hi blueberries need about 6+ hours of sun if it gets sun all the way till sunset you should be ok. try top hat bluberries they can deel with about 5+ hours of sun. Hope this helps!

Thanks! I think it should get JUST about 6 hours of sun. Any recommendations if I'm going to plant 3 plants as far as varieties go? I've searched the forums and there doesn't seem to be a "best overall blueberry" consensus... but perhaps someone in the Maryland area might know what grows well around here?

you'll need more than one variety - or a self pollinating variety

I have 2 rabbiteye blueberry bushes that have been in the ground for over 3 years, and haven't grown well at all. The soil requirements have been met, but the area only gets 5-6 hours of sun each day. I just learned from my local county extension agent that they require full sun. Rats! I hope you have better luck than me.

EG

Question for you all. If I was going to plant 3 plants, should I do 2 of one variety and 1 of another? Or do 3 different varietys? I was thinking of doing a Bluejay, Blueray, and Bluecrop.... or a Blueray, Bluecrop, and a Coville.....

It doesn't really matter whether you do 1 of each or 2 of 1 and one of another, what matters is that you have 2 varieties that flower at the same time so cross pollination occurs.

In other words with 3 bushes you don't want an early producer and a late producer unless they flower at roughly the same time.

There are now self fertile bushes that are reputed (according to the marketing literature) to yield well without any other varieties present, but other sites have said they still do better if there is another variety nearby.

Blueray ripens in mid July, Bluecrop in late July and Coville in late july-mid August. Another way to say it is Blue ray is early season, Bluecrop is mid season and Coville is late season. They will *probably* work fine in any combination, but if it were me I would choose blueray-bluecrop or bluecrop-coville and not blueray-coville.

blueray, bluecrop and coville would probably work OK too.

If at all possible I would select a full sun southern exposure and amend the soil heavily (at least 50%) with peat moss to assist in maintaining the acidity necessary for high yields.

Thank you! I think I'm going to try all 3 of them. I figured if I am able to harvest for a longer period of time that would be ideal. I was told to plant them as soon as I can work the ground, so here in MD I'm thinking thats probably the 3rd week of March or so. I guess now I'm off to find someplace online to buy them. My local nursery doesn't seem to carry many varieties.

I just ordered 3 for my backyard -- I got an early, mid, and late (Reka, Bluegold, Jersey). My first choices were Bluecrop & Chandler, but they were out.
(Then I had to decide between Bluegold & Blueray, but I hear that Blueray is commonly available locally, so I might buy that locally if I have space).

Hi All,

I'm in southern Maryland and bluecrop and patriot are my best producers. Jersey isn't as productive.

Beth