Maine Wild Blueberry Production

Five Ways to Improve Your Yields:

  1. Pruning
  2. Nutrient Management
  3. Pollination
  4. Early Pest Scouting (IPM)
  5. Pest Management

For more detail on improving yields, visit the Improving Your Wild Blueberry Yields page.

Download: Wild Blueberry Phenology Guide (PDF)
honeybee on bunchberry

IPM

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Wild blueberry field changing color in the fall

Wild Blueberry Marketplace

Visit WBB marketplace
soil in wild blueberry field

Nutrient Management

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Blueberries

Production Schedule and Management Recommendations (PDF)

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Commercially managed bees crawling over a multiple screens

Pollinator Insects

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Large harvesting equipment

Mechanical Harvester Review (2001)

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Wood chip mulch spread on a wild blueberry field

Wood Chip Mulch Fact Sheet (PDF)

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Two-Year Production Cycle

blueberry field with dirt road and a prune field on one side and crop field on the wither (showing the difference in height and color).
Production Cycle Explained
winter blueberry field landscape with snow and gray sky
Prune and Crop Schedule
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Pruning Costs and Methods
Close up picture of a freshly burned wild bluebery field
Reclaiming Wild Blueberry Land

Organic Production Links

blueberries in crop field
304: Organic Production
Tipmidge on stem with fireworm
Pest Management, Economic Analysis (PDF)
Botrytis cover blueberry plant with white spores (closeup)
Pest Management, 2008 Grower Survey (PDF)
close up blueberry stem with either tip dieback or pest damage and new growth
253: Cultural and Biological Pest Management
Fresh pack, wild blueberries with red netting to hold them in and MOFGA certified stickers on a counter at a local store
Organic Systems Study 2012 (PDF)

Wild Blueberry Production Videos:

Growing Maine – Worcester’s Blueberries (YouTube)

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