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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

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.
>
> 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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