Blueberry pollination

[Jenegade]

I was going to buy a Blueberry bush, but then after reading some stuff on the web I think I will have to buy more than one, otherwise they won't pollinate properly and I won't get any Blueberries? Is this right?

If this is right, how many Blueberry plants are the minimum that I would need to start off, considering they seem quite expensive (well compared to veg seeds anyhow!).

Thanks!!

[FB.]

I planted three blueberries a few years ago. Information on flowering times is non-existent and by the time my last one flowered, the first had finished flowering. Having three meant that at least the middle-flowering one was available to pollinate both the others.
The flowers were whitish-pink and quite small (a bit like tiny foxglove flowers - not more than 1/2" long and 1/4" wide) and seemed like they would be difficult for most pollinating insects to get into.
I never saw any insects on the flowers, so I have no idea how much -if any- pollination occurred, but mine all set a light-moderate crop - which the blackbirds found delicious.

[pigletwillie]

One bush will produce, 2-3 will produce more.

Funnilly our blackbirds only like redcurrants and gooseberries.

[lynda66]

i have 3 all the same type, will they be ok??

[Jenegade]

Ok, maybe I'll try and get 2 then. Do all the varieties pretty much taste the same?

[FB.]

i have 3 all the same type, will they be ok??

If they're the same type, cross-pollination can't happen, but they may have some degree of self-compatibility (aka partially-self-fertile).

[FB.]

Do all the varieties pretty much taste the same?

There are some differences in when they ripen and in the taste and the size of the berries. Choose two varieties that ripen at different times, to extend your picking season. The berries on one bush tend to ripen over a period of a few weeks, so you can't pick them all at once.

[Jenegade]

Thanks FB and Pigletwilie, that makes more sense now!