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["Robert C. Mullins" <mullins@gaelicmysts.com>]

My tactic to growing blueberry's is to visit my local green house and 
buy two of each kind.  ;)

Of course this is extremely haphazard.




Hal Love wrote:
> There are lots of great blueberry varieties out there, but some will do
> better than others depending on where you grow them. I would suggest finding
> local blueberry farms and asking what varieties they grow, and most
> importantly, which varieties did not do well for them.
>
> Kiwi trellises need to be really strong, as the vines will eventually get
> big and heavy. Hector Black told me his single 'Anna' vine produces 300 lbs
> of fruit each year. When I first saw the enormous vine, I instantly realized
> my trellises were not nearly strong enough. It may take many years to get to
> that size, but that should give you an idea of what you will be dealing
> with. A strong pergola type structure may be the best choice if only a
> couple of vines are going in.
>
> Deer will eat the new shoots on kiwi vines, but once they reach the wire,
> they should be ok. My trellises have the wires about 7 feet high, and I have
> never had deer problems with any shoots more than about 4 feet up. I use
> wire cages around them until they reach the wire, then remove the cages once
> they have established a trunk.
>
> Hal
> zn 6/7 TN
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Melissa Kacalanos" <mijwiz@yahoo.com>
> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 2:09 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] blueberries, kiwis, grapes, deer
>
>
>   
> > My husband and I finally bought a place with room to
> > plant fruit, and now we're hoping we have time to get
> > a few plants in the ground this year. I know it's kind
> > of late, though. I have some questions:
> >
> > What are the best (meaning tastiest, while still
> > fairly high-yielding and trouble free) blueberries?
> > When I look up varieties, all the descriptions sound
> > pretty much the same, except for the obvious
> > differences between the little wild ones and the big
> > cultivated ones.
> >
> > We'd like to plant hardy kiwi vines ASAP, since they
> > apparently take years to get old enough to fruit. Do
> > deer eat the vines? In that case, we shouldn't plant
> > them until after the deer fence goes up. Also, any
> > recommendations for how to build a trellis for them? I
> > understand that they need a lot of support, but what
> > does that mean exactly in terms of materials and
> > design?
> >
> > I had an idea to make our deer fence less ugly by
> > growing vines on it, for example, kiwis and grapes,
> > but this would only work if the deer don't eat them.
> >
> > Any advice would be appreciated.
> >
> > Melissa
> > zone 5, Ithaca, NY
> >     
>
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Robert C. Mullins M.S. IT
GaelicMysts, Owner
Clarksville, Ar
Zone 8a
http://wildcraft.gaelicmysts.com