On Feb 20, 2:18�pm, Scott Hildenbrand
wrote:
Sheldon wrote:
Scott Hildenbrand wrote:
Sounds like you got a heck of a deal.. I checked several locals
and they don't have anything worth while.

I don't think you should give up. �Expand your search, try calling
nurseries in and around the next large city.

I agonized all winter over where to buy my blueberry plants, checking
every web site that looked promising. �I finally settled on one but
when they said they were going to bill my credit card and not ship
until they were paid I canceled my order. �That's when I decided to
check local nurserys and found just what I was looking for right
nearby, I shopped there many times but it never occured to me that
they'd have blueberry plants, probably because they were located a
long way from their main entrance and I just never noticed them.

Here they are the day I planted them, spring 2006:
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Spring 2007:
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I got more berries than I expected last year and I was surprised at
how huge they were, most were the size of a nickle, and fresh picked
they tasted wonderful, nothing like those from the stupidmarket. �I'm
anticipating a bumper crop this year. �I'm glad I didn't settle on
those teensy blueberry plants, they don't seem to grow very rapidly so
I would probably have had to wait a few years for my first berries.
Don't give up.

Wow... Nice crop off a little plant..

I was amazed myself, I figured maybe enough for one bowl of toasties
but I got at least a quart from each plant.

I'd actually ordered them already from an online source. I'm only doing
5 bushes so not going to hurt if it doesn't work out the way I planned.

Now, for the back yard run, I'm planning on an Elderberry hedge 70' or
so in length for privacy, fun and fruit. I'll see if I can get those
local considering how many it will take and will expand to a 40 mile
radius for finding a nursery.

While we're on Blueberries.. Did you acidify your soil? I'm estimating
mine to be 7 (will test soon) so most likely going to add sulfur to
knock it down.

I tilled in three large bales of peat moss, that's what I was told to
do at the nursery. They said after the second year to bring in a few
samples for testing. They didn't recommend over acidifying, can
always add more if needed.