Home grown blueberries are amazing they are sweet and not sour at all. You can use them to make the very rare and hard to find in shops blueberry pie. If you would like to learn how to grow your own blueberry bush click the link below
Red and blue are opposite colours, but they can occur on the same plant in different seasons.
These vivid scarlet leaves belong to the domesticated Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) in October, which had provided us with a massive harvest of blue fruits back in July. The conventional explanation for the change from red to green leaves in autumn is that the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll is broken down and recycled as the plant prepares to enter winter dormancy, leaving behind the fiery coloured pigments called anthocyanins in the leaves. The latest scientific research suggests the story is more complex. In perennial plants with red fall foliage, research indicates that many new anthocyanins are made in the leaves during autumn and not just un masked when chlorophyll breaks down. The extra anthocyanins may have an antioxidant effect for the plant, allowing the plant to stay healthy and protected from UV damage and cold stress as the plant recycles the nitrogen stored in the leaves.
Plant biologists also hypothesise that changing leaf colour from green to red may deter hungry herbivores from eating the leaves while the plant is trying to recycle and store the nutrients in the leaves to help it survive the winter. Other research suggests that plants adapted to harsher, nutrient poor environments have evolved increased anthocyanin production in the autumn to make the most of the nutrients already in their leaves. Since the domesticated blueberry's ancestors evolved in nutrient-poor bogs of Canada, it makes sense that their pampered descendants in the UK still have red leaves in autumn.
Another family trip back to Primex for what was supposed to be just some Foxfarm soil, but we can’t ever get out that easy. I got my Monstera Adansonii though! 🌿🌳 #AFamilyThatGardensTogetherStaysTogether #primex #primexgardencenter #gardencenter #garden #plants #houseplants #houseplant #plant #blueberrybush #tomatoes #vegetables #monstera #adasonii #monsteraadansonii #stringofbananas #succs #succulents #greenhouse #trees #gardening #gardenlife #gardensofinstagram #gardenlove #plantsofinstagram #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantstagram #plantmom #plantlover #plantlover #plantlady (at Primex Garden Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnaosorcFi/?igshid=fxnknc39dhzj
Our #bees were very active today. The #hives are in the #orchard and very near the field with the #produce , I saw several in the #hoophouse today. The majority of the #fruittrees have #blossoms . The #peachtrees #citrus #appletrees #japaneseplum #peartree #blueberrybush are #blooming . #Spring is an exciting season. #farming #horticulture #fruits #permaculture #pollinators #apiary #apiarylife #honeybees #beecolony #beedance #smallfarm #sustainableagriculture #growwhatyoueat #localbusiness #agriculture (at Morning Glory Homestead) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMtKt6nBJXV/?igshid=5nlhlp4kechj
Planted three blueberry plants to go with the cherry tree we planted last month. #Blueberry #blueberries #blueberrybush #garden #fruittrees #planting #farming #farm #waldoboromaine #waldoboro #maine #portlandmaine (at Waldoboro, Maine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEuhUUpslL5/?igshid=1poryq2uktx5j
it's us against the birds ~ we tried covering the blueberries in a mesh tarp, but Emma thinks it's a blanket and gets all tangled up in it trying to get Georgie to play ~ she will do more damage then the birds #blueberries #blueberrybush #freshfruit #homegardener #theathomegarden #greenthumb (at Ridley Park, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBgiVv_HMDc/?igshid=1lquk4ivy1t2n
Blueberry Bush is showing fantastic promise this year. Hoping for a great harvest. April 2019 #tandygardens #homeorchard #fruitgarden #fruit #blueberry #blueberries ##blueberrybush #garden #polyculture #april https://www.instagram.com/p/BwzKPB_FWpd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i1dgg8b5cid0