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> Re the discussion a while ago as to whether blueberries need a
> pollinator, did any of you see the item on blueberries on GW tonight,
> from GW Live at the NEC?
> The lady who runs a blueberry nursery said that you must have 2
> different varieties. Well, I only have one, and it has a heavy crop of
> fruit. No, none of my neighbours grows blueberries. This is the 3rd
> year I have had a good crop.
> Any opinions why?

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> The message <qjb6b15fo2ldf7mossphqhct0nj7gn0ggq@4ax.com>
> from Pam Moore <NOSpam.moore@NOSPAMvirgin.net> contains these words:
>
>
>
>
> Are you getting blueberry and black currant mixed up? Blackcurrants
> need no pollinator and are setting fruit now, but blueberries are much
> later so I'm surprised you have a heavy crop already. My blueberries are
> only just flowering.
>
> Janet

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> Are you getting blueberry and black currant mixed up?

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>
> There's at least one blueberry that self-pollinates - that's the reason I
> bought mine, unfortunately I can't remember it's name :-(
>
> I've got 2 plants that have cropped heavily for the past 6 years.
> They both set fruit this year about 2 weeks ago (and that's in the NE of
> England!)
> Perhaps you've got the same type as me?
>
> Jeff

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> In article <313030303930323942B348BF80@zetnet.co.uk>,
> janet.and.john@zetnet.co.uk (Janet Baraclough) wrote:

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> LOL! You haven't grown blueberries, have you!

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> Like the OP, I have just the one bush and loads of berries. I reckon
> about 70% of the flowers set fruit.

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> The message <qjb6b15fo2ldf7mossphqhct0nj7gn0ggq@4ax.com>
> from Pam Moore <NOSpam.moore@NOSPAMvirgin.net> contains these words:

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>
> Are you getting blueberry and black currant mixed up? Blackcurrants
> need no pollinator and are setting fruit now, but blueberries are much
> later so I'm surprised you have a heavy crop already. My blueberries are
> only just flowering.

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>Are you getting blueberry and black currant mixed up? Blackcurrants
>need no pollinator and are setting fruit now, but blueberries are much
>later so I'm surprised you have a heavy crop already. My blueberries are
>only just flowering.

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>
> Janet

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>Janet Baraclough wrote:
>
>There's at least one blueberry that self-pollinates - that's the reason
>I bought mine, unfortunately I can't remember it's name :-(
>
>I've got 2 plants that have cropped heavily for the past 6 years.
>They both set fruit this year about 2 weeks ago (and that's in the NE of
>England!)
>Perhaps you've got the same type as me?
>
>Jeff

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> Janet Baraclough <janet.and.john@zetnet.co.uk> wrote or quoted:

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>
> I'm in the same city as Pam - and my blueberries lost their flowers
> about a month ago now - and now have many large unripe fruit on them.

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> The message <memo.20050618011422.62497B@net-services.default>
> from root@netservs.com (Steve Harris) contains these words:
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>
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> Yes, it's in the part of my post you must have forgotrn to read
> before you snipped it.
>
>
> At this time of year?

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>
> Yes, it's in the part of my post you must have forgotrn to read
> before you snipped it.

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> The message <memo.20050618011422.62497B@net-services.default>
> from root@netservs.com (Steve Harris) contains these words:
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> Yes, it's in the part of my post you must have forgotrn to read
> before you snipped it.
>
>
> At this time of year?
>
> Janet.
>

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> In article <313030303930323942B41D5864@zetnet.co.uk>,
> janet.and.john@zetnet.co.uk (Janet Baraclough) wrote:

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> Oh, I read it

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> but I do wonder exactly where the confusion about the
> difference between blueberries and blackcurrents lies.

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> garden I call blueberries flowered 2 months ago, produce sweet blue
> fruits, narrow leaves, brilliant autumn colour, green stems etc. and
> were sold to me as blueberry. The idea that anyone could mix them up
> with blackcurrents is "LOL"

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>
> Not at all. ISTR, we've had people on urg confuse blackberries and
> blaeberries, blackcurrants and bilberries in the past. To the
> uninitiated they are all small dark juicy fruit starting with B.
>
> It's very common for people to completely misunderstand what someone
> else said (as you have demonstrated twice) , misidentify plants, or
> simply call them by the wrong name. Or sometimes, on urg, they think
> one word and type another. I've done that myself. Whenever someone here
> does that, and one notices or suspects it, it's just polite and friendly
> to check it out, as I did.
>
> I don't have any trouble distinguishing blackcurrants and blueberries,
> either plant or fruit. Neither does Pam.
>
> It is however highly likely that some reading this group, could not
> visually recognise and identify either blueberry or blackcurrant bushes
> or fruit. Just as there are people who aren't familiar with the
> difference between marrow and pumpkin, french and runner bean, etc.
>
> I hope that is clear enough for you to understand now.
>
> Janet.
>
>
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> I have bought some this year which are allegedly self-pollinating - Gold
> traube (sp?). No idea where they originate from. First berries swelling
> up just now, despite the plants looking like not much more than stickes
> when they arrived.
>
> Bob

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> Are you getting blueberry and black currant mixed up? Blackcurrants
> need no pollinator and are setting fruit now, but blueberries are much
> later so I'm surprised you have a heavy crop already. My blueberries are
> only just flowering.

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>The lady who runs a blueberry nursery said that you must have 2
>different varieties. Well, I only have one, and it has a heavy crop of
>fruit. No, none of my neighbours grows blueberries. This is the 3rd
>year I have had a good crop.

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> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:15:01 GMT, Pam Moore
> <NOSpam.moore@NOSPAMvirgin.net> wrote:
>
>
> I found the answer to my own question on the RHS site.....
> http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profil...eberry_care.asp
> If I had looked there first we would not have had the info and fun (?)
> this thread has generated.

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> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 22:03:43 +0100, Janet Baraclough wrote:

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> Be surprised then. They don't all *need* another pollinator. (They may
> produce more with one of course) And my two small bushes are laden with
> fruit without any other plants in the neighbourhood, still green, but
> blueing off nicely.

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> The first raspberries have been picked, and the first blackcurrants are
> ready - still a fair number of unripe ones though. Redcurrants are almost
> all red and almost perfectly ripe.

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> A PS to my question about supliers, does anyone know the name of the
> lady on GW last Friday, who exhibited blueberries at the NEC.

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> The message <1119342188.e73145e8edf2d6d10d6448ac5a922916@teranews>
> from Tim Challenger <tim.challenger@aon.at> contains these words:
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>
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>
> I stopped pulling rhubarb three weeks ago and now have to be careful not
> to disturb the heffalumpses and bower constructors when I use the front
> gate.

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>
>I like their phrase "protecting from birds if necessary".
>
>My experience has been that unless blueberries are netted before they
>show the slightest signs of colour the birds will quickly scoff the lot.
>Only the redcurrants seem to be immune from birds here.

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>In article <3UA8ltAJIIuCFwFW@scarboro.demon.co.uk>, Kay
><kay@scarboro.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>
>
>
>I seem to recall that blueberries hate chalk so I have a suspicion I'd
>be wasting my money trying to grow them in my garden. It's a shame
>because I love them.
>
>I was looking for another bush fruit to grow besides blackberries,
>blackcurrants, raspberries and gooseberries, so would welcome advice.
>
>Are tayberries better than loganberries?

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>We like quite sharp fruit so it would be nice to grow something similar
>to blueberries if possible.

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> I seem to recall that blueberries hate chalk so I have a suspicion I'd
> be wasting my money trying to grow them in my garden. It's a shame
> because I love them.

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> I bought some plants from that stand at GW at the NEC and the son ( the
> firms MD, I think) of the lady owner was giving everyone who asked some
> cultivation advice.
> He was adamant that a pollinator was necessary, ideally of a different
> variety. He said he often heard stories of people with single plants
> having
> excellent crops, but somewhere locally within bee-flying range there
> must be
> another plant which provides the pollen. It could be streets away but there
> will be one near somewhere usually unbeknown to the owner.

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> Has anyone dealt with a good mail order supplier of blueberry plants.
> Mine came from Parker's and though I've had some disappointments with
> them in the past, I'm very pleased with this one.