Re: [nafex] If you had one blueberry bush... (Ginda Fisher)

If you are in the northern states look at Honeyberry.

On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 2:03 PM Steven Covacci <filtertitle@gmail.com> wrote:

> Could anybody recommend a variety of blueberry variety or a huckleberry
> that can tolerate richer soil which is closer to pH neutral?
> Thank you, Steve
>
> > On May 8, 2020, at 1:17 PM, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
> >
> > 
> >
> >> On May 8, 2020, at 1:05 PM, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, despite those comments, I'm going to ask again (more specifically)
> >>
> >> Anyone have experience with either Bluecrop or Reka? Based on
> availability from a good local nursery and on-line descriptions, those
> sound promising. I'm curious about differences in size, growth habit,
> productivity, and flavor of berries.
> >>
> >> Also, in happy news, I found some blueberries I planted a few years
> ago. They were very slow to establish and I'd forgotten about them. (They
> are on the edge of the property, and behind some scruffy bushes, so I don't
> usually see them.) Little Giant and tag-lost. :) They are now nice-looking
> mature plants, covered with blossoms. I plan to net them after the blossoms
> drop. I assume the critters will find a way to eat the berries anyway, but
> who knows, maybe I will actually harvest some blueberries this year.
> >
> > Lol — I looked on-line to learn why I might have selected "little giant"
> (answer, because it has small fruits, somewhat like a wild blueberry) and
> discovered that there's a scam company of that name that advertises and
> sells that cultivar. I did not do business with a mail-order blueberry
> company as seen on TV. I ordered from Hartmann's, which isn't my favorite
> nursery, but was fine.
> >
> >>
> >> Ginda
> >> Eastern MA, zone 6
> >>
> >>>> On May 2, 2020, at 1:03 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I second the site specificity. My favorite Rabbiteye variety in zone
> 7a, NC is Centurion. Rich, jammy flavor at my site. I planted it again 15
> miles down the road in 7b/8a and the flavor was nothing special once it
> started fruiting. Different soil, sun, micro climate.
> >>>
> >>> Elizabeth Hilborn
> >>>
> >>> On 5/2/2020 10:08 AM, Rosholdt wrote:
> >>>> I have found that blueberry bushes are extremely site-sensitive. I
> like Legacy, but that is just me in central Piedmont.
> >>>>
> >>>> Zone 7a/6C, Barbara Rosholdt
> >>>>
> >>>>
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