We will open to sell our Certified Organic blueberry plants on the following schedule. After November 3rd, we'll determine a new schedule. We anticipate selling plants for the next two to three weeks, depending on the weather and the number of people who show up.
Tuesday, October 29: 10-4:00
Wednesday, October 30: 10-2:00
Thursday, Oct. 31: 10-4:00
Friday, November 1: Noon-4:00
Saturday, Nov. 2: 9-4:00
Sunday, Nov. 3: Noon-4:00
Blueberry Transfer Info:
I have secured a mini excavator for removing plants. Our varieties include Blue Crop (by far the majority; these will be dug throughout the transplanting season), Reka (the New Zealand variety), Spartan and Duke. (Rekas, Spartans, and Dukes bloom earlier than Blue Crops.) We take cash or checks, not debit or credit cards. For pre-dug plants we need to charge $20 to cover the cost of the equipment and fuel. If you want to dig them the cost will be $10 each.
Plants will be offered regardless of weather, as they need to be transferred within the dormancy weather window, and before the ground becomes too hard. The soil is so beautiful around the plants that when you raise them from the ground nearly all the soil falls from the root structure; this means the plants will be bare root. You may take a three-to-five-gallon bucket of soil with you to seat the plants in your location.
The hole you need for transfer should be approximately 24 inches deep by 2.5 feet in diameter. You may want to add Rhododendron/azalea fertilizer and peat moss. The plants should be three to five feet apart.
Mulch: Alder sawdust is best. Fir tends to deplete the nitrogen from the soil as it decomposes, so if you use fir you'll need to add nitrogen. We get our sawdust from Hermann Bros.; they sell large loads but may be able to accommodate smaller orders.
We recommend not letting your transferred plants ripen berries for the first 1-2 years after transplanting: when green berries appear, remove them. This allows the plant to put energy toward root development rather than berry ripening. The larger the root mass, the more berry production is to be expected. Mature fully-grown plants can each produce 20+ pounds of blueberries annually.
Blueberries need lots of water: soil should be moist at least 4" down at all times. (In the wild they grow in bogs.)
Pruning: We follow three primary principles:
1. Cut off dead parts;
2. Clear tangles from the center so that sunlight can reach all of the branches;
3. Shape the plants be removing very low or horizontal branches.
We'll see you in the berry field!
Blueberry Dave and Teri
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