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  • Re: blue berries in zone 6B

    From songbird@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 30, 2026 00:59:16
    T wrote:
    Anyone know of a blueberry plant that does not
    mind 80 to 105F days and 0 to 35F nights?
    And lots of dry weather?

    also they tend to want acidic soil in a large enough
    amount to support a rather large plant.

    if you can't find a specific species or variety
    suited to that climate you may need to accept that
    it just isn't practical or workable.

    that said, good luck, i don't know of any such
    plant offhand but that doesn't mean much as there's
    a lot i don't know. :)


    songbird

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  • From Dan Purgert@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 30, 2026 10:24:17
    On 2026-01-29, T wrote:
    Anyone know of a blueberry plant that does not
    mind 80 to 105F days and 0 to 35F nights?

    That is / should be most of them, at least of the varieties bred for the midwest (which can go down to zone 3/4).

    The heat may be interesting, at least for the first couple of years
    until the bush gets better established.

    And lots of dry weather?

    This might be the challenge ...

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  • From Snag@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 30, 2026 06:39:57
    On 1/29/2026 4:42 AM, T wrote:
    Anyone know of a blueberry plant that does not
    mind 80 to 105F days and 0 to 35F nights?
    And lots of dry weather?

    Mine get the temp extremes you get there but not so much the dry
    conditions . Whatever you do , you MUST have at least two varieties for pollination . No pollination , no fruit .
    --
    Snag
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    when they stayed foreign ...

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