Every year is different with wild blueberries. Some years are better than others.
I think many have had a gut load of scientist reports.
OK so...
For the past 8 years we’ve seen especially harsh winters, over 100 year low temperature and snowfall records broken, especially in the northeast (where I think Maine is), Atlanta froze over and stranded thousands of cars on the interstate for the first time ever, we had an all time record breaking freeze here in Texas this winter, and I’ve seen (or read actually) reports here on FR of the first cold spell coming earlier than usual, and the last one later than usual all over the country. That happened here too, I just had to wear a jacket 2 weeks ago, mid May, first time in my life for that, I usually can put the long sleeves away around May 1st, just keep a long sleeve shirt handy for cool nights. Almost never a jacket needed past about mid April.. Last fall too, cold spell 2 weeks before Halloween, which is usually our first jacket weather of the year.
And they tell me the planet is WARMING???? How can the temps rise by .12 degrees C when everything has been colder than normal for at least 8 years? I think .12 is what I saw here...early cold spells, late spring, record low temps and they claim it’s WARMING????
Last time I saw anything over 103 in summer was late 90’s, around 1998. July 31 through August 1, 1998 was 106 to 108, I think it was 2005 we saw 105 for one day, other than that, nothing over 103. That’s WARMING???? Normal hottest day of the year for the past 30 years has been 104 or so, 105 now and then. I’ve mowed the yard with a push mower when it was 101 and 102 plenty times. In my younger days anyway...now 103 is the hottest day of the year and they claim this is WARMING???? you have to go back to 1930 to find 108 around here. I downloaded the NOAA record temps files for this area. To see 106 you have to go back to around 1960, 108 was sometime around 1930. Otherwise, you see 103 to 105 as the high for the year. Now and then a degree or two different either way.
Someone else already noted, they don’t mention any names here, just a group of scientists. In my day, scientists believed in finding out the truth, not perpetuating a political narrative. In my day scientists believed in putting their names and reputations on the line along with their theories. And they believed in calling it a theory intil it was either proven or disproven. And once it was published, every scientist’s greatest dream was to DISPROVE someone else’s working theory. That’s why some scientists are still trying to prove man can actually travel faster than the speed of light right now, Einstein said no go, light speed is our limit. Prove that theory is bunk, you’re a nobel prize winner and a household name for life.
We have blueberries growing here in Texas too, mine didn’t do much this year, late cold spell discombuberated the blooms. Only have one bush producing too, had two and one died from lack of water, planted a new one early this spring, it won’t do anything for at least another year. I was surprised it survived the freeze but it is still living and putting on leaves, I just looked at it a few days ago.
This coming weekend we have the yearly Blueberry Festival in Nacogdoches. I plan to attend. They also have a good sized field where you can take a short bus ride and pick as many as you like, can’t remember what the cost is, but not expensive. I might go pick a couple of pounds. Another place right up the road about 3 or 4 miles usually has a sign up where locals can go pick blueberries, but no sign up yet this year, the late freeze may have killed off their blooms too. Or maybe too much rain, we’ve had more rain the past 2 months than we got the past 2 years. I saw a sign an hour south of here last week where you can go pick for $1.50 a pound, might make a run down there. I have a very good blueberry muffin recipe...I normally use frozen but fresh is so nice...
Why do these people think I’m stupid enough to buy into this crap? They think I can’t see what’s actually happening around me? They think I haven’t noticed the lack of 104 - 105 degree summer days? The earlier cold spells, the later ones in spring? I had to sleep with a light blanket 3 or 4 nights ago. Never in my life...Usually have windows open in late May, maybe a sheet over me...these people think I don’t SEE THIS?
Unsane...
I don’t remember blueberries being a staple in my youth. My grandmother did have raspberry bushes and she canned them. Grapes and plums also came from Grandma’s garden. Don’t ever remember blueberries...even at the major farm market. I’m 77. Have never bought them.
Seems like an easy solution.
Total nonsense in so many ways.
OK , start growing Bananas
Not buying it... What ‘scientist’ did the research and where did he get the grant to do it?
On Friday afternoon it was 106F, this morning it was 59F. We get global warming and cooling in the same weekend.
“...according to a group of scientists...”
Go kill yourselves.
That’s funny our wild blueberry/huckleberry bushes are loaded this year here in the Pacific northwest. Our domestic blueberry bushes in our garden are also loaded with berries. The blackberry bushes also show a very heavy crop this year. They continue the laughable climate scare. I’m not buying it.
I have a few blueberry bushes here in Louisiana that do just fine with me not tending to them at all. Evidently, the climate is not changing here. It has always been sweltering in the summer.
The study authors found that wild blueberry growers might need to change the way they farm to prepare for future climate change. That could include changes to strategies such as irrigation and fertilizer use.
The reality is what is limiting growth? Sometimes it is water, sometimes temperature, sometimes fertility and the list goes on.
What is the limiting growth factor?
Lets see some studies on the temp factor. My guess is that production increases as temp increases if other factors are not limiting.
After talking to some flight passengers a week ago, I learned that Alaska is now just ‘one big marsh’ due to climate change and the Maldives is now a good place to visit ‘year round’ (no bad season) due to climate change.
smh.
We’re talking about a *predicted* change in 1.5 degree Celsius over the next 80 years...yet so many can ‘see’ it happening now. Unreal.
BTW, my blueberry bushes are doing just fine.
Truth be told?
They are not that great. Too sweet. Not enough blueberries flavor