My Blueberries are starting to ripen. I planted them along the fron of my house as a hedge. The Robin's however are trying to beat me to the ripe berries. So I have been picking them before they are fully ripened and letting them ripen in my house. I'm hoping that they will taste just as good.

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:25:44 +0000, Maryc wrote:
ripened and letting them ripen in my house. I'm hoping that they will
taste just as good.

They won't. Blueberries do not further develop the sugars after
picking. Throw some netting over the plants to keep the birds off.

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I would cover them with netting or get out very early in the am and pick the
ones that are ready before the robins get around to it. My problem was the
mowing lady kept eating them before I could get to them. It was my wife so
I couldn't yell at her.

Dwayne

"Maryc" wrote in message
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My Blueberries are starting to ripen. I planted them along the fron of
my house as a hedge. The Robin's however are trying to beat me to the
ripe berries. So I have been picking them before they are fully
ripened and letting them ripen in my house. I'm hoping that they will
taste just as good.


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Maryc

I tasted a few after I let them ripen in the house and they did seem to be pretty sweet. Maybe it is the varieties that I have. I have Jersey and Elizabeth and a couple of other varieties that I don't remember what they were. I am getting a few berries theough by picking them just a little before they are ripe.

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My Blueberries are starting to ripen. I planted them along the fron of
my house as a hedge. The Robin's however are trying to beat me to the
ripe berries. So I have been picking them before they are fully
ripened and letting them ripen in my house. I'm hoping that they will
taste just as good.


For some reason, birds mostly leave my blueberries alone. I live along the
coast of LA. I do find that that last bit of ripening plumps them up and
makes them much sweeter than when they are almost ripe. The variety is
Sharp. I have been picking them for about two months. The individual berries
ripen at different times so that I have to work in the hunter-gatherer mode.

Bill

Me too!!

I only get a few each morning. My bushes are quite young though. I have some that I just planted this year to replace other bushes. THe other bushes were some kind of gooseberry that the nersery guy talked me into buying and I hated the berries. So I dug them out and put in the blueberries that I wanted in the first place. Now I am much happier.