To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Baby blueberries
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 10:45:30 -0400
In my experience in NC, blueberries are slow to establish. Once they do
after 3 years (or so) at the site, they grow rapidly.
I have always pinched off flowers for the first 2 years on all my so.
highbush and rabbiteye plants. This is the 'conventional wisdom' that
was imparted to me as an essential element of successful blueberry
culture, so I have always done it. Therefore, I do not have a good
control group to compare their growth with plants that have produced
fruit from an early age.