Blueberry trial in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Part 3

Year One Evaluation: Currently, the plants are 18 months old. This is a short evaluation on their growth. I removed all their fruit. Sharpblue: Healthy growth, developed a nice spread of branches. Dixi: The majority of the plants died, there is hardly any growth with the surviving plants, the worst performer by far. I have very little hope that they will come right. Powder Blue: I thought Powder Blue and Misty would be great varieties, but they have not performed well. There has been very little growth and both have lost a few plants....

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Letting go

I let my first member of staff go. I fired him. It feels terrible. It feels really wrong. This is not why one pours his or her life in a startup. I want to create job. I want to see people thrive and reach their potential. But with G this didn't work out. I hired G in December. His family back ground is complicated. His dad...

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