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blueberry grown by mrsbrown

Harvest months

Spring
September
October
November
Summer
December
January, usually harvesting
February, usually harvesting
Autumn
March, usually harvesting
April, usually harvesting
May
Winter
June
July
August

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 13 years ago 2013-09-12

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

4 advanced plants

Grown in

semi-shade

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Advanced plant

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Melbourne, Australia New

Daily high and low
Too hot and too cold for blueberry so farFrom Nov 14 to Nov 09, 140 of 361 days had a high inside the best range of 8–17°C. The highs were above the best range on 221 days. The weather was too hot on 71 days (highs above 25°C) and too cold on 22 days (lows below 5°C).
Latest, Nov 09: 21.3°C / 5.0°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 5–25°Grows best 8–17°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 09: 0.0 mm
Rain
861 mm
Hottest day
42.8°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
15.9°C
Days in its best range
140 of 361
Days
361

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. The weather is modelled for the area around the garden, not measured in it, and runs a few days behind. The totals, charts and expected weather are our adaptation of that data.

Notes

Planted 4 different sorts to maximise the harvest period. Bought from Ceres nursery and the 4th type is a very small stick of an unknown type. I've left the flowers on the plants, so I might even get blueberries this summer.

The Sunshine Blue is closest to the water meter, then the Brigitta, then the Highbush and finally the unlabelled stick that I was given for free.

Photos

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Observations

Nothing noticed yet. Note when it flowers, fruits, wilts or falls ill.

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    Planted

Frost danger has passed for this blueberry planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 14 Sep, 61 days ago. 5 nights so far were at or below 2 °C, the coldest 1.1 °C.

This blueberry planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting so far
Coldest night
1.1 °C
0.9 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line
Usual last frost
27 Aug
has come as late as 14 Sep
Next frost danger starts
17 Jun
as early as 18 May, 215 days from now
Frost-free season
293 days
in a typical year

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Harvests

No harvests recorded yet.

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Crop

Photo of blueberry

Blueberry

Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus

  • 27 plantings
  • 11 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 479 days after planting
  • Usually grown in semi-shade

World neighbours

Other blueberry plantings at the same latitude.