Comments regarding Waters J9 Blueberry Farm LLC

I purchased 4 blueberry bushes on 3/30/13, as a final addition to my small garden. I spoke to Ellen by phone, followed her advice as for variety, and rec'd the plants a few days later. Even tho traveling only 50mi, the bushes were shipped loose in a long box, 2 top to 2 bottom, no pots, but unsecured and had suffered considerable damage, broken tops, broken limbs from beating each other during handling. I sent an email in regard to this, and also the fact that the bushes were extremely root bound, the worst I have seen, but wrote her that I hoped to save them. Much work with a knife, fork and chopsticks to try and separate some roots, then to a prepared bed and given special attention all summer. No luck, now in the first week of Oct., 3 are obviously dead, and 1 has a few small live branches at the bottom and I have little hope for it. These were 2 and 3 yr old plants, probably 4 ft tall, not starts. The warranty is for the first 30 days only, so buyer beware. For $80.00 I expected more. They seemed to be old nursery stock, root bound to the point of a solid mass. Not an amateur, but my green thumb didn't work this time.