The NC Blueberry Journal
Resources for county extension agents, growers and blueberry enthusiasts
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...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Mummy berry emerging this week
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Mummy berry is now active in southeastern NC -- the photos below were taken yesterday. The disease begins each spring with the emergence of...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Prionus larvae in crowns
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In October 2010 and again in January 2013 growers reported 'Duke' highbush blueberry fields with severe damage to roots and crowns c...
Friday, January 11, 2013
Mummy Berry
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Mummy berry is a plant disease caused the fungus Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi . The fungus overwinters on the ground, ...
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Pruning Blueberrries
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Cultivated blueberries are upright, deciduous, woody perennials, forming multi-stemmed bushes with maximum unpruned heights varying from 6-...
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