[Homestead] east-west/north-south ?
Bill Jones
billj at harborside.com
Tue Feb 19 14:53:51 EST 2008
Wow, a local! Hot diggity!
My blueberries have grown very little in 10 years. I'm starting some
new ones in raised beds. I wouldn't change a thing for your
raspberries. I think you also have found the key to blueberries:
consistent irrigation. Good luck! Bill
Margaret L. Wilson wrote:
>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.
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>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.
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>Bill
>S. Oregon coast
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