How We Check for Blueberry Disease & Pests (Farm Scouting)

Описание: Today we’re out scouting blueberries across our commercial farm here in South Georgia.

When you farm blueberries on a large scale, scouting isn’t optional... it’s how you protect your crop. With this much ground to cover, we have to stay ahead of disease pressure, insects, and changing weather conditions.

In this video we walk through what we’re looking for in the field and how we make management decisions for our farm.

Video Breakdown:
0:00 – Scouting blueberries on a commercial farm
2:55 – Botrytis blight in blueberries (what we’re watching for)
3:33 – Tip blight symptoms and plant stress
4:20 – Blueberry gall midge (Dasineura oxycoccana) damage
5:47 – Cold temperatures vs blueberry blooms
6:05 – Our freeze protection plan (overhead irrigation system)

We also talk about how scouting connects directly to our spray program. On a commercial blueberry farm, timing is everything. You can’t afford to guess... especially when you’re managing acres of production.

We check for:
• Fungal diseases like Botrytis
• Early signs of tip blight
• Insect pressure from gall midge
• Bloom stage vs forecasted temperatures
• Whether overhead irrigation needs to be ready for freeze protection

Commercial blueberry farming takes constant monitoring, and this is what that looks like in real life. If you enjoy seeing how large-scale blueberry production actually works — from scouting to spray programs to freeze protection — you’re in the right place.

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