Two-Year Wild Blueberry Production Cycle

First 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.

Second 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.

: 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.

: Boxes of harvested blueberries for processing.

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