Hi Candy, The recommendation is to pinch all blooms from blueberries in the first 3 years after planting them, so they will offer a high production. Otherwise they generally don't offer as much as they could. I had lots of blueberries when I lived in Lincoln, but they don't take mulching very well and may stop producing if you mulch under them.
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 6:27 PM Candace F Foster <cfosterli...@comcast.net> wrote: > I've grown blues for about 10 years in a netted cage. I've never gotten > very many berries, but this year when I left to spend the usual Jone/July 3 > or 4 week time at the cape, there were hundreds of beautiful, healthy > flowers and green berries! I thought this would finally be the year of the > great harvest when I got back. Other years there have been a few to a few > handfuls when I left, but fewer when I came back, but with so few to begin > with. Over the years I've greatly improved the security of the net cage, > and the feeding, pruning and mulching. And there have been people at the > house and neighbors who haven't seen any birds, squirrels, chipmunks etc > inside. Finally, there are only a few on the ground. > > Has anyone had this experience with blues, or could you offer any insight > esp into what happened this year, but maybe all the other years too.? > Thank you!! Candy Foster > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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