Re: Blueberries in Berkeley
On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:26:11 -0700
Katherine Pyle <kathpyle@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> At 01:05 PM 9/26/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >Dear Michael,
> >
> >Your blueberry strip sounds luscious and unique. I'm
> intrigued by your
> >watering schedule. I'd love to grow blueberries but am
> not sure I could pay
> >for all that water (if it's indeed as much as it sounds
> like). If you
> >wouldn't mind, could you give us an idea of your
> bi-monthly water bills?
> >I live in Berkeley also, water much less than I'd like
> to, and have bills
> >of around 80.00 bi-monthly in the summer.
>
> I am at approximately Allston and McGee in Berkeley.
>
> I've have had blueberries in the ground for over 10
> years, originally
> planted in a trench that was 50% Berkeley black-clay dirt
> and 50% peat moss
> -- long since turned back to pure dirt, I am sure. I
> water the area once a
> week for 2 hours with overhead mini-sprinklers. The area
> gets sun for
> perhaps 6 hours midday (due to big trees on both the east
> and west blocking
> the early and late sun).
>
> They grow well, if very slowly, and produce heavily for
> 2-3 months every year.
>
> My original plants have declined to the point during the
> last few years
> that I am about to replace some of the trench dirt and
> add some new plants
> -- but I think the problem is due to my not fertilizing
> enough or keeping
> the soil to the acid side.
>
> Katherine Pyle
Hello Katherine,
I live only about 1 block away from you so I guess that whatever worked for you should work for me.
Thanks--Barbara
