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Re: Rabbiteye Blueberries [Re: beaverpeeler] #8131481
05/01/24 10:52 AM
05/01/24 10:52 AM
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Oregon
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You could always call Fall Creek and ask what retailers they sell to. I personally can't sell anything as I was required to sign legal papers that protect the patents.


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Re: Rabbiteye Blueberries [Re: beaverpeeler] #8131521
05/01/24 12:36 PM
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BP,
Do you allow U-pick?
BTW, do you know if it is possible to start blueberry bushes from cuttings? Asking for a friend.


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Re: Rabbiteye Blueberries [Re: beaverpeeler] #8131558
05/01/24 02:33 PM
05/01/24 02:33 PM
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For you waggler? Yep, U pick available anytime you want to come down here.

Blueberry bushes are propagated by tissue culture in most nurseries these days. A tiny growing tip is excised and place in a petri dish with a nutrient-hormone gel and with the help of subdued light and temp-humidity control it begins to grow. Then little sections of that growth are started and soon a standard petri dish will hold a couple dozen stage III starts. (About 1" tall with a few strands of roots)

For home growers blues can be started by rooting softwood (same year's growth) branches taken in early to mid summer. Treat with rooting hormone and keep in a mist bench with proper light, temp and humidity. Kind of slow to root but they do root well under these conditions.


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Re: Rabbiteye Blueberries [Re: beaverpeeler] #8131585
05/01/24 03:54 PM
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I will try to make a trip down there in early August. Are the berries ripe then.


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Re: Rabbiteye Blueberries [Re: waggler] #8131806
05/01/24 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by waggler
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I will try to make a trip down there in early August. Are the berries ripe then.

last I heard was he is charging a entrance fee; "You have to flesh and board 10 beaver" per basket

Re: Rabbiteye Blueberries [Re: beaverpeeler] #8133110
05/03/24 10:12 PM
05/03/24 10:12 PM
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The rabbiteyes start mid August and go until the end of October. Early August would be a mite too early probably.


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Re: Rabbiteye Blueberries [Re: Northof50] #8133126
05/03/24 10:28 PM
05/03/24 10:28 PM
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Champaign County, Ohio.
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Originally Posted by Northof50
Originally Posted by waggler
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I will try to make a trip down there in early August. Are the berries ripe then.

last I heard was he is charging a entrance fee; "You have to flesh and board 10 beaver" per basket


I know where you can find a 7 story basket near me.

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Re: Rabbiteye Blueberries [Re: beaverpeeler] #8133378
05/04/24 01:19 PM
05/04/24 01:19 PM
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My dad used to sell UPick strawberries and the price was always per 5 qt bucket. Dad encouraged folks to heap those buckets up and sometime even sent them back out to the field to top off a bucket so as to get their money's worth.

But Keith, with that basket I WILL NOT encourage any heaping!


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Re: Rabbiteye Blueberries [Re: beaverpeeler] #8133390
05/04/24 01:39 PM
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LOL!

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