Not Many Flowers This Year on Sweetcrisp
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Sweetcrisp blueberry finally producing
Comments (56)Greendumb, For the first year ever honeybees worked my BB's, they had always ignored them but maybe a new hive moved in or I now have enough BB to make it worthwhile? Not sure. 95% of the pollination of my BB comes from the southern blueberry bee, It looks like a very small bumble bee with a white dot on it's face. Very docile, you can actually pet them when they are feeding. They collect both nectar and pollen. There are also some type of shiny green fly that works them. Another that is here in large numbers but I don't know how good they pollinate is the skipper butterfly. I also have some sort of small hornet or wasp and they chew a hole in the flower at the base and use that. There are also some large carpenter bee type bumble bees....See MoreTraining young Sweetcrisp and Bluecrisp, how are yours doing?
Comments (38)Bradybb: Those are good looking plants. Bigger than the FHN Sweetcrisp I got in June. Mine are growing like weeds and I haven't given up on a touch of fruit next year. If I figured out how to post pics from photobucket anyone can. There are four codes associated with each picture on PB. Tap on the second from bottom to highlight that code. Then right click to copy that code. Now come back to your post in progress here. Hit enter several times to move the cursor down several lines. Then for some reason you must click the cursor back up to the bottom of the text and then run it back down using the arrow key. Now right click and paste the PB code into your post. Review the post to see what you've done....See MoreHow many years till flowering?
Comments (1)It will need to mature. Which will require several ft of trunk. Being in a pot, no way I could say how long that would take. From a seedling to blooming in the ground could take 10 years....See MoreFor Fruitnut regarding Sweetcrisp
Comments (3)Here's what I just posted on another website: "I just measured the brix on what blueberry varieties I have left. All are well ripened, ie at least two weeks past turning color. I don't think they'll gain any more brix but possibly drop some acid. To measure I mashed 8 berries in a dish and strained the mash thru Agrigon 19 fabric. It was a lot easier getting juice than I thought. So I have good confidence that the numbers are close to correct. Results surprised me. I knew Sweetcrisp was very sweet this yr but not this high!! Star was higher than I expected. Sweetcrisp 24 Star 16.8 Indigocrisp 15.6 With less water on a more mature plant I'm sure Indigocrisp will improve. I never ever expected to measure a 24 brix on a blueberry. These were in pots and watered every day. Not starved for water." The crunchiness and sweetness of Sweetcrisp this yr is amazing. But I could see some finding them too sweet. The flavor, beyond the sweetness, could be better. Springhigh sometimes has excellent flavor but not so much this yr. I'd say the texture is the number one attribute of Sweetcrisp but it could use an extra dose of blueberry flavor....See More- 10 years ago
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