Cultivar Suggestions For Commercial Small Fruit ...
Author: H. D. Stiles Strawberry Spring Crop 2. Variations among local environments, microclimates and cultural conditions can affect a cultivar's performance at different sites within a region; on-farm trials provide the best information on which ... [... more]
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ARE YOU INTO BLUEBERRIES?
Are direct marketing fruit and vegetable growers keeping up with, or aware of, the health and nutrition information in the press these days about blueberries? Do growers realize that in recently reported and publicized medical research, ... [... more]
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SITE SELECTION AND PREPLANT CONSIDERATIONS
Anthony Bratsch - Extension Specialist, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg INTRODUCTION As a small fruit crop, blueberries are a good fit for the diversified small farm and direct marketing operation. Interest in this nutritious and versatile berry is on ... [... more]
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IRRIGATION
Specialty Crop Profile: Blueberries For The Upper Piedmont And Mountain Regions - Part 2 Planting of bare-root stock should be scheduled as early as possible in the spring (Feb-March) when the danger of severe frost has passed. Containerized ... [... more]
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BLUEBERRY MULCHING RE-VISITED
We continue to be impressed and pleased with the new growth on our older highbush blueberries since we began a more regular or calendar-based soil mulching program on them a couple years ago. Previously over the past 20 years on those fields, we ... [... more]
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Plant Species and Cultivar Selection
Blueberries are long-lived, woody perennial shrubs that produce an annual crop of one-quarter- to threequarter- inch diameter berries (Figure 1). They are members of the Ericaceae family that includes plants adapted to acid soil such as azaleas ... [... more]
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