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[NAFEX] Growing blueberries in alkaline soil - well, actually in bales of peat moss
- From: "Dr. Lucky Pittman" <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [NAFEX] Growing blueberries in alkaline soil - well, actually in bales of peat moss
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:01:58 -0500
Naomi, Have you considered growing ‘em in a bale of peat moss? Seems
like it’s worked OK for folks in CO with alkaline soil. http://frontrangefoodgardener.blogspot.com/2010/01/blueberry-growing-intense-in-colorado.html And here’s Pete Tallman’s PowerPoint presentation from the 2009
NAFEX meeting: http://home.comcast.net/~ptallman/ColoradoBlueberries.keyhandout.pdf Lucky From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of Naomi Counides No.. It gives me some direction and some hope. I have tried
blueberries here and failed a few times. The soil is alkaline and the
water is hard so more alkaline. Other plants do well but not
blueberries. I used peat moss and sulfur copiously. I had gotten to
the “why fight it if it does not want to live”. But we do have hot
summers and would have high soil temps.. so mulch, which I have not done could
be the answer. I have plenty of goat pooped on alfalfa hay. I could
try blueberries again. Naomi From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of Ed Fackler I don't know, but I doubt
it. I think the one thing that most folks overlook is the absolute need for
heavy (and annual) application of mulch. For that matter, Jim Ballington
(breeder from NC State) once told me that he thought excessively high soil
temperatures were as damaging to blueberries as high pH soils. Here we
have soils which are naturally around 6.2 to 6.5 and with heavy mulch
blueberries do fine. While at Rocky I had both Colville and Blue Ray
which are now over 30 years old and have never ever had anything done except
heavy annual mulching. On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us> wrote: Any chance it tolerates
alkaline soil? Naomi Idaho From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]
On Behalf Of Ed Fackler
The
breeder kept it due to its complex flavor. Ka-Bluey had some (unknown to
me...likely stem scar) characteristic which made it commercially unacceptable. On
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Re: [NAFEX] Garden Huckleberry pie
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- Re: [NAFEX] Garden Huckleberry pie, Stephen Sadler, 08/23/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Garden Huckleberry pie, jelie, 08/22/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Garden Huckleberry pie, Lori Rizzo, 08/22/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Garden Huckleberry pie, Dr. Lucky Pittman, 08/23/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey blueberry,
Ed Fackler, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey blueberry, Naomi Counides, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey blueberry, Ed Fackler, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey blueberry, Naomi Counides, 08/25/2010
- [NAFEX] Growing blueberries in alkaline soil - well, actually in bales of peat moss, Dr. Lucky Pittman, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Growing blueberries in alkaline soil - well, actually in bales of peat moss, Naomi Counides, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Growing blueberries in alkaline soil - well, actually in bales of peat moss, Dr. Lucky Pittman, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Growing blueberries in alkaline soil - well, actually in bales of peat moss, Naomi Counides, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Growing blueberries in alkaline soil - well, actually in bales of peat moss, John S, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Growing blueberries in alkaline soil - well, actually in bales of peat moss, Naomi Counides, 08/26/2010
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