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The story behind the blueberry battle: how Coosaw Farms saved one of their most valuable crops from the cold
Many of those fresh blueberries you buy at the grocery store are grown right on the grounds of St. Helena Island. But after a ...
Country Living on MSN6mon
Meet the Family Who Became Blueberry Farmers Because of a Sunset
Wild blueberry bushes grow low to the ground. To keep it organic, the Fields family has to weed largely by hand. “Birch trees ...
Nature13d
Blueberry Field Weed Management
Weed management in blueberry fields is a critical aspect of agricultural practices, particularly for lowbush blueberries, which are cultivated over two growing seasons. Effective weed control is ...
The Island Packet12d
With killer cold threatening its St. Helena blueberry crop, Coosaw Farms fought ice with ice
The pink leaves on budding blueberry plants are visible through the ice at a Coosaw Farms Field on St. Helena Island. Coosaw sprayed the plants with water to encase them in ice, which protected ...
Phys.org29d
Blueberry industry at risk as powdery mildew spreads worldwide
A new North Carolina State University study pinpoints the worldwide spread of a fungus that taints blueberry plants with powdery ... specific strain is in their fields," Bradshaw said.