[Homestead] east-west/north-south ?
Margaret L. Wilson
booldawgs at frontiernet.net
Mon Feb 18 23:04:26 EST 2008
Bill, I am in the Illinois Valley so I know that I am in a hotter area here than you are on the coast. My whole planting area is going to be pretty much redone this year. The berries, raspberries and a few blueberries, are planted in north-south rows. It would be a major job but not impossible to orient them east-west. Should I do this or is it not that important? The raspberries get about 6'-8' tall and produce like crazy. In December I cut them all back to about 6 inches tall so I could thin them out and transplant the excess. The blueberries are not doing as well as I would like. I need to redo the irrigation for them and give them more consistent water.
Thanks.
Margaret
http://farfarawayfarm.blogspot.com/
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Where I live in Oregon I'd go with east-west, since I'm paranoid about
the shade factor. Where you live it might be so hot that exposed
blueberries aren't nearly as happy.
Bill
S. Oregon coast
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