{"id":9320,"date":"2023-05-23T15:48:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T19:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/?page_id=9320"},"modified":"2025-06-05T16:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T20:05:48","slug":"highbush-blueberry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/resources-by-crop\/highbush-blueberry\/","title":{"rendered":"Highbush Blueberry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9653\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/BlueberriesMA11b-handley-crop-tile-highmoor-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"blueberry photo for landing page image link for resources by crop\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/BlueberriesMA11b-handley-crop-tile-highmoor-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/BlueberriesMA11b-handley-crop-tile-highmoor-105x64.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/BlueberriesMA11b-handley-crop-tile-highmoor-317x192.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/BlueberriesMA11b-handley-crop-tile-highmoor-423x257.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/BlueberriesMA11b-handley-crop-tile-highmoor.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>Jump to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#alerts\">Alerts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#publications\">Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#research\">Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#videos\">Videos<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#site-selection-blueberries\">Site Selection: How to Grow Blueberries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#planting-blueberries\">Planting Blueberries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pruning-blueberries\">Pruning Blueberries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#defending-against-swd\">Defending Against Spotted Wing Drosophila<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"alerts\"><\/a>Alerts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/category\/spotted-wing-drosophila\/\">Spotted Wing Drosophila Alerts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/subscribe-to-resources\/\" style=\"text-transform:none;\" ><span class=\"button\"> Subscribe to Highmoor Farm\u2019s Resources <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"publications\"><\/a>Publications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/2253e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bulletin #2253: Growing Highbush Blueberries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"research\"><\/a>Research<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/resources-by-crop\/sources-of-small-fruit-plants\/\">Sources of Small Fruit Plants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"videos\"><\/a>Videos<\/h3>\n<h4><a id=\"site-selection-blueberries\"><\/a>Site Selection: How to Grow Blueberries (YouTube)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Site Selection: How to Grow Blueberries\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zzOGutpJb1M?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Want to grow blueberries? The first step is picking the right location. University of Maine Cooperative Extension shows you how.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a id=\"planting-blueberries\"><\/a>Planting Blueberries (YouTube)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planting Blueberries\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XarFNbN04Io?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>University of Maine Cooperative Extension fruit and vegetable specialist David Handley demonstrates how to plant high bush blueberries.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a id=\"pruning-blueberries\"><\/a>Pruning Blueberries (YouTube)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pruning Blueberries\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/osQB7jWeNvs?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>University of Maine Cooperative Extension fruit and vegetable specialist David Handley demonstrates how to prune high bush blueberries.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Highbush Blueberry, Spotted Wing Drosophila Defense<\/h4>\n<h4><a id=\"defending-against-swd\"><\/a>Defending Against Spotted Wing Drosophila (YouTube)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Defending Against Spotted Wing Drosophila\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LHH83Vq3Azc?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>University of Maine Cooperative Extension talks about Spotted Wing Drosophila in Maine, how to recognize and trap the fly, and what fruits are susceptible.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Links to agricultural organizations are provided purely for educational purposes. 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