Blueberries: Fruit are small

Although there are many reasons for small berries including drought and variety selection, a common cause relates to pollination. Poor weather during flowering may inhibit bee flight, causing too few seeds to be produced. Seed number is proportional to berry size.

Other causes include:

Carpenter bees

Carpenter bees look similar to bumble bees (pictured), but carpenter bees can be distinguished by their narrower waist and smaller size. Carpenter bees chew holes in the sides of flowers, allowing other bees to bypass the pollination process and steal nectar.

Four bees arranged in trapezoid shape. Bees on left side of trapezoid have bright yellow fuzz on thorax and abdomen. Bees on right are less bright yellow and have more prominent head. Bees on right have longer, more elongated wings and do not have any fuzz on lower half of abdomen.
Bumble bees left, carpenter bees right.

 

Cluster of healthy white blueberry blossoms with pale green flower bases. Tops of white blossoms have 1-2 little holes bordered by browned tissue.
Honeybee stealing nectar through carpenter bee holes in blossoms.

Single variety planting

A large stand of a single variety will produce smaller berries than a mixed stand.

Poor shoot growth

There are situations where shoot growth is poor (in spring), but flower bud initiation is good (in late summer). It may be that shoots develop lots of flowers with few leaves the following year. Berry size will be small in this case.

Blueberry bush with heavy crop of unripe berries. Berries are easy to see because few leaves are on branches.
Shoots develop lots of flowers with few leaves. Plant is unable to support large berry size.

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