Planting blueberries on mass

[happypalms]

I work in the horticulture industry on a blueberry, raspberry, blackberry and macadamia farm 200 acres all up. So my scale to economy for plants is some what a bit big if I grow a 100 palms of a certain variety it seems rather small to me. The blueberries are done from cuttings in the nursery they are easy to strike just like any other plant cuttings grown on and then planted out. There is ten thousand in this group of plants in containers. A lot of labour goes into development and is not cheap dollars in the hundreds of thousands are spent on development. These ones will also have hot house tunnels built over them adding even more cost to their setup. The medium is a course coco coir perlite mixture absolutely perfect for palm propagation and mixing with good quality potting soil for palms as well. A hydroponic watering system using dosatron and computer controlled ec ph nutrient dosage. A high tech setup that is also very expensive. Turning it into a million dollar industry that employs over 2000 people a week in the peak of season in the region. Just have a look on google maps for the Corindi range or Corindi beach Australia it will give an idea of how big the industry is. We also get the odd bit of wildlife passing through now and then like the odd three metre long carpet python.

[Jonathan]

Nice python! 

The commercial growers down here just grow them in the ground...old school.

Blueberries, that is, not pythons!

[PalmsInBaltimore]

Wow fascinating. It’s amazing how high tech some of the large farms are but like you said requires big investment

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4 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Nice python! 

The commercial growers down here just grow them in the ground...old school.

Blueberries, that is, not pythons!

Iam just  going to have to say it would be to cold for snakes in sunny warm Tassie. They plant in pots for various reasons better market price and quality of fruit. After five years in the ground they just  deplete the soil of nutrients and disease in soil gets in. The future of food will be mostly under hothouses. Better control of everything involved in growing. Certain crops will still be outdoors on a large scale but as for now farming is changing with technology.

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32 minutes ago, PalmsInBaltimore said:

Wow fascinating. It’s amazing how high tech some of the large farms are but like you said requires big investment

Big dollars to make big dollars. You know a farm is big when the company is listed on the stock exchange. It recently changed hands for 1.4 billion dollars.💵 

[Jonathan]

7 hours ago, happypalms said:

Iam just  going to have to say it would be to cold for snakes in sunny warm Tassie. They plant in pots for various reasons better market price and quality of fruit. After five years in the ground they just  deplete the soil of nutrients and disease in soil gets in. The future of food will be mostly under hothouses. Better control of everything involved in growing. Certain crops will still be outdoors on a large scale but as for now farming is changing with technology.

 

[Jonathan]

Middle of winter...he was cold and not happy to be woken up!

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20 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Middle of winter...he was cold and not happy to be woken up!

Who you or the snake 🐍 interesting little snake you got there on your hands you can.  I’ll trade you for your Tasmanian tiger snake for a coastal brown if you  like.

[Jonathan]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Who you or the snake 🐍 interesting little snake you got there on your hands you can.  I’ll trade you for your Tasmanian tiger snake for a coastal brown if you  like.

No thanks...tigers look better and they have a nicer personality!

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26 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

No thanks...tigers look better and they have a nicer personality!

Two ends to a snake the right and the wrong end.