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Blueberries

Blueberries. By K.C. Smith, Daniel Lockhart and Emilee Patterson. Step 1.

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Blueberries

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  1. Blueberries By K.C. Smith, Daniel Lockhart and Emilee Patterson

  2. Step 1 • Contact your state agricultural experiment station for a blueberry variety recommendation. Bluecrop, for instance, is a mid-season bloomer which produces large, light blue berries and is quite hardy and drought resistant. This might be great in a dryer area.

  3. Step 2 • Select a location. Blueberry bushes need acid soil with a high moisture retention. Be sure to check that the pH value is between 5 and 6. These bushes can thrive in partial shade, but do best in a sunny location.

  4. Step 3 • Select a location. Blueberry bushes need acid soil with a high moisture retention. Be sure to check that the pH value is between 5 and 6. These bushes can thrive in partial shade, but do best in a sunny location.

  5. Steps 4 and 5 • Fertilize the blueberry bush in the late winter or early spring, about 1 month before growth starts to appear. In sandy soil, apply the fertilizer again 1 month later, after the first spring growth appears. • Mulch in the early summer with peat, leaf mold, compost or well-rotted manure. Place netting over the blueberry bushes to protect your berries from the birds.

  6. Step 6 • Prune after the first 3 years of growth in the winter. Remember that the fruit will grow on last year's wood. Try cutting one or two of the oldest shoots back to a strong new shoot to promote new growth, which in turn will bear fruit the following year.

  7. Where are they grown? • Blueberries are grown in • the Willamette Valley • The Coastal area • The South Western • The North Central • Not in Union County

  8. What can Blueberries make? • Muffins • Pies • Jam • Pancakes • Cobbler • And much, much more!

  9. Where Blueberries stand • Blueberries are 12th on Oregon’s commodities list • Oregon is 3rd in the nation for Blueberry production • Oregon provides 12% of the nations Blueberries • Blueberries brought in a revenue of $64,950,000

  10. Important to the agriculture why? • Blueberries are highly popular because they are naturally high in vitamin C and E • They are scrumptious • It is a direct human resource • And best of all… they are BLUE!

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