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

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.berries

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. Step 2

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.

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.winter 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.

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.

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

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

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

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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