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<blockquote data-quote="lavacarancher" data-source="post: 1298239" data-attributes="member: 9198"><p>Sky, those kinda look like Keifer pears and if so, they never get soft. They are great canning pears because they stay firm. Just because they are hard (crisp) doesn't necessarily make them bad. I have several pear trees and they are all Keifer and they are delicious to eat, crisp like some apples and really juicy.</p><p></p><p>On the subject of blueberries what do you use to bring the soil into a Ph range where blueberries will grow. My soil is almost neutral (6.5-7.0) and I've tried everything to bring it into the 4.5 to 5.0 range from ammonium sulfate to sulfur and nothing seems to move it. One of the nurseries in my area told me to use epson salts but I haven't tried that yet. I do have 6 blueberry plants in tubs that are thriving. They were planted last spring as bare rooted cultivars and are now over 6' tall. I used molasses to fertilize after the plant root system was established and that seemed to make them take off. I would like to transplant them but I don't think I can until I figure out a way to get the soil to the right Ph.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lavacarancher, post: 1298239, member: 9198"] Sky, those kinda look like Keifer pears and if so, they never get soft. They are great canning pears because they stay firm. Just because they are hard (crisp) doesn't necessarily make them bad. I have several pear trees and they are all Keifer and they are delicious to eat, crisp like some apples and really juicy. On the subject of blueberries what do you use to bring the soil into a Ph range where blueberries will grow. My soil is almost neutral (6.5-7.0) and I've tried everything to bring it into the 4.5 to 5.0 range from ammonium sulfate to sulfur and nothing seems to move it. One of the nurseries in my area told me to use epson salts but I haven't tried that yet. I do have 6 blueberry plants in tubs that are thriving. They were planted last spring as bare rooted cultivars and are now over 6' tall. I used molasses to fertilize after the plant root system was established and that seemed to make them take off. I would like to transplant them but I don't think I can until I figure out a way to get the soil to the right Ph. [/QUOTE]
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