A Requiem for Blueberries
2 days ago Guest Blogger
A correspondent in Mississippi reports in with respect to her blueberry crop:
Low of 23F this morning broke record by SIX DEGREES F. Even covered with agribon-50 which gives 6F protection…still froze the (already set!) berries.
Same varieties my grandmother grew in the 70’s and 80’s…never lost a crop to freezes either…
It’s an every year thing now…we’re discussing whether to just pull them up and do something else, or go ninja with freeze protection (agribon50 + agribon 30 + tarps) which will involve even more severe pruning of the plants…they were 8ft tall. By the way, read tweet this morning that no blueberries north of I10 made it…up to I 40)…unless covered more than we did.
There is not much of the United States that is south of the I10 left to grow blueberries in. The red line in the following map is the I10:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/03/22/a-requiem-for-blueberries/
