Blueberries

The 4-H club had a big plant sale. When we showed up for the Master Gardener® class yesterday, half of the tables were taken up with blueberry, blackberry and raspberry plants. Most were for filling orders, but I managed to snag 3 blueberry bushes for $8 each. They were “powder blue”, “climax” and something I can't remember. Blueberries require different cultivars for pollination. They need to be the right cultivar, or their blooming times will not match. Blueberries also require very acid soil. The PH should be 4.5. This can be attained with sulfur or some other acidifier. Peat moss is not recommended.

The cilantro, parsley and crucifers that are hardening off are doing well. They will go into the ground Saturday morning. Some will go into flower beds instead of the garden. Herbs like poor soil and the cilantro doesn’t mind some shade. A few will be given away. Usually only a few of the seeds that are put out make it to the transplant in the garden stage. This year practically all of them did.

Every single one (knock on wood) of the crucifers (brassicas) that were planted in the garden has survived. They are not growing very fast. Some of them don’t seem to be growing at all but; where there is life, there is hope.

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