Can blueberries be grown in Taiwan, China? Department of Horticulture at National Taiwan University: There is potential, but suitable varieties need to be identified

Could subtropical Taiwan, China possibly grow blueberries? Seven or eight years ago, some nursery growers tried to find more heat-tolerant plants among ordinary blueberry plants for cutting and propagation, or grew seedlings from blueberry fruit, in an attempt to acclimatize cold-zone blueberries into tropical lowland blueberriesblueberriesblueberries in previous years were asked, they all said, "They just won't grow!" "They fruited once, and then the plants died."

Although there are still quite a few nursery growers in the Pingtung, Tainan, and Chiayi areas selling blueberry seedlings suited to tropical lowlands, buyers seem to purchase only small quantities. One anonymous nursery grower admitted that in recent years about more than 100 people have bought seedlings from him, but the quantities are all small. "Almost everyone buys two or three to take home for fun, out of interest." Among them, two or three buyers purchased larger quantities, about 500 plants, "but they just bought them; if there is really to be any yield, it may take another three to five years."

Can Taiwan, China's blueberries be mass-produced? At present, it still seems to be an unknown. "Blueberries definitely have potential in Taiwan, China! They certainly have a future! It is just that they cannot be promoted rashly." As the main researcher of blueberry cultivation in Taiwan, China, Lee Kuo-tan, assistant professor in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at National Taiwan University, said with full confidence that because blueberries are a fruit tree with a relatively high technical threshold, planting them without determining the variety will greatly increase the probability of failure. "So the first thing is to find out exactly which varieties are suitable for Taiwan, China." Since 2007, the Department of Horticulture at National Taiwan University has been attempting crossbreeding, and it is hoped that in two or three years a blueberry variety suitable for Taiwan, China can be found.