Blueberry Cultivars (forum)

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Can someone recommend a good Southern Highbush to complement my O'Neal, Legacy and Blueberry Burst? Location gets afternoon shade and 500 chill hours. Really want Sweetcrisp/South Moon/Springwide but that seems years away. I guess it is a choice between Misty, Sharpblue, Gulf Coast and Reveille(?).

For those looking for info on cultivars I have come across quite a good resource with all the chill hours: http://www.smallfruits.org/Blueberries/production/06bbcvproc_Nov0206.pdf



Time: 6th November 2013 2:22pm

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Anonymous says...
Tommoz where did you score the O'Neal? Have been searching for one the last couple of days but to no avail.

Time: 6th November 2013 5:50pm

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Tommoz says...
I obtained it privately.

Maybe try eBay every now and again.

Time: 6th November 2013 9:12pm

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Tommoz says...
Perhaps someone can explain this enigma: rabbiteyes need greater protection from frost than Southern high bushes according to all guides. This seems counter-intuitive because rabbiteyes require more winter chilling and ripen later than the SHBs. Also said to be hardier.

Time: 7th November 2013 12:59am

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lyric says...
Rabbiteyes are a separate, naturally occurring species. Southern High bush are a man made cross with no natural occurrence, methinks.

Time: 7th November 2013 8:20am

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vlct says...
Gday tommoz, id go with sharpblue.
Beautiful fruit.
So B.burst is southern highbush ist ??


Time: 7th November 2013 9:20am

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Tommoz says...
Thanks for the tip vlct. B Burst is indeed a southern high-bush.

Time: 7th November 2013 9:30am

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Anonymous says...
Wonder how well this works:

http://www.starkbros.com/products/tools-and-supplies/soil-additives/stark-blueberry-special-fertilizer;jsessionid=8268BB4EB7980E9A12EDE47EC0BA5BE2

Time: 7th November 2013 10:01am

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Tommoz says...
It is said never to use nitrates on blueberries. But I guess they know what they are doing putting in 12% ammonium nitrate.

Time: 7th November 2013 11:39am

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Mod says...
obtained it privately, but unwilling to help others obtain it.
Not the spirit of this site.

Time: 7th November 2013 12:41pm

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vlct says...
Where Did u find that out tommoz ?

Time: 7th November 2013 4:09pm

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Tommoz says...
I contacted the people at OzPeach/Earlyblue who bred B Burst and they told me. Also it is out of Florida, known for breeding all the Souther Highbush types.

Time: 7th November 2013 4:28pm

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vlct says...
Daleys now have biloxi avabible. Might be a contender !

Time: 7th November 2013 5:04pm

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andrewc says...
Hi moondarra blueberries in Vic had o'neil in stock a while ago. Got mine there. Worth calling them to see if they still stock it even though it's not listed on their site.

Time: 7th November 2013 8:47pm

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Tommoz says...
I am jealous of the kiwis, they seem to have a much wider range of blueberries than us. http://www.tharfield.co.nz/varieties.php?fruitid=23

Time: 7th November 2013 9:54pm

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BJ says...
Burst is said to have a super long season, but I'm not convinced. It seems to have two crops, rather than a super long season. Mine cropped quite well but was over quite quickly whereas other cvs are still cropping. However burst is pumping out quite a few new flowers...

Time: 7th November 2013 11:30pm

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vlct says...
What's this sweet crisp/ moon variety tommoz ?
Did u go w sharpblue .

Time: 9th November 2013 6:28am

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Tommoz says...
I will get a Sharpblue and Misty when they become available, local nurseries waiting on more stock to arrive.

Sweetcrisp is a legendary variety in America known for having a very firm almost crunchy texture and for being very sweet. South Moon, Sante Fe, Springwide and Springhigh are all southern highbushes out of Florida that rate really high. I am currently trying to track these down as I know which Australian company has the licence.

Time: 9th November 2013 10:29am

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Boris Spasky says...
None of those varieties are commercially grown in Australia. So it's unlikely that you'll find a grower who'll propagate a couple of plants that they have paid a hefty sum to privately import.


Time: 9th November 2013 2:24pm

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vlct says...
Daleys will soon have magnolia to purchase. Has anyone tried this variety ? Why so pricey ..

Time: 15th November 2013 6:25pm

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vlct says...
Anyone ?

Time: 16th November 2013 7:50pm

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Tommoz says...
You can contact Moondara, who sold Magnolia for $16.50 until recently but now they are sold out according to their web order form.

You have to factor in how advanced the plant might be.

Time: 16th November 2013 8:33pm

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vlct says...
That's true it's probly just bigger. I thought it may hhave some crazy characteristics. Yeah 16 for plant. Plus 35 for delivery..

Time: 17th November 2013 6:23am

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Edward says...
I have several blueberry varieties in Sydney for comparison. While Sharpblue has a good taste, it tends to produce smaller and fewer berries in time and so is rather disappointing. Gulfcoast on the other hand is consistently producing a very good crop of fairly large berries, and they taste quite good PROVIDED one is patient and waits till they are fully ripe - i.e. black and swollen large. Otherwise, they won't be sweet enough.

Time: 28th November 2013 11:05pm

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Tommoz says...
Thanks for commenting Edward.

I'd be interested to know what rabbiteyes you have too. Climax, Premier, Maru? I read that Powderblue and Tifblue require about 600 chill hours which I don't get. Then again they apparently fruit well in Northern NSW so who knows.
Which ones have the 'gritty' texture and does it bother you?



Time: 30th November 2013 2:12pm

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