Coastal Blueberry

[Tynehead Tom]

Heavy storms rolling thru right now but we have had some really nice days and looks like the plants are making the most of it. I think flowering trigger will start beginning to mid August around these parts. So that gives 4 to 6 weeks veg time from today on I'm thinking

 

[Shua1991]

The "raspberry jam" phenotype in Blueberry Jam(NL x BB) was one of my favorite smokes around 2010, first seeds I ordered on hempdepot.

 

[Tynehead Tom]

Well the 11 ladies are getting thier roots into my reammended recycled soil and seem to be liking it just fine. Pretty happy with progress so far

 

[oldmaninbc]

Well, it looks like the summer weather is about to begin, at least here in southern bc.

Your plants have good color and healthy looking, the long hours of summer should bring out the best in them. Looking good!

 

[Tynehead Tom]

Well the plants survived nearly 2 weeks of mid 30C weather here. Was wayyyy hotter in the greenhouse but everything stayed on track. I was giving them about a gallon every 2 days from the well but now with the explosive growth they are getting 2 gallons every 3 days. Has cooled off considerably and night time temps have dipped to 7C a couple nights. Last few days highs have been mid 20's. Today it;s raining lightly and 19C.
Wild fluctuations in temperature are what I have to deal with here being at nearing 52N/3000ft elevation
The ladies are set to explode now so it's time to start adding stakes and string
There are a few that have real nice tacky stem rubs with that distinct smell of a fat juicy ripe blueberry squished between the fingers. There are a couple that impress me so I may take a couple clones.
The runt (first picture) has turned out to be a really nice plant and has caught up to her sisters big time. This is one of the true blueberry smelling ones too.
another couple weeks and fowering should trigger.

I'll throw down another update in a week or two.

 

[Tynehead Tom]

Been a bit over a month since I updated this thread.
The plants have made great use of the time.
They have still been fed only water from my well since being moved outside as young plants.
Very pleased with the results this year in the basic soil recipe from @Tom Hill in the old overgrow archives.
I reammended this year , adding back the ingredients in amounts I felt were appropriate and it seems I nailed it
These ladies are well into stretch and I figure initiated flowering a week n change ago.... maybe 2 weeks. Just going by flower size at this stage to guess when the trigger point was but I would say between august 16 and 20 the magic began to happen.
Hopefully looking at harvest in the middle to 3rd week of october

 

[Tynehead Tom]

well Blueberry lovers...... this right here is arguably the best Blueberry I have grown to date.
Big hardy plants surviving my harsh climate in an unregulated cold frame greenhouse at 52N, 3000ft elevation in BC, Canada.
It is exceedingly difficult to find a strain that will come close to finishing here by the time winter sets in.
Well...... winter has set in LOL it is pounding snow and we have been -5C for 2 nights in a row now.
I am just finishing the harvesting of 11 Coastal Blueberry plants and they are all still standing , trimmed, in thier totes. Got one more to trim up and they will be chopped before the sun sets today.
These all have strong frost and strong true ripe squashed blueberry aromas. The scissor hash is nothing short of divine!! So if Blueberry is your thing and you have not aquired this work...... you might want to.
No mutants or hard to grow plants..... these are hardy, sturdy easy to grow.
These were vegged indoors for 6 weeks in sunshine mix 4 , with some light GH flora lucas formula feedings under an HLG 600 Bspec. Then outside into the totes with custom mixed reammended recycled soil based on the Tom Hill soil mix from the old overgrow archives. Super simple soil mix and these were fed my well water ONLY since going outside. No feedings of anything but natural water. Best of all , no molds mildews or bud rot..... a clean harvest. I wish the yield was better but the cool temps the past few weeks really hampered the plant's metabolisms so I am just thankful they made it to harvest here. Gives me a solid outdoor line to acclimate to my climate.
The results speak for themselves and bear in mind where I am located on this planet.
2024 season is in the books and I'll be puffin some tasty Blueberry all Ice fishing season hehe