Chipdasqrrl
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They sure look like blueberries to me, but I want to be sure before I eat any. I've never noticed these on my property before
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Wild blueberries??
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They sure look like blueberries to me, but I want to be sure before I eat any. I've never noticed these on my property before
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Native Hunter
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This is a pic of the lowbush buleberries that grow wild on my place. Our varieties look a little different, but lots of distance between us. Back when I researched mine I found that there are several different varieties. I didn't save all that info, but you can google wild blueberries and find out a lot of information.
Native Hunter
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South Central KY.
Chipdasqrrl
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This is a pic of the lowbush buleberries that grow wild on my place. Our varieties look a little different, but lots of distance between us. Back when I researched mine I found that there are several different varieties. I didn't save all that info, but you can google wild blueberries and find out a lot of information.
From what I found on Google, mine are also called lowbush blueberries and they are common in my area of Northern MI. They do look different though. Maybe yours are just healthier, mine don't look so good. Maybe I'll spread a little 13-13-13 fertilizer on it
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weekender21
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All the blue berries I've seen look like those in Native Hunter's pictures. I've picked one other variety in AK but they also look different than your pictures.
The berries sure do look like blue berries but I don't blame you for being hesitant.
The berries sure do look like blue berries but I don't blame you for being hesitant.
Native Hunter
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Adair.
Mine came up after I logged. They were lots of places, but I chose a spot near the highway where I wouldn't disturb the sanctuary and have kept the vegetation cleared out around them to keep them from being shaded out. I'm going to keep a patch going this way and they will be easily accessible to me because they are in the woods at the edge of a field and the highway.
Chipdasqrrl
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Do you have blueberries in openings you haven't logged? I'm just curious because the blueberries I found were in an area where I cleared some pines.
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Native Hunter
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Yes, that is correct. But in this area you will get such a flush of growth from various saplings after logging that blueberries will soon be shaded out. That's why I'm keeping the area that I talked about cleared out. A few minutes each year is all it takes to do that.
Chipdasqrrl
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Gotcha. Have you noticed much browsing on them? I want to make sure the deer won't destroy the only patch of blueberries I've found around here
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Native Hunter
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Not on mine, but it looks like yours have already been hit pretty hard.
Here in No. Indiana I stumbled upon the first high bush blueberries I've ever foun on July 2nd, middle of a swampy area. Delicious!
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Chipdasqrrl
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I agree. I went back for the blueberries yesterday, but something came along and ate every one of the berries, even the ones that weren't ripe.
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