Who would have thought?When I think of subtropical fruit, the blueberry is not the first thing that comes to mind. Pineapples, mangoes and bananas yes, blueberries no.
Obviously, I am quite wrong.
This fabulous little Sharpeblue blueberry has been in the ground for less than one year, and already has produced not one, not two, but three ripe berries. There are 26 more yet to ripen, and, wait for it, 5 new blossoms. The berries are sweet and juicy, and perhaps even more importantly, nothing is trying to eat it apart from myself. Next visit to the nursery and I am buying up a veritable field of them.
And what is even more fabulously marvelous, Sharpeblue is the kind of blueberry that you are allowed to let fruit in its first year. Other kinds you pull off the blossoms as the form.
I so don't know how I'm going to cope when it comes to leaving the asparagus alone.
13 comments:
At the risk of dampening your evident enthusiasm, I should point out that when the local bird population discovers that you have ripe blueberries, your crop will be under serious threat.
P.S. Blueberry and banana is a delicious combination. :)
Blueberries grow quite well here in Tassy but YES they really do need to be netted! Enjoy!
Deb
Mark, I am now having visions of blueberry and bananas on my morning porridge... yum... so birds hey. Do they only take the ripe ones?
Wow, who'd have thunk it? I too would never have imagined a blueberry growing here amidst this muggyness nor being possum proof.They just seem a little high maintenance princess like in appearance. Can I ask which nursery found yours at as we would be keen to try one too. melx
Wow! You have a regular fruit salad growing: bananas, blueberries, an apple and a lime!
On the lime...did you feed it? Citrus are hungry buggers and need to be fed in spring (for the flowers and growth) and in the autumn (for fruit development and ripening). I am sure there is an organic option, but I go for the commercial citrus feed in this case...just to be sure I get all the things they need.
Blueberries sound so good. I imagine home grown are much better tasting than store bought!
Doing well aren't you Ali! Totally Ms Green Finger I think. So great that you are documenting it all and can look back with justifiable satisfaction. cheers Wendy
YUmbo
Yum. Our 6 bushes look like they'll give us a good crop too...and with th ehens now locked up HEEHEE!! we may actually get to eat one of them this year LOL - definitely net them :)
Hey Bungalow girl - I actually got mine at Bunnings (shh! don't tell anyone I sometimes buy from Bunnings!). This one did so well that I went back to buy more, but they didn't have any. They did have another variety they were selling for $18!!!! Mine was $9. I didn't buy the $18 one :D
We're meant to pull the blossoms off? We've just been madly eating ours! Aren't blueberries the surprise catch - I always assumed they wouldn't grow here in Sydney, but the two plants we've put in have been fruiting prolifically - we get half a dozen blueberries a day at the moment (which doesn't sound like a lot, but these are tiny plants!). Fully grown, each bush should produce a couple of kilos a year!
I'm so sick of strawberries - none of ours taste any good, so we're going to pull them all out and plant blueberries everywhere instead. :)
Celia I very much agree with you on the strawberry front - so much so that I ripped all mine out yesterday and am preparing the bed for more blueberries. I think for most types you are meant to pull the blossoms off in the first year, but that might just be commercially speaking (I have a friend who manages a blueberry farm on the Gold Coast).
Go the blueberry!
That is one gorgeous blueberry!
Oh, and the asparagus thing? Truly criminal to not be allowed to eat your beautiful, brand new asparagus. Who thought up that rule?
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