Craigslist has all sorts of interesting things for sale or for free. This week we drove out to Lithia to get as many mature blueberry plants as we could fit in my truck and trailer. They were in 25 gallon pots that weighed about 75 lbs each which meant we could only fit 18 in one trip. And it's a good thing because the spot we had picked out for the blueberries exactly fit 18 plants. Their Blueberry farm had several thousand plants at one time but they were ready for a change in life and were selling the property and getting out of the blueberry business.
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| Blueberry farm |
Blueberry plants take several years before they produce optimum amounts of fruit. The 3 small plants I purchased last year only produced a few berries last season so it will be nice to have a good harvest of blueberries this year. We eat several cups of blueberries almost every day. Blueberries also need bees for pollination which makes having these at The Bee Farm so convenient. Another synergistic benefit of having blueberry plants is the effect on the flavor of our honey. Blueberry pollen makes absolutely delicious honey !
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| Ready to unload the Blueberry plants |
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| Blueberry plants in their new home |
The plants were placed on weed cloth in a corner of the yard where there's plenty of sun. They were also added to the irrigation system to automatically be watered every day. However it's important you don't over water them so a controlled drip system was employed.
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| Automatic irrigation of the blueberry plants |
