Check your soil pH The native origins of rabbiteye blueberry cultivars means they are well adapted to both the soil and the climate of Louisiana. That said, blueberries are native to areas where the ...

The LSU AgCenter will soon trumpet the newest additions to the Louisiana Super Plant list, and professor Allen Owings of the Hammond Research Station says they should be available in nurseries in the ...

School is out, and summer is near. Here’s something else to celebrate: Blueberries — those refreshing, deeply hued orbs of sweetness — are now ripening on bushes across Louisiana. Blueberries are ...

After reading the tout for new selections of blueberries from the Southern Living Plant Collection in the Editor’s Letter of our March 2019 issue, my dad needed no further convincing that the ‘Takes ...

To meet increasing consumer demands for healthy, high-quality fruit, commercial growers in the United States are ramping up production of blueberries. Domestic production of this tiny ...

Last week, horticultural consultant and retired Smith County horticulturist Keith Hansen and I went to visit the Tyler Blueberry Farm where we both picked more than 5 pounds of berries to take home. I ...

Roots of 1.5-year-old 'Woodard' rabbiteye blueberry plants (Vaccinium ashei Reade) were flooded in containers or maintained at container capacity over a 5-day period. Carbon assimilation, and stomatal ...

While Florida is known nationwide for citrus and winter vegetables, the Florida commercial blueberry industry has expanded recently with over 5,000 acres in berry production producing over 20 million ...

Blueberries are one of the easiest, most productive types of fruit you can grow at home, and research indicates they have all kinds of health benefits. North shore soils are often acidic enough for ...

For years, University of Georgia plant breeder Scott NeSmith has created blueberry varieties for the commercial market. Now, he’s introduced a series of blueberry plants bred for home gardeners.

RETIRED SMITH COUNTY horticulturist Keith Hansen loads up on antioxidants at a local blueberry farm. Last week, horticultural consultant and retired Smith County horticulturist Keith Hansen and I went ...

Fresh blueberries not only taste wonderful, the fruit also provides more health benefits per ounce than just about every other raw fruit available. Recent research indicates blueberries are higher in ...