macsnax
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Yeah I get that, lol. I can't see the roots so, I was thinking once the new growth gets to a certain size? That would let me know it's safe to cut the main stem.
Berries
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socaljoe
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I'm kinda jealous. I'd love to grow blueberries, but I'm not confident they'd do well in my area. Good luck with the little ones.These Chandler blueberries are big. Hopefully my clones make it. I have found a spot to put them.
GreenHighlander
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Some strawberries
branch of red currants
Black currant branch
Some of those hunny berry thinga mobobers
Cheers
branch of red currants
Black currant branch
Some of those hunny berry thinga mobobers
Cheers
GreenHighlander
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For whatever reason I cant quote you. Funny how a new computer makes this website work even worse then before lol
They don't taste like anything really. Other then them being the first berry ripe, by far, I dont see the pro to them.
Cheers
They don't taste like anything really. Other then them being the first berry ripe, by far, I dont see the pro to them.
Cheers
xtsho
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I know places in the Mt Hood National Forest, in the Columbia river gorge, and the Oregon coast range loaded with wild berries of all types. Some places there are bushes/trees over twenty feet tall and just as wide loaded with huge berries when in season. I think technically they were Huckleberries but regardless they were delicious dark purple berries. August is typically the time they start ripening around Mt Hood but they are huge and delicious. Takes some hiking to get to the good locations but worth it if your body can get you there.
too larry
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I bet you have to share those with the bear. lol They always know where the good berries are at.
This is what our huckleberry bushes look like. The berries are smaller than a blueberry. A late frost got almost all of ours this year.
Bareback
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Have you ever cloned blue berries this way before ? What was the success rate like?These Chandler blueberries are big. Hopefully my clones make it. I have found a spot to put them.
xtsho
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No I've never cloned blueberries any way. This is my first time trying. So far they are looking good. Four days in and they still look like their alive.
Mrs. MedGrower
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I love berries, except strawberries (I know I’m weird). I would love to plants a blueberry bush in the backyard eventually. I have a very large section of wild raspberries but I have noticed that the bugs are getting their leaves, they are only just out of the flowering stage. Is it to late to treat the bug problem before they fruit? If not what should I use? My goal is to make jam eventually if possible.......... Pictures to come when I get home.
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too larry
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You could spray it with a neem oil and water mix. At least until the berries were on. The neem does taste bad.
Mrs. MedGrower
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Does it wash off?
too larry
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Off the plants? Rain will wash it off. But it is oil, so some of it is going to stick.
Or off the berries? Never sprayed it with berries on, but I have used it on green beans and the like. If you don't go crazy you can't taste it on the beans. With weed, you never want to spray after week 3 of flower, because it does effect the taste.
Or off the berries? Never sprayed it with berries on, but I have used it on green beans and the like. If you don't go crazy you can't taste it on the beans. With weed, you never want to spray after week 3 of flower, because it does effect the taste.
xtsho
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It's blueberry time. Been picking them for awhile now with more in store. Definitely planting another two or more bushes so I'll be able to get a quart a day or more for a couple weeks during peak season in the future. I think I can get a better yield from what I already have with some proper pruning and continued soil adjustments to get the pH right where they like it between 4.5 and 5.5. My soil pH is higher than that at around 6. Great for the other plants but blueberries like it much lower. Depending on where I do a soil sample my soil pH is at least above 6 and higher. The area around my blueberries is 5.8 pH. That's likely from the sulfur I amended the soil with.
They don't look that bad. Much better than last year.
In have a small patch of everbearing strawberries. Quinalt and Tristar. Nothing huge but I'll get a handful of berries off them. What I really want is some runners to plant in other places.
They don't look that bad. Much better than last year.
In have a small patch of everbearing strawberries. Quinalt and Tristar. Nothing huge but I'll get a handful of berries off them. What I really want is some runners to plant in other places.
too larry
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Nice Berries. The few I had on my young bushes are long gone. I picked over Sister's bushes day before yesterday. They are down to the last ones. I ate all I picked.It's blueberry time. Been picking them for awhile now with more in store. Definitely planting another two or more bushes so I'll be able to get a quart a day or more for a couple weeks during peak season in the future. I think I can get a better yield from what I already have with some proper pruning and continued soil adjustments to get the pH right where they like it between 4.5 and 5.5. My soil pH is higher than that at around 6. Great for the other plants but blueberries like it much lower. Depending on where I do a soil sample my soil pH is at least above 6 and higher. The area around my blueberries is 5.8 pH. That's likely from the sulfur I amended the soil with.
They don't look that bad. Much better than last year.
In have a small patch of everbearing strawberries. Quinalt and Tristar. Nothing huge but I'll get a handful of berries off them. What I really want is some runners to plant in other places.
But on a positive note, I noticed wild blueberry bushes by the garden, and down at my camp. Both had a few ripe berries. But the wild ones are just now getting ripe.
Not a berry, but the pears are getting ripe. I've been camping and night hiking down at the river camp for the last few months. Now that the pears are ripe, I will stay at the pond camp more.
xtsho
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I have a Comice pear I planted three years ago. Haven't gotten a single pear yet. A few start to form and then fall off. It's supposed to be self pollinating. I think the problem is that it blooms early before most bees are out. And it's usually raining. I'm going to get some Mason bee's and build a house for them since they're the earliest bee's out around here and I like the idea of providing habitat for these beneficial pollinators.