Thanks for the advice, everyone! My legacy blueberry plant is going strong, and my sunshine one isn’t far behind! I can’t wait to pick them, how will I know when they’re ready? I imagine they’ll need to darken in color a little bit and shed the little brown flower petal bits, right?

  • ragica@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The blueberries are ready when they taste good to you. Some people like them earlier for a more tart flavour.

    • Araithya@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      I’m a sweet berry kind of person, so I guess I’ll try and have some patience. Thanks!

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    Nice!

    I miss the old property where I used to live, we had a blueberry plant that was so damn big that I thought blueberry plants were considered trees. No joke, you had to climb this thing to pick anything beyond the lowest hanging berries.

  • Blackout@kbin.run
    2·
    8 months ago

    Where are you at getting them already? I just planted 6, 1 of them was legacy and the grower told me it’s a late season variety. Even my early still growing flowers.

    • Araithya@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      I’m in the PNW! I am also very surprised to see them so early… I thought they would be ready closer to like end of July. We have lots of very happy bees around our neighborhood and my neighbors also grow lots of fruits, so maybe that helped?

      • Blackout@kbin.run
        2·
        8 months ago

        Your soil must be the perfect acidity. Mine is so alkaline still but I can grow monster flowers :)

        • Araithya@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          I really lucked out with the soil in our yard! I can grow basically anything as long as I feed it some coffee grounds once a week-ish