BLUEBERRY - POWDERBLUE

Vaccinium ashei Blueberry Fruit Powderblue

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Botanical Name: Vaccinium ashei

Description

Noted because the fruit has a powdery blush and is medium in size. It is one of the toughest blueberry varieties with a harvest later in the season. A bigger harvest can be achieved by mixing with other rabbiteyes such as the tifblue or others will suit. A great selection for QLD and northern NSW as they don't need many chill hours for the fruit to set. Often the white flowers have a flush of pink. Grows well in pots and has thick enough foliage to be used as a hedge in summer but lets the light through in winter.

Price	Avail.	Propagation	Size	Buy Options
$14.90	6	Cutting	Medium	Buy 2 or more @ $9.75ea *Pollinator - Brightwell Climax Tifblue Premier
$14.90	0	Cutting	Small
$27.00	0	Cutting	Large	Seeking Propagation Material

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Blueberry - Powderblue - Vaccinium ashei

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Plant Information or Specifications

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Preferred Climate

Subtropical, Warm Temperate
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Cutting
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Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions)

1-2m

Plants required to Pollinate

2 compatible plants (Pollination Required)
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Can it Handle Frosts?

Yes

Amount of leaves in Winter?

Some Leaves (Partly Deciduous)

Quarantine Restrictions to these Areas

VIC, SA, WA

Suitability in Pots

Yes

Water Requirements

Frequent Watering

Is it a Dwarf Fruit Tree?

Can be pruned to 2m

Time to Fruit/Flower/Harvest

2-3 Years

Sun or Shade

Part (Sun:50-80%)

Preferred Soil Type

Perfect Drainage (Sand/Volcanic)

Soil pH

Moderately Acidic (5.5-6.5)

Fruiting/Harvest Months

October, November, December

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Blueberry - Powderblue (Grafted) ^8/10

Anonymous's Edible Fruits
Update: 3222 days 3hrs

Comments: - Starting with 6" sticks 2 years ago I now get about 2 handful of berries from each of my 4 plants and they have grown twice as big as last year.

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2008

Height 36 Inches

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 4

Fruit Harvest: 0.2 Pounds Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 25% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control: Organic fungus and pest spray

Organic Status:Organic

Question: I need an Organic compost fertilizer schedule.

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Blueberry - Powderblue (Cutting) ^8/10

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Update: 2520 days 17hrs

Comments: -

I love blueberries and it's a small knife in the heart to have to pull the flowers off this year. Planted near a pine tree for that extra acidic touch.

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, chook poo, azalea fertilizer

Pest Control:

None

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Blueberry - Powderblue (Cutting)

Anonymous's Edible Fruits
Update: 2503 days 16hrs

Comments: -

The fresh fruit noticeably superior tasting to shop bought fruit. The kids love them.

Acid-loving rabbit-eye variety with required chill at upper-end of low chill. Constantly flowering at the moment (Sept.), which I keep plucking off - want vigour to go into foliar growth, not fruit, for another year or two.

Attractive looking powdery dark blue-green leaves.

Best with a cross-pollinator.

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Brightwell

Fertiliser or Organics Used: azalea

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Blueberry - Powderblue

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Update: 3621 days 22hrs

Comments: -

I grow Guava, Caraba and Tahitian lime quite sucessfully.

Fruiting Months November and December

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Autumn, Winter, Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Pest Control:

very little pest control needed

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Blueberry - Powderblue ^8/10

Anonymous's Edible Fruits
Update: 2005 days 17hrs

Comments: - Acid loving plant, I use azalea potting mix, azalea slow release fertiliser and pine bark. I have them planted in large pots with 2 other varieties with them as cross pollination will produce more fruit significantly.

Planted: 2013

Height 45 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 3 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Brightwell/Sharpblue

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Azalea slow release

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: Inspect daily for caterpillars and grass hoppers

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Blueberry - Powderblue (Cutting) ^5/10

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Update: 1310 days 21hrs

Comments: -

Way too young to comment on the plant itself yet. Purcahsed mainly as a pollinator for my 2 Blueberry Britewell. It's getting a bit of a beating from the sun at present as you can probably see in the leaves.

It's currently in full sun (I'm in Ipswich Qld so some fearce summer days) which I'm finding for most of my blueberries the 13 hours a day full sun is just too much to bare so I'm in the process of building a frame to net to assist with some relief from that afternoon sun (and birds of course when fruiting). So I'll see what happens over the coming months.

I water almost daily depending on weather. I planted in a planter bag with a BIG bottom layer of course grade pine bark then equal amounts of peat moss, coir peat, and perlite and a really good thick layer of small pine bark on the top.

Planting in pots and planter bags I just find it easier to maintain PH levels, water, feed and relocate if needed to meet different weather conditions, or if you just change your mind on location, which Im prone to do :)

Planter bags I found really reasonably priced at a plcae on the Gold Coast and they do deliver.

Havent done much fertilising on the Powderblue as yet but tend to use rose, gardenia and azalea slow release (high acidity), coffee grounds and organic pellets.

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

After Fruiting

Pollination: Cross Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Yearly, Winter, Spring

Organic Status:Organic

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Blueberry - Powderblue (Cutting) ^8/10

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Update: 1718 days 23hrs

Comments: -

Growing well and setting fruit.

Fruiting Months September and October

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

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