Apr 22, 2022 2:46 PM
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NeverEnoughFoxes
Gotta comb the bush every now and then
FNOldGuys
Ah yes the lice comb of bounty
hodaddelvecchio
YouWillNeverFindMe
Are those the ones that are white on the inside? Pretty sure the proper blueberries would burst
mageninja
I did this for one day and couldn't move for three after. Back breaking work.
UnkindledOne
My back hurts just watching him
squidPilot
Doing this way destroyed the bushes too much. A very destructive way
CirB
Yeah, that's the main problem with these scoops. They cause damage to the plants and easily overharvest
brisca66
They make personal ones you can take in the forest with you. You can make your own with a gallon milk jug and bamboo skewers as well.
kaymon
What variety is this and how do I get them in my backyard?
Thesaya
European? The non American one. I'm sure there are plants online, here we just go out into the forest to pick them.
irritableeye
I did this for a summer in Maine. It was the most back-breaking miserable job I have ever had.
PoorSucker
Also works on lingon berry
TinyOctopus
Tiny octopus thinks this is much better than being a "Wolf Spider Tower of Safety" cranberry bog worker.
plusonefororegonians
…..as somebody who doesn’t like spiders, do I want to look this up?
When they harvest cranberries, they flood the bogs. Wolf spiders live there, and they will flee the rising tide by climbing the tallest
thing in the bog. Usually, the workers are the tallest things as they push the berries to the collection machines. So, lots of friends.
ziralien
Oh, that's neat. My blueberries are more like very small trees than.... this... blueberry grass.
chefsoda
Probably different species & regions. These are all over the NE US.
KuldFyt
You can't totally overcome the growth habits of whatever cultivar you have, but you can encourage them to grow shorter & fuller with pruning
Shahared
There are several varieties of blueberry. These are "lowbush", native to the New England area of the US. You have "highbush", the variety...
that is most often sold in grocery stores. Lowbush berries grow wild in Maine, and are small and slightly stronger in flavor.
honk7
Yeah, mine too. When I was hiking in the alps there was this blueberry grass everywhere. Different type I guess.
Ours are plants, yours... I don't know, I've never seen them.
Mine are bushes. Like 30cm tall.
You weird Americans with your bigger versions of all of our things. ;) I mean, I'm not jealous, they taste watery compared to ours.
European here. This is my blueberry bush.
NeverEnoughFoxes
Gotta comb the bush every now and then
FNOldGuys
Ah yes the lice comb of bounty
hodaddelvecchio
YouWillNeverFindMe
Are those the ones that are white on the inside? Pretty sure the proper blueberries would burst
mageninja
I did this for one day and couldn't move for three after. Back breaking work.
UnkindledOne
My back hurts just watching him
squidPilot
Doing this way destroyed the bushes too much. A very destructive way
CirB
Yeah, that's the main problem with these scoops. They cause damage to the plants and easily overharvest
brisca66
They make personal ones you can take in the forest with you. You can make your own with a gallon milk jug and bamboo skewers as well.
kaymon
What variety is this and how do I get them in my backyard?
Thesaya
European? The non American one. I'm sure there are plants online, here we just go out into the forest to pick them.
irritableeye
I did this for a summer in Maine. It was the most back-breaking miserable job I have ever had.
PoorSucker
Also works on lingon berry
TinyOctopus
Tiny octopus thinks this is much better than being a "Wolf Spider Tower of Safety" cranberry bog worker.
plusonefororegonians
…..as somebody who doesn’t like spiders, do I want to look this up?
TinyOctopus
When they harvest cranberries, they flood the bogs. Wolf spiders live there, and they will flee the rising tide by climbing the tallest
TinyOctopus
thing in the bog. Usually, the workers are the tallest things as they push the berries to the collection machines. So, lots of friends.
ziralien
Oh, that's neat. My blueberries are more like very small trees than.... this... blueberry grass.
chefsoda
Probably different species & regions. These are all over the NE US.
KuldFyt
You can't totally overcome the growth habits of whatever cultivar you have, but you can encourage them to grow shorter & fuller with pruning
Shahared
There are several varieties of blueberry. These are "lowbush", native to the New England area of the US. You have "highbush", the variety...
Shahared
that is most often sold in grocery stores. Lowbush berries grow wild in Maine, and are small and slightly stronger in flavor.
honk7
Yeah, mine too. When I was hiking in the alps there was this blueberry grass everywhere. Different type I guess.
Thesaya
Ours are plants, yours... I don't know, I've never seen them.
honk7
Mine are bushes. Like 30cm tall.
Thesaya
You weird Americans with your bigger versions of all of our things. ;) I mean, I'm not jealous, they taste watery compared to ours.
honk7
European here. This is my blueberry bush.