Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Gall midge injury to blueberry leaves

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 Gall midges are tiny flying insects that lay eggs in developing blueberry flower and leaf buds.  Larvae hatch and feed inside the bud, caus...
Thursday, May 12, 2022

Cottony Scale on Blueberry

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Cottony Scale ( (Pulvinaria sp./spp.) has been observed again this Spring on several commercial blueberry farms in southeastern NC. The in...
Saturday, January 22, 2022

Plum curculio biology and status in North Carolina blueberries

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Plum Curculio can be a significant insect pest of blueberries in North Carolina.  This talk by Meredith Favre was originally presented at th...
Saturday, August 8, 2015

Pocket Scouting Guide revised in 2015

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The popular Extension publication A Pocket Guide to IPM Scouting in Highbush Blueberries has been revised (April 2015) and is again avail...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Propagation Structures

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The propagation house at the NCSU Horticultural Crops Research Station in Castle Hayne is a fairly simple covered structure that we use when...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

NC Blueberry Expo and Trade Show, January 14-15, 2014

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The annual meeting of the North Carolina Blueberry Council will be held January 14-15 at the Sampson Agri-Expo Center in Clinton.  For more...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Deer damage to buds

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Deer feed on blueberry flower buds in winter and early spring.  Feeding can severely impact yield, especially on young bushes whose buds are...