Rainy stretch aids blueberry crop

[Teegate]

According to the farm census, which is performed every five years, New Jersey has 10,327 farms, 4 percent more than in 2002 and the highest number of farms since 1965.


http://www.courierpostonline.com/ar...200353/1006/Rainy-stretch-aids-blueberry-crop

 

[oji]

Wow, $13.50 a flat, Is that what they sell for or how much the picker makes?

 

[Banjo]

I will be checking the spot where I pick wild blueberries this afternoon. They should be ready real soon. I found it while horseback riding a few years ago. The bushes were tall enough to pick while mounted. I can get there in my truck. yes its easier to buy them, but its still an hour or two in the woods, which you cant buy in the store.

 

[imkms]

Rain and Blueberries

I work with a person who owns a blueberry farm in Tabernacle and she says the rain has been a mixed blessing. While the rain has plumped up the berries, the fact that the berries are wet is preventing them from being picked. Apparently if the berries are picked while wet, it could kill the bush. They are waiting for at least one day or so for the berries to dry out and then they can pick the berries without damaging the bush.

 

[uh60chick]

I work with a person who owns a blueberry farm in Tabernacle and she says the rain has been a mixed blessing. While the rain has plumped up the berries, the fact that the berries are wet is preventing them from being picked. Apparently if the berries are picked while wet, it could kill the bush. They are waiting for at least one day or so for the berries to dry out and then they can pick the berries without damaging the bush.

The concern is that berries that are packaged wet don't store well--the quality degrades quickly and they get mushy. This is the reason you shouldn't wash produce until just before you use it.

 

[Aaron]

I have a few "duke" blueberry bushes i planted in my yard, i am amazed at how much fruit these bushes are yielding, i paid 10 dollars per 3 year old bush, and i have harvested a cup or more of berries off each bush, and have about 100 on one and 50 on the other that are getting ready to ripen in the next day or 2.

Nothing like walking out back and picking your blueberries for your cereal

 

[long-a-coming]

Taking the family picking sometime this weekend or next weekend if the bushes need more time

 

[oji]

Whitesbog blueberry festival is Saturday June 27, 10 AM to 4 pm, $8.00 a carload. www.whitesbog.org for info.