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Skeeter Moderator
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 2218 Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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Posted: Wed 15 Jul, 2009 3:39 pm |
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I just picked 35# of blueberries---in an hour!
It is just about unbelievable just how thick these berry bushes are loaded! You don't even reach for a cluster if it won't fill your hand.
These are not my berry bushes, but very close to where my bushes are planted--they are about 20 years old an many are probably 12-15 ft tall (if they were not bent over with berries). _________________ Skeet
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morphinelover Citruholic
Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 212 Location: Gadsden, Alabama
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Posted: Thu 16 Jul, 2009 2:04 am |
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I'm guessing these are rabbiteye bushes since highbush doesnt get that big. Are these wild rabbiteyes? Rabbiteyes are wild in your neck of the woods, from the most southern part of Georgia and north Florida across to the western part of Alabama. Vaccinium Darrowii is also wild down there which is the plant they made crosses with Northern Highbush plants to get Southern highbush. There are numerous vaccinium plants that are native where I'm at that are also used in crosses to get southern highbush that have small but very delicious fruits like V. Pallidum, V. Elliottii, V. Formosum, V. Fusculum, V. Simulatum, V. Constablaei, etc. Vaccinium Pallidum is gathered in the mountains of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, & North Carolina by the locals yearly. |
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Skeeter Moderator
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 2218 Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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Posted: Thu 16 Jul, 2009 10:20 am |
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This is a planted berry patch--that is used to a minor extent as a U-pick farm--probably less than 10% of the berries get picked. I know some of the varieties are Misty, Woodard, Tifblue, Climax, but there are at least a dozen different varieties there. _________________ Skeet
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dauben Citruholic
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 963 Location: Ramona, CA, Zone 9A
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Posted: Sat 18 Jul, 2009 4:07 am |
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When I moved earlier this year, I had to leave my blueberries at our old house. I had Oneil and Sunshine varieties. I liked the Oneil better, but the Sunshine was more of an ornamental. Are there any other low chill varieties out there?
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Skeeter Moderator
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 2218 Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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Posted: Sat 18 Jul, 2009 12:46 pm |
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There are many low chill varieties--below 5-600 hrs. UF has developed quite a few.
This is where I got a lot of my bushes: http://www.danfinch.com/berrys.htm _________________ Skeet
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morphinelover Citruholic
Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 212 Location: Gadsden, Alabama
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Posted: Sat 18 Jul, 2009 9:53 pm |
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Skeeter Moderator
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 2218 Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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Posted: Sun 19 Jul, 2009 10:45 am |
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Thanks Morphinelover, I have been thinking about adding a few of the new varieties to my patch--especially Emerald. _________________ Skeet
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Las Palmas Norte Citruholic
Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 199 Location: Lantzville, Vancouver Island
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