ZacPetkanas t1_j2xzzaz wrote on January 4, 2023 at 7:06 PM

Reply to comment by tech1010 in NH blueberries need cold winters. Climate change threatens them. by rabblebowser

> We’d have to be Georgia/Florida levels of warm for them to not get enough chill hours.

And even then there are varieties that are tolerant to zone 10. Which to be fair to the author of the article, they did mention:

> Bartlett says there are other varieties of blueberries he could plant that are adapted to different kinds of weather, but they would take about eight years to start producing fruit on his farm.

What's more of a problem is a lot of cold/warm cycling which can cause a lot of winter kill because the plant comes out of dormancy in the warmth and then the cold kills the newer wood. (As a grower, I know you know that. I'm addressing folks who may not know)

General-Silver-4004 t1_j32d7tv wrote on January 5, 2023 at 4:14 PM

But it’s a different variety. NH and ME blueberries and strawberries are best in my subjective opinion. It’s partially the rocky soil but I suspect it’s also the cold snaps and variety’s grown.

ZacPetkanas t1_j32dwti wrote on January 5, 2023 at 4:19 PM

> But it’s a different variety. NH and ME blueberries and strawberries are best in my subjective opinion

Possibly. But it may be due more to freshness. Often fruit crops are picked before they're ripe so they'll ship better and then artificially ripened with ethylene gas and the like.

Eating NH fruit in NH means they were likely allowed to ripen naturally, hence the better flavor. When I travelled to Georgia and had a peach from a road-side farm stand I couldn't buy peaches from the grocery store any longer; only tree-ripened peaches for me from then on.