Wild Blueberry Newsletter, April 2025

April 2025

Have you calibrated your sprayer?

Come join us for a refresher or to learn how to calibrate a sprayer for the first time on Thursday, April 17th in Appleton!

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Location: Appleton Station (Nash Farms), 1193 Peabody Road, Appleton, Maine 04862
Cost: Free
Pesticide Credits: 1

Season Update:

We are visiting sites across the wild blueberry growing region this week to check plant development. Buds are starting to swell in Mid-coast and Downeast.

To state the obvious, it has been wet and cold. Spring burning weather has not arrived yet. This is the time of year to start thinking about spring weed management which includes taking a soil test to determine soil pH for spring sulfur applications. Growers are also preparing for pre-emergent herbicide applications and fungicide applications to control mummy berry disease.

Please reach out with questions!

Jordan Ramos’ Hand Raking Painting Series on Display

Thesis Presentation Date: April 23, 2025
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Page Farm and Home Museum, 5787 Museum Barn, Orono, Maine
Artwork on display April 22-26, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. daily.

Here’s to a bountiful wild blueberry season,

Sincerely,

Lily

Dr. Lily Calderwood
Extension Wild Blueberry Specialist
Associate Professor of Horticulture

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