tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556599612141134129.post4259052950608630690..comments2024-03-29T04:32:59.067-04:00Comments on Using Georgia Native Plants: Why Aren't You Growing Blueberries?Ellen Honeycutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00063791602271573091noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556599612141134129.post-67199046486097285312012-07-28T08:54:50.411-04:002012-07-28T08:54:50.411-04:00Congratulations on a wonderful crop. I'm sure...Congratulations on a wonderful crop. I'm sure you will enjoy your berries in the months ahead.Going Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05856208193172387761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556599612141134129.post-11397070449156316002012-07-23T17:16:51.044-04:002012-07-23T17:16:51.044-04:00Love blueberries but our yard is not suitable to g...Love blueberries but our yard is not suitable to grow them. The rabbits browse them heavily. Like Jean, I grew up where wild ones were abundant and miss the availability of those. I'm glad you're having success with them Ellen, enjoy your harvest.Heather Holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614164765858960174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556599612141134129.post-48953988017213767632012-07-23T08:45:13.698-04:002012-07-23T08:45:13.698-04:00I used to go up to Maine and pick (rake) those wil...I used to go up to Maine and pick (rake) those wild blueberries... It's about that time up there!<br /><br />In my Jeffersonville Georgia garden, I had a stand of wild highbush blueberries that I had to compete with the birds for... those tiny jewels made delicious pancakes!<br /><br />In my current sand-hill garden... I've planted them (blueberries), and had them die due to drought, I've planted them again... I have one bush (sorta) it died to the root, and has sent out tentative new growth...<br /><br />I have a ton of farkle-berries... I'm not sure how to eat those...<br /><br />I have another blueberry looking bush... It produces some sour fruit that even the birds don't want... the berries are falling off, laying on the ground...Gardens-In-The-Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373144762759568415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556599612141134129.post-85919290273470600932012-07-22T18:06:50.924-04:002012-07-22T18:06:50.924-04:00Julie, you might want to check the ph level of you...Julie, you might want to check the ph level of your soil. Blueberries like very acid soil, so they may not do well in soil that is more to the liking of other plants. <br /><br />I don't grow cultivated blueberries, because the wild blueberries that abound in Maine are hard to beat. Commercial growers mostly just buy land where the blueberries are already established and then protect their growing conditions (and their harvest). Although I have some growing on my property, I never get to eat them because the wild turkeys always come through and clean the out just before they're fully ripe. So each year in August, I buy 25-30 pounds from a commercial grower and freeze them to enjoy all year round. -jeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556599612141134129.post-43914498409429137482012-07-22T08:18:35.987-04:002012-07-22T08:18:35.987-04:00We tried blueberries, we planted 5 bushes in two d...We tried blueberries, we planted 5 bushes in two different locations. Despite what I thought should have been plenty of fertilizer and water, two are already dead and the other three look like hell. I wish I knew what we were missing. Maybe they were just poor quality nursery stock, but I've never had results like that before.Julie Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971494623569371937noreply@blogger.com