I have legacy, southmoon, and Cara hoping enough related to pollinate. All those btw are rated to my zone . Sort of the northern southern HB types! I could try others too. I guess the problem is getting them to flower at the same time. Sweetcrisp though is not an early type, well described as early to mid-season ripener by Real Flora. So hopefully they will sync up to the environment. My plant was super skinny, not impressive. new growth is a lot better. But I'm going to have to prune the old weak growth. So no fruit for sure next year. I need to remove fruit anyway as the structure really needs work. My other new plants are big enough and strong enough to fruit. I may allow some fruit, as the plants are doing well and huge for first year plants. My northern highbush plants which are three years old are turning into giants. I will get an awesome crop next year. All need some pruning.

Heh that is just 50 sweetcrisps:) Last count I have 142 BB plants. We like to make blueberry wine and for that and the frozen berries it takes a lot of plants. I don't push my plants hard and prune to 5-7 lbs per bush max. This year with the late cold I did not have to do any thinning as mother nature pruned probably 60% of the flowers for me.

Nice report. I have also noticed that the rabbiteyes are a little more soft than the SHB. Honestly, I wasnt really impressed with rabbiteyes this year other than Brightwell. For some reason that variety is sweet as soon as it colors up good. Also its crisp because it doesnt have to hang on the bush for 2 weeks like the other rabbiteyes. Ive read that its also partial self fertile. Hopefully, if things go my way, I will be able to give a good report on many varieties next spring. So far they have all put on good growth. I had to trim all of them back alittle bit because they were getting very lanky. Now they are coming back strong! One note about Emerald, that plant is a BEAST here in Houston. Its 5ft tall and 5ft around with canes 1 1/2 inches thick now. I thought the plant was stunned last year after planting. It didnt take off untill last Sept and it never stopped. Ive trimmed it back 3 times now and it will be over 7ft tall by fall. Its a very strong variety for the Houston area if anyones interested. Another interesting note about Blueberries in Houston. Ive read on several web sites that Rabbiteyes are much eaiser to grow than SHB. Im finding that not so true! Ive had one SHB get some stem blight but it already had it from the nursery and Emerald had a touch of blossom blight but thats it. The Rabbiteyes have had a tuff time this year with leaf fungus and early leaf defoliation. So far the SHB are eaisier for me here in Houston.

Mine are in a cold zone so we have a lot of unknowns. I got mine in April, and it grew well but is now dormant. All leaves are still on it. It's in the garage. Keeping in warmer, at least somewhat. If we get to -10 though it may only be 0 in the garage. I'll let heat in if I have to. Reminds me to move the thermometer to the garage! Here's the last photo I took. leaves are red from the cool fall air. Hard to see too. I need to take a better photo. So one year's growth. I didn't push growth. Just letting grow fairly slowly but steady.