Bought these 35 beauties on clearance at Lowes for $3.50 each. They were super healthy looking. 16 Homebelle, 14 Premier, and 5 Powderblue blueberries. Despite the wonders of Subaru Forester cargo space, it's looking more and more like we need a truck, eh?
Day after purchase, we drove up to the property and started digging holes (well mostly the hubby dug holes, and I marked where and gathered mulch and organic material). Got as far as about 30 holes before bodies started giving out and severe weather arrived.
It certainly appears as if we're steering towards blueberries at this point. While we have a variety (sampling really) of many fruit trees and bushes, over half of all our plants are blueberries now, which is good since it seems to like our super acidic soil (4.7) better than anything else.
Wrote up a tally of the total varieties we now possess of blueberry (all Rabbitteye).
Variety | # We Have | Color | Berry Per Lb | Firm | Flavor | Vigor | Avg Lbs Per Acre | Harvest | Descript |
Premier | 17 | 9 | 382 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7811 | Late May, Early June | One of the best for fresh eating. |
Home Belle | 16 | 10? | 433 | 5? | 8? | 9? | 3979 | June | 1955 Variety with soft fruit and seeds and fair quality. |
Powder Blue | 6 | 10 | 336 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7491 | ||
Tift Blue | 4 | 9 | 361 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 8247 | Late June, Early July | One of most popular |
Climax | 2 | 8 | 352 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2857 | May | Short concentrated harvest. |
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