I pretty near did. 10 bales in a 7
by 5 area.
Naomi
"Few people are capable of
expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their
social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such
opinions."
..... Albert Einstein
From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Lucky Pittman
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
1:02 PM
To: ' North
American Fruit Explorers '
Subject: [NAFEX] Growing
blueberries in alkaline soil - well,actually in bales of peat moss
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
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
1:16 PM
To: ' North
American Fruit Explorers '
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey
blueberry
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
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
11:42 AM
To: North
American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey
blueberry
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.
This is likely more comments than you wanted to hear!!!
ed
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us> wrote:
Any chance it tolerates alkaline soil?
Naomi
Idaho
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.
And no it was not released under another name.
ed
On Wed, Aug 25,
2010 at 10:18 AM, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd dismissed
the catalog description as the usual catalog hyperbole too. It's interesting
to read that it might actually be true.
The only info I can find about this variety is from Gurneys/Henry Fields. Was
it originally released under a different name?
I don't understand why the breeder "kept it strictly for hybridizing
purposes" if the flavor is so great.
Melissa
--- On Sun, 8/22/10, Ed Fackler <ed.fackler@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Ed Fackler <ed.fackler@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey blueberry
Date: Sunday,
August 22, 2010, 10:54 AM
Mark:
It was released from U. Ark. Actually my wife
discovered it when we visited Clarksville
in 2003 or 2004. The breeder John Clark kept it strictly for
hybridizing purposes as it possesses a complex sweet flavor which has slight
peach-like characteristics. Personally I've not been able to pick up
this peach flavor, but it is complex and is the finest flavored blueberry
I've ever eaten. It also is amongst the earliest to mature (June 1-15
here in S. Indiana ).
Hope this helps.
ed
On Sun, Aug 22,
2010 at 10:47 AM, Mark Angermayer <hangermayer@isp.com>
wrote:
Ka-Bluey
blueberry:
Has anyone tried this blueberry sold by the Gurneys/Henry Fields
conglomerate? I'm wondering if it's just a common cultivar they slapped
a
fancy name on. However, I see that its got Ed Fackler's endorsement as
the
best blueberry he's ever tasted.
Mark Angermayer
KS
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