How to Grow a Blueberry Bush

[Arielle]

Which search engine did you use??

I just looked at eBurgess' site, where I purchased the seeds, and so far can only find a different plant using the Garden Huckleberrry listing. It is a Solanum, but not the guineense listed on the pkg.

http://www.eburgess.com/detail.asp?pid=6412&nav=fan

 

[vehve]

Which search engine did you use??

I just looked at eBurgess' site, where I purchased the seeds, and so far can only find a different plant using the Garden Huckleberrry listing. It is a Solanum, but not the guineense listed on the pkg.

http://www.eburgess.com/detail.asp?pid=6412&nav=fan

However hard Microsoft tries, and even though I at one point worked for a company that had close connections with them and is now a part of them, I still only think there is one real search engine in the market at the moment, or to put it shortly, "Google".

Here's the amazon link
http://www.amazon.com/huckleberry-GARDEN-HUCKLE-SOLANUM-GUINEENSE/dp/B00AXS7YXU

 

[Arielle]

Thank you-- I saw that lisitng too. I get different results depending on if I use BIng, Yahoo or google. Drives me crazy. lol

I do think I figured it out: the correct and complete name is Solanum melanocerasum guineense

#6412 Solanum melanocerasum is the name eBUrgess uses on its website but uses Solanium guineense on the packaging.

Looks like a berry that requires a lot of sugar-- and must be started early in the growing season as it is an annual. Seems like a lot of work, especially as I prefer perenials.

For the record, this is NOT the plant my DH calls a huckleberry. Common names are so confusing at times!! THe plant we are picking looks like a blueberry but the berries are blacker and just as sweet and tastey as a blueberry, including the dozen tiny seeds. THe berry we have been picking could pass as a blueberry. I DONT see how S. melanocerasum guineense could pass as a blue berry at this time of year or any time of year!

 

[vehve]

Thank you-- I saw that lisitng too. I get different results depending on if I use BIng, Yahoo or google. Drives me crazy. lol

I do think I figured it out: the correct and complete name is Solanum melanocerasum guineense

#6412 Solanum melanocerasum is the name eBUrgess uses on its website but uses Solanium guineense on the packaging.

Looks like a berry that requires a lot of sugar-- and must be started early in the growing season as it is an annual. Seems like a lot of work, especially as I prefer perenials.

For the record, this is NOT the plant my DH calls a huckleberry. Common names are so confusing at times!! THe plant we are picking looks like a blueberry but the berries are blacker and just as sweet and tastey as a blueberry, including the dozen tiny seeds. THe berry we have been picking could pass as a blueberry. I DONT see how S. melanocerasum guineense could pass as a blue berry at this time of year or any time of year!

Yeah, they looked more like currants to me. Or maybe even black mini-tomatoes.

 

[Arielle]

Black mini tomatos--ROFL-- great one concerdering they are in the tomato family.

 

[vehve]

Black mini tomatos--ROFL-- great one concerdering they are in the tomato family.

Most people don't know that tomatoes are berries too.

 

[Arielle]

 

[vehve]

Water is an amazing force of life. I went out to check on the plants half an hour ago, it's been very windy today, and the sun is scorching. One of the tomatoes looked like it was dying, the leaves had rolled around themselves, and the stalk had lost it rigidity. I poured in a good amount of water into it's pot, and just 20 minutes later, it looks like a new plant again. And i had watered them in the morning. It's crazy ho much water can evaporate during a day, and even crazier how quickly you can revitalize a plant.

 

[chickadoodles]

Water is an amazing force of life. I went out to check on the plants half an hour ago, it's been very windy today, and the sun is scorching. One of the tomatoes looked like it was dying, the leaves had rolled around themselves, and the stalk had lost it rigidity. I poured in a good amount of water into it's pot, and just 20 minutes later, it looks like a new plant again. And i had watered them in the morning. It's crazy ho much water can evaporate during a day, and even crazier how quickly you can revitalize a plant.

I have that going on with my squash and okra and melons. I only have 6 plants that are still alive so I am working hard trying to keep them alive.

 

[ronott1]

Water is an amazing force of life. I went out to check on the plants half an hour ago, it's been very windy today, and the sun is scorching. One of the tomatoes looked like it was dying, the leaves had rolled around themselves, and the stalk had lost it rigidity. I poured in a good amount of water into it's pot, and just 20 minutes later, it looks like a new plant again. And i had watered them in the morning. It's crazy ho much water can evaporate during a day, and even crazier how quickly you can revitalize a plant.

If the plant does not have enough water, it looses the pressure necessary to even stand straight.

Be careful with the water loss. Some plants can only live though that kind of drying out a couple of times.