Emeralds 1ST Of The Year

[PharmaChad]

Finally starting to pick in Zone 9-A

[Gina]

Congratulations. Emerald is one of my favorites. Productive, pleasant subtle taste, large berries, pretty plant.

[Blueboy1977]

Yup, congrats! Its just starting over here too. Getting a spatter of SH right now and Emerald is probably a week away from starting. Very low fruit set on Emerald for me this season, at least by Emerald standards. Im kinda at a crossroad with this variety. Its just not producing for me as expected due to blossom blight. Same story for the last 3 seasons with emerald. I don't know man!?!

[PharmaChad]

They have really come on strong for me with all this rain. Maybe try increasing the amount of water when buds start to form?
PharmaChad

[m5allen]

Plants look really healthy. Do you have them in a raised bed covered by bird netting? Take a pic of your setup.

For me, Emerald is a really strong grower, resists disease very well, is a heavy producer of big berries, but the berries just don't have a lot of flavor. If it weren't for the production, I would consider putting it on the chopping block, but it is hard to say no to that yield.

[PharmaChad]

That plant is in a raised bed. My soil Ph is 6 so the raised bed is an experiment, but I have room for 45 plants in it. I have a lot in containers from 1 gallon up to 30 and my total plant count is around 200. Most are immature though.

[CajunB]

Nice looking plant Chad........pick my first few today

[WillsC]

Mine are just about done, maybe another couple pounds out there and then done for the season. Always happy to see the season start and ALWAYS happy when it ends.