blueberry varieties

[debjay]

hi all  :)
I have just bought 2 blueberry plants today
1 brigitta
1 bluetta (swamp berry ?)
anybody know what sort of yield you get from these and how well do they grow?
thanx
debs :D

[debjay]

[lauraladybird]

I know they like sandy soil, or ericeceous if your growing in pots, am trying a few myself have notices the delicate new foliage does not like wind.  Good luck

[Jeannine]

Hi Debs,

Bluetta is an early fruiting one,early July,yeild is average ,flavour is OK.

Brigitta ia a late fruiting one late August,yeild is high,taste is excellent.

Grow in ericeceous compost, keep moist but well darined.Don't over fertilise they don't need it . Don't prune till 3rd year,remove ant die back in spring,any branches that cross the middle and any really twiggy ones.

Yeild on mature bushes that have been given the correct treatment varies on varieties,  I don't weigh my individual bushes but you can expect between 3/4 to 2kg on mature bushes

The only problem I forsee for you is that blueberries require a pollination partner to get the best yeilds and as your two are far apart re fruiting and flowering they are not the best pair. You will get fruit  but your yeild will be much lower.

Good Luck with your babies, I love my blues,have been growing them now for 30 years or more and adore them. XX Jeannine

[Lukasz_blueberry]

In my plantation Brigitta doesn't give fruit even thought pollinaton partners. :(

[Digitalis]

Am I correct to think that blueberry bushes will not bear fruit in the first year?

[realfood]

Mine certainly fruited in their first year and they were rather small, bare rooted ones.