Production - 2-Year Wild Blueberry Production Cycle

1st year (vegetative): Mowing and/or burning harvested fields and the emergence of new plants.
Mowing a harvested field.	Burning a harvested field.	Applying sulfur to control weeds.
Emergence of new plants after burn.	First year vegetative growth.	Blueberry field in the Fall.
2nd year (fruit-bearing): Pollinating, irrigating, monitoring for insects and disease, and harvesting berries.
Stems covered by snow in winter.	Blueberry bell-shaped blossoms.	Truck delivering bee hives.
Bee hives set in field.	Honeybees in hives.	Bee pollinating blueberry blossom.
Irrigating a blueberry field.	Big gun irrigation system.	Blueberries ripening in field.
Grasshopper feeding on blueberries and foliage.	Field trap made of coated sticky material used to monitor blueberry fruit fly.	A sweep net can be used to effectively detect all wild blueberry pest insects.
Blueberries are ready to harvest.	Hand raking blueberries.	Using a small harvester to harvest berries.
A Bragg harvester used to harvest berries.	A box of harvested berries.	A box of harvested berries.

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