then ... and never need watering again .... unless you are in in the desert.. and didnt mention that???? how about a big city name.. zone means nothing ... for most of the US.. july/august is not the best time to do it ...e.g. its been near 100F for the last few days here in my MI .. and its not supposed to break until mid next week ... nothing should be moved in this weather ... all that said.. why are you still watering your presumably established plants ... a year after i plant a shrub.. they are on there own ... so in one way.. you are taking them from an established spot.. where they shouldn't need water.. and making them dependent on you for 2 years of watering ... why cant they stay where they are?? ken

Mxk I have a Red Goblin but can't give much help as I only planted it last fall. A small thing, mail-order so not very large. Mine is in about half sun/half shade. Can't remember the pollinator I used - I want to say Mr. Poppins. I bought a Berry Poppins too and I think Mr. Poppins pollinates both. Hoping others chime in here who are further along with these shrubs than we are. :) Dee