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  • From: "Gloria Morris" <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Blueberry plantings
  • Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 06:55:12 -0500

To each her own indeed. If early blooms are hit by a killer freeze as
often happens in Illinois with fruits, later blooming plants may still
produce a good crop, and your odds of a total crop loss in any year
are diminished. In Illinois, our springs are all about wildly
unpredictable weather. It can be in the 70's one day and it can be way
below freezing the next. Fruiting plants, whether apples, berries, or
what have you, sometimes put out too early, as the weather gets them
to break dormancy too soon. Then comes a killer freeze and a lost
crop. The key to consistent production of fruits here is to not have
everything flower all at once. And, with four varieties, I should have
very good cross-pollination which will enhance crop production.

Gloria

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Lisa K.V. Perry <lisakvperry AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's interesting that some of you want varieties to extend the season. Here
> we pick for two weeks straight early on, sometimes longer, and then are
> done. No more blues, but they're followed by raspberries. We take a
> breather
> and then we're hit by ripe peaches, followed by pears and apples.
>
> We thought for two minutes about adding mid- or late-season berries to
> extend our picking season, but since we're inundated with other fruit later
> we'd prefer for our blueberry rush to stay kaput early in July.
>
> Checked just the seckel pear and the peach tonight, both are loaded, it's
> going to be a great fruitful summer.
>
> This year we're adding two grape vines to the mix.
>
> To each their own.
>
> Lisa




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