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| About the Author mum3 mid-north coast 10th December 2012 1:04pm #UserID: 7507 Posts: 6 View All mum3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author mum3 mid-north coast 10th December 2012 7:02pm #UserID: 7507 Posts: 6 View All mum3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... mum3 - you will likely need Southern Highbush and Rabbit eye types (avoid Northern Highbush as they are high chill eg: Denise and brigitta) This link may help: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/90356/Blueberry-production-in-northern-NSW.pdf (ps: try and find out what folks are growing successfully in your area - as there are all sorts of crosses between the High bushes, nother, southern, low bushes and rabbit eyes...check out the Wiki entry here..) Where I purchased my 'Denise" and "Brigitta" - there was absolutely NO hope of them ever fruiting at all (even the low chills would have struggled) so don;t be fooled by what is being sold in your local nursery...they are too expensive for that trap... :-( | About the Author amanda19 Leschenault (160kms south of Perth) 10th December 2012 11:38pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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scottsfarm says... I have four types of blueberries; sharpe, gulf coast, brigitta and blue rose. I have one of each at this point. At some point I would like to make cuttings and make more... if possible I would like to have four or five of each variety. The plants are still quite small, although I have had some some fruit (but only a few berries so far). I would like to know if anyone knows of the best time to make cuttings. I tried with the sharpe when I first bought it, using a cutting powder, although I've been told honey can also be used. Cuttings didn't take and I was sad because I love to eat lots of bluberries. | About the Author scottsfarm lismore 18th December 2012 1:23pm #UserID: 7533 Posts: 2 View All scottsfarm's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author mum3 mid-north coast 18th December 2012 1:31pm #UserID: 7507 Posts: 6 View All mum3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... I thought I was getting a good crop of blueberries from the plants I bought last year - Denise and Brigitta. They all disappeared! The plants look really healthy, so what could have gone wrong? Last time I grew blueberries they were Nelly Kelly, and fruited early when the plants were quite small. These plants are much larger. | About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 18th December 2012 8:56pm #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
Edward says... I bought 6 varieties of blueberry from Daleys to grow in Carlingford (see me on My Edibles for pictures and notes). They all produced fruit, and I found the sweetest were Backyard Blue, the largest were Gulfcoast. I have grown each of the six varieties from cuttings without too much trouble. What I do is to take a 15cm cutting, put it in potting mix in a small pot and cover it with a plastic softdrink bottle which fits exactly inside the rim of the pot after cutting off the base of the bottle. This way retains the moisture and I only have to water the cutting infrequently. Takes about 1-2 months to form roots. When I see a reasonable amount of new growth, I take away the bottle. Then more frequent watering is required as blueberry plants don't like to be water stressed. Denise and Brigitta are supposed to require higher chill. The other thing to remember when planting blueberries is that they require an acid soil. To get the right pH, I added powdered sulphur to the soil before planting. | About the Author Edward3 18th December 2012 9:52pm #UserID: 1655 Posts: 172 View All Edward3's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author mum3 mid-north coast 19th December 2012 3:00pm #UserID: 7507 Posts: 6 View All mum3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author mum3 mid-north coast 19th December 2012 3:02pm #UserID: 7507 Posts: 6 View All mum3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 19th December 2012 9:02pm #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Hey Julie...it took a cupla months b4 the birds found my blueberries, down here...I couldn't understand how mine "never seemed to ripen" so I could eat some...then I saw the tell-tale purple bird poo on the path...grrr! I swear they are now experts at getting thru any small hole in the bird netting around the mulberry tree too..I hardly get to eat any of them either - even tho the tree has lots of red and green fruit...I caught one inside the other day.... Might be worth setting a mouse trap too....? (I wonder if u get the native phascogales where u are...? and Chuditch?) | About the Author amanda19 Leschenault (160kms south of Perth) 21st December 2012 10:15am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
Edward says... Here is my calculation of how much sulphur I should use. Using a probe I bought from a produce store, I checked the soil acidity and found I had pH=6. I needed to change the pH from 6 to 4.5. Using tables from the internet, I worked out I should use 0.5 kg for my blueberry bed of 4 m2. So you could use these figures as a guide in proportion to your garden bed area and the change in pH you need. | About the Author Edward3 26th December 2012 9:44pm #UserID: 1655 Posts: 172 View All Edward3's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author amanda19 Leschenault (160kms south of Perth) 27th December 2012 1:04am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author mum3 mid-north coast 3rd January 2013 2:31pm #UserID: 7507 Posts: 6 View All mum3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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