Our family had a summer home (We live on the East Coast) it was built by my Great Grandfather and he planted 4 blueberry bushes in approximately 1930. They survived through several major hurricanes. When we sold the home in 2010 one of the bushes no longer bore fruit but the other 3 were in excellent shape. I remember growing up and being able to go out in the morning and pick blueberries to put in our pancake mix. I remember even them being wrapped in cheesecloth at the beginning of the season so the berries were given a chance to ripen before the birds had their way with them. My uncle relocated one of them to his land (he is a horticulturalist) so it's nice to know that an 87 year old blueberry bush is still bearing fruit
Hello, you have taught me how to grow a lot of stuff in containers, such as peppers and carrots. I live in an apartment so i dont have a backyard to garden in and your channel taught me how to grow so much stuff in containers. Thank you MIgardener
My friend doesn't mind dropped berries, as she sees them as fertilizer. Also, watch for bird pecks in berries and bees burrowed in the berries. If you go to a patch that sprays, you won't find as many bees (or pecked berries, for some reason). The non-spray patches have more bugs, of course, but I prefer them anyway. Like this series!!! I do want to know when and how to harvest more things. I have the problem with not wanting to decimate my garden through proper harvesting when it has grown in so beautifully. I'm working on that quirk.
Thank you so much for this video! I'll watch it with my kids before we go pick. The closest blueberry farm is 5 hrs and 30 min away and we've never took our kids fruit picking and I've always wanted to but put it off and now watching your video, made me really want to go so we're going! :)
gilliana muresan Looks like you need to start a U-Pick farm then! You'd make a lot of money being the only blueberry farm in the area. Get a few plants to test them out and learn how to care for them, then clone them to make your own...but remember to buy more than one type for pollination. If you don't have the land, rent it. Seriously think about it. :D
Some little girl is adorable and looks like her mommy! Love seeing baby Geneva. We picked blueberries at a place here in Ca. called Apple Hill. Our 3 yr. old grandson ate as many as he picked!
I have heard that you should not wash them before freezing because it makes them tough. I did and experiment with one cup washed and one unwashed--seemed to be a better texture on the unwashed. Of course I did wash them after thawing and before putting them in pancakes and muffins.
I u-picked blackberries last year. Sat down in one location and filled a whole flat with huge, ripe, delicious berries in about 5 minutes. This pretty much proves that most people don't like to squat to pick, but the smart person who does spends less time in the orchard!
Great idea! I wish we had blueberries here in Utah. I want to pick raspberries soon at a place nearby. There's a website for u-pick farms for our state to make them easy to find.
We do it way different in Alaska when we pick wild blueberries (low and high bush). There is a comb type tool the athabaskans use that make picking way more efficient.
Very nice tips. Where I am at the upicks are actually more expensive than the produce in stores. I haven’t compared it to organic though. I still love to go because it’s fun for the kids and the quality is always superior.
Thank you for the tips :) enjoyed the video and the video of your wife making the beet jelly. was wondering after you visit the u-pick farms what are some things you can do to preserve the fruits you picked?
Great Video! :-) speaking of blueberries can you please do an update video on the blueberry seeds (if you haven't already planted them that is) thank you.
Can you help me (or someone else here). I germinated some blueberries a few months ago...surprisingly I got some to germinate and I planted them...they are growing but they look NOTHING like a blueberry plant (at least now). The leaves are big and colorful and are thick like cabbage leaves...what would it be??
Gary Stark Looks like you need to start a U-Pick farm then! You'd make a lot of money being the only blueberry farm in the area. Get a few plants to test them out and learn how to care for them, then clone them to make your own...but remember to buy more than one type for pollination. If you don't have the land, rent it. Seriously think about it. :D
just did this in the woods up in Canada and my god the dear Flys were insane, I got an ice cream bucket of good berries and welts from head to ankle and a few scars on my ears. In the end I just started going insane and just yelling swinging my arms around and running away shouting at the flies and slapping myself numb.
My problem is that I live in Europe and the naturally occurring blueberries are not big bushes but more like 10 to 30 centimeter small plants, that produce only verry little berries (which also mostly grow in the forest) and I havent seen a u-pick farm for blueberries jet :( but the at least the blueberries here are verry tasty
Sophia Haefke Looks like you need to start a U-Pick farm then! You'd make a lot of money being the only blueberry farm in the area. Get a few plants to test them out and learn how to care for them, then clone them to make your own...but remember to buy more than one type for pollination. If you don't have the land, rent it. Seriously think about it. :D
I'm curious about something. Here in Norway we have a ton of wild blueberries growing everywhere. They fill entire forests. They even grow up in the mountains, 1,5 kilometres above sea level. Those are the sweetest ones too, as they take so long to ripen. Plus the plants have to stay tiny because of the weather, so the berries get more of the energy. However, the plants look a lot different from the ones I see for example here in this video. For starters they don't grow any taller than to my knees. As do the berries, the 'button' (I don't know what I should call it) at the front is completely different. Here's an image: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE_2007_%280003%29.jpg These ones look more similar to those that I can buy in packages at the store, those ones being white inside instead of dark blue like our wild ones. Are they simply different varieties, or are they a different species entirely? I haven't really been able to find any information about it.
Yeah they are a different variety, they are probably Vaccinum myrtillus or bilberry. Most commercial varieties are V corymbosum or V ashei (more reliable harvest)
Kikerz Oake I live in Michigan too, it all depends on what part, but they are everywhere. People around your area probably know where the closest one is.
Joseph Howell i dont think i live that far from luke, and i'd trust his opion on it is all. my friends and family might not be as picky about where theyd go.
Why don't allow people to pick berries, and instead do it myself (and spend so much time)? Notice all the waste of someone else's berries. All those berries would have ripen if they had been left in the plants. (Otherwise, still a fan since you were a kid.)
Eating a small handful is ok but it’s theft to “eat lunch” and not pay. Farmers work extremely hard to produce a quality product and coming to a u-pick farm with the intent to “eat away, cause it’s your lunch” is dishonest, and just lowdown.
Our family had a summer home (We live on the East Coast) it was built by my Great Grandfather and he planted 4 blueberry bushes in approximately 1930. They survived through several major hurricanes. When we sold the home in 2010 one of the bushes no longer bore fruit but the other 3 were in excellent shape. I remember growing up and being able to go out in the morning and pick blueberries to put in our pancake mix. I remember even them being wrapped in cheesecloth at the beginning of the season so the berries were given a chance to ripen before the birds had their way with them. My uncle relocated one of them to his land (he is a horticulturalist) so it's nice to know that an 87 year old blueberry bush is still bearing fruit
Precious baby!! Great to teach them early to love fruit!! 🙌🏻❤️🙌🏻
Hello, you have taught me how to grow a lot of stuff in containers, such as peppers and carrots. I live in an apartment so i dont have a backyard to garden in and your channel taught me how to grow so much stuff in containers. Thank you MIgardener
My friend doesn't mind dropped berries, as she sees them as fertilizer. Also, watch for bird pecks in berries and bees burrowed in the berries. If you go to a patch that sprays, you won't find as many bees (or pecked berries, for some reason). The non-spray patches have more bugs, of course, but I prefer them anyway. Like this series!!! I do want to know when and how to harvest more things. I have the problem with not wanting to decimate my garden through proper harvesting when it has grown in so beautifully. I'm working on that quirk.
Thank you so much for this video! I'll watch it with my kids before we go pick. The closest blueberry farm is 5 hrs and 30 min away and we've never took our kids fruit picking and I've always wanted to but put it off and now watching your video, made me really want to go so we're going! :)
gilliana muresan Looks like you need to start a U-Pick farm then! You'd make a lot of money being the only blueberry farm in the area. Get a few plants to test them out and learn how to care for them, then clone them to make your own...but remember to buy more than one type for pollination.
If you don't have the land, rent it. Seriously think about it. :D
Great idea to match your tee shirt colour to the fruit juice.
I am lucky to live in a place where blueberries grow wild in abundance
Is lucky but it rains alottttt just to blue berrys grow is worth it 😋
That bucket on the hip trick is awesome! I like the series idea, excited to follow along.
Thanks man...Today is my 1st day on the job picking blueberry`s and I was nervous but I think i`m confident enough now, cheers...NZ
Some little girl is adorable and looks like her mommy! Love seeing baby Geneva. We picked blueberries at a place here in Ca. called Apple Hill. Our 3 yr. old grandson ate as many as he picked!
She sure is precious! Great tips!
I have heard that you should not wash them before freezing because it makes them tough. I did and experiment with one cup washed and one unwashed--seemed to be a better texture on the unwashed. Of course I did wash them after thawing and before putting them in pancakes and muffins.
He didn't mention this one, though he's clearly following it: Come hungry and wear a blue shirt, so the stains don't show.
Great tips! We're picking blueberries & peaches this coming weekend.
Aaah. I didn't know that twine trick. Thanks!
Love it! Thank you! And your baby is adorable!!! ❤️😁
I u-picked blackberries last year. Sat down in one location and filled a whole flat with huge, ripe, delicious berries in about 5 minutes. This pretty much proves that most people don't like to squat to pick, but the smart person who does spends less time in the orchard!
Great advice Luke!!!! Thank you! Awesome idea for a series!
Love the series idea! We're trying to grow blueberries this year and we'll see how it goes!
Great idea! I wish we had blueberries here in Utah. I want to pick raspberries soon at a place nearby. There's a website for u-pick farms for our state to make them easy to find.
Wow thank u I've been upicking forever love it
I bring a wagon that I can sit on and pick just rolling down the row. Getting all the berries no one wants to pick!
We do it way different in Alaska when we pick wild blueberries (low and high bush). There is a comb type tool the athabaskans use that make picking way more efficient.
Enjoy life more bucket list idea 💜
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Wish we had You Picks near..
This series is a great idea. There's an apple orchard not too far from where I live that I've been meaning to go to for quite a while :-)
Cool video Luke!!!!!
Very nice tips. Where I am at the upicks are actually more expensive than the produce in stores. I haven’t compared it to organic though. I still love to go because it’s fun for the kids and the quality is always superior.
oh for sure, you have to compare like fruits. organic vs. organic you will see the difference.
we have a blueberry from here in Oklahoma have not been to it yet but I hope to one day anyway thanks for the tip
Thank you for the tips :) enjoyed the video and the video of your wife making the beet jelly. was wondering after you visit the u-pick farms what are some things you can do to preserve the fruits you picked?
Chippy The Squirrel Make jam, freeze them, dehydrate them, add to things like muffins, etc. Blueberry butter tarts are my fave.
Great Video! :-) speaking of blueberries can you please do an update video on the blueberry seeds (if you haven't already planted them that is) thank you.
I wanted to say that strawberries actually will not ripen on their own once picked
Great ideas!
Put a small wastebasket in a day pack and wear it in front, pick two handed and don't wash the berries, this will cut the shelf life in half.
I enjoy doing this but "Pick your own" anything where I live is so expensive. I don't know why because there is a lot of local farms here.
Nice advice
Great video I have 5 blueberry bush I'm growing but only 3 have blueberry never seen to get a lot only handful a week. what I'm doing wrong?
Can you help me (or someone else here). I germinated some blueberries a few months ago...surprisingly I got some to germinate and I planted them...they are growing but they look NOTHING like a blueberry plant (at least now). The leaves are big and colorful and are thick like cabbage leaves...what would it be??
do an episode on how to grow black pepper from seed
Our favourite berries! #BCblueberries
do an episode on how to grow black pepper pls
What do you not have a video on? that's my man
I don't see any of these U-Pick Farms in my area. Is there a website for locating them?
Gary Stark your state Department of Agriculture may have a list online.
Gary Stark Looks like you need to start a U-Pick farm then! You'd make a lot of money being the only blueberry farm in the area. Get a few plants to test them out and learn how to care for them, then clone them to make your own...but remember to buy more than one type for pollination.
If you don't have the land, rent it. Seriously think about it. :D
Great! I'll get right on that...
just did this in the woods up in Canada and my god the dear Flys were insane, I got an ice cream bucket of good berries and welts from head to ankle and a few scars on my ears. In the end I just started going insane and just yelling swinging my arms around and running away shouting at the flies and slapping myself numb.
My problem is that I live in Europe and the naturally occurring blueberries are not big bushes but more like 10 to 30 centimeter small plants, that produce only verry little berries (which also mostly grow in the forest) and I havent seen a u-pick farm for blueberries jet :( but the at least the blueberries here are verry tasty
Sophia Haefke Looks like you need to start a U-Pick farm then! You'd make a lot of money being the only blueberry farm in the area. Get a few plants to test them out and learn how to care for them, then clone them to make your own...but remember to buy more than one type for pollination.
If you don't have the land, rent it. Seriously think about it. :D
I'm curious about something. Here in Norway we have a ton of wild blueberries growing everywhere. They fill entire forests. They even grow up in the mountains, 1,5 kilometres above sea level. Those are the sweetest ones too, as they take so long to ripen. Plus the plants have to stay tiny because of the weather, so the berries get more of the energy.
However, the plants look a lot different from the ones I see for example here in this video. For starters they don't grow any taller than to my knees. As do the berries, the 'button' (I don't know what I should call it) at the front is completely different. Here's an image: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE_2007_%280003%29.jpg
These ones look more similar to those that I can buy in packages at the store, those ones being white inside instead of dark blue like our wild ones. Are they simply different varieties, or are they a different species entirely? I haven't really been able to find any information about it.
Erik those are some really nice looking blue berries WOW.
Yeah they are a different variety, they are probably Vaccinum myrtillus or bilberry. Most commercial varieties are V corymbosum or V ashei (more reliable harvest)
do you have any suggestions on where these u-pick farms are? im a fellow michigander.
Kikerz Oake I live in Michigan too, it all depends on what part, but they are everywhere. People around your area probably know where the closest one is.
Joseph Howell i dont think i live that far from luke, and i'd trust his opion on it is all. my friends and family might not be as picky about where theyd go.
Geneva Switzerland
What if I'm getting paid to pick berries? Is 65 cents per pounds a good deal?
Nathan Nemeth I’m getting paid 56 cents a pound.
we went to Creston for cherries and blueberries picking, kids absolutely love it! check out the video >>> ua-cam.com/video/e6WlXw3p3AI/v-deo.html
KEEP the few red berries you pick! They provide natural PECTIN....I don't buy pectin, and my jam comes out PERFECT.
Why don't allow people to pick berries, and instead do it myself (and spend so much time)? Notice all the waste of someone else's berries. All those berries would have ripen if they had been left in the plants. (Otherwise, still a fan since you were a kid.)
1caramarie I really enjoy his videos. But a bit taken aback at the disrespect for the farmer.
Sadly my beautiful blueberry bush died 😔
Bro, I pick like 60 buckets full fast hands
don't put all your berries in one basket
Eating a small handful is ok but it’s theft to “eat lunch” and not pay. Farmers work extremely hard to produce a quality product and coming to a u-pick farm with the intent to “eat away, cause it’s your lunch” is dishonest, and just lowdown.
When did you adopt a child?