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Featured Resources
- Berry Soil and Nutrient Management – A Guide for Educators and Growers – Guide and webinars to help prepare soil preplant, correct problems in existing plantings, perform foliar testing and improve soil health.
- Highbush Blueberry Production Guide – An exhaustive commercial production manual for highbush blueberries in the Northeastern United States.
- 2022 Organic Production and IPM Guide for Blueberries
- Berry Webinar Archive – View and listen to online berry web seminars on topics including a blueberry mini-series on production, IPM topics.
General Production
- Highbush Blueberry Production Guide – From Plant and Life Sciences Publishing (PALS formerly NRAES). Now available as free download.
- Highbush Blueberry Production – Penn State University
Organic Production
- 2022 Organic Production and IPM Guide for Blueberries
- Key Features of Organic Berry Crop Production
- Blueberries: Organic Production – ATTRA
- The Organic Way: Organic Methods for Blueberry Nutrition – Penn State University
- The Organic Way: Preventative Disease Management for Highbush Blueberry – Penn State University
Site Selection and Preparation
- Site and Soil Requirements for Berry Crops
- Cover Crops for Blueberry Plantings
- Growing Blueberries in Cold Climates
- USDA Hardiness Zone Map for New York State
- More Hardiness Zone Maps
Cultivar Selection
Nutrient Management
- Berry Soil and Nutrient Management – A Guide for Educators and Growers
- Lessons Learned Through the NE SARE Berry Soil and Nutrient Management Project: Soil and Plant Tissue Nutrient Survey (2014 Fruit Quarterly v. 22-3)
- Lessons Learned Through the NE SARE Berry Soil and Nutrient Management Project Part II: Berry Soil and Nutrient Management and the Cornell Soil Health Test (2014 Fruit Quarterly v. 22-4)
- Blueberry Nutrition on Upland Soils
- Soil pH is More Important Than Fertilizer for Blueberries
- Agro-One Services: [Soil Testing] ; [Plant Tissue Analysis]
- Understand Your Agro-One Soil Test Results
- Leaf and Soil Tests on Local Berry Farms: Lessons from Summer 2010
- Cornell Soil Health Website
Water Management
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- Blueberry Mulching – Penn State University
- Determining When to Irrigate Highbush Blueberries – Penn State University
- Evaluation of Irrigation Methods for High Bush Blueberry – USDA
- Irrigation Management Effects on Yield and Fruit Quality of Highbush Blueberry– USDA
Plant Growth and Development
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- Annual Cycle of Growth – Michigan State University
- Blueberry Growth Stages – Michigan State University
Pollination
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- Pollinator Network @ Cornell – Cornell resources for insect pollination and conservation.
- Working Together to Protect Bees
- Pollination Services Contract
- NE Pollinator Partnership – Creates a deeper understanding of the biodiversity, abundance, and value of wild bees.
- Pollinator Protection Plant New York State (2016) and Pollinator Protection Plan Results Update (2018)
- DEC Pollinator Page
- Active Ingredients Eligible for Minimum Risk Pesticide Use
- NYSIPM Pollinator Page
- Optimizing Pollination of Fruit Crops with Bees – Michigan State
- Wild Pollinators of Eastern Apple Orchards and how to Conserve Them
- Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists (PALS Publishing book)
Pruning
Other
- Mid-Atlantic Berry Guide For Commercial Growers — Penn State Univ.
- Wild Blueberry Factsheets – University of Maine
- Postharvest Handling and Cooling of Blueberries – North Carolina State University
Information for Home Fruit Plantings
- Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home
- Cornell Garden-based Learning – Fruit
- Chapter 11: Small fruit cultural pest management in Pest Management Around the Home Cultural Methods
- Fruit Production for the Home Gardener- A Comprehensive Guide – Penn State University
Production Archives