Blueberry blooms. (Photo from March 2011)
Ginny, blogging at Let Your Light Shine, commented on one of my posts recently that she had never seen
a blueberry bloom. I didn’t see
any mature ones either this year.
Rain had kept me out
of our backyard. When our “swamp” dried a little and I checked on our little
blueberry bush, the blooms were already gone and immature BB-sized blueberries
had replaced them.
Previously I have been
removing the blooms on our baby bush in accord with tips from Google and from
one of our coast Cooperative Extension Service experts. Pinching back the
blooms in the first two years frees the energy needed for the plant to grow
into a strong, healthy bush.
I love blueberries and i had never seen a bloom either,these are really beautiful blooms. i all berries and their blooms
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a bountiful harvest! The blooms are really pretty.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you were supposed to pinch off the blooms in the first two years! Uh oh!
ReplyDeleteWe bought an older blueberry bush, last year, and it had lots of berries already on it. I enjoyed every one of them :)
I didn't know you were supposed to pinch off the blooms in the first two years! Uh oh!
ReplyDeleteWe bought an older blueberry bush, last year, and it had lots of berries already on it. I enjoyed every one of them :)
Thank you for showing this to me, it is interesting and I have never seen such a thing. They look like Lily Of The Valley!! Phil could not guess what they are either.
ReplyDeleteHow didI miss this post with the lovely blooms. Must have been somewhere else.
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