Go Blueberry! Learn, Grow, Eat, Give!
- Check List: Follow these steps for the best chance of success with your blueberry plants!
- Go Blueberry! Record Sheet
- Frequently Asked Questions for High Bush Blueberries
- How To Videos
Blueberry plant sale to benefit the UMaine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program.
Dear Go Blueberry! Participant,
We appreciate your interest in growing your own food and especially highbush blueberries.
We have provided several pieces of information on this website to help you establish and care for your new plants. The most important is the checklist on planting and care. For best success, please review and follow the steps in the checklist.
Get your plants into the ground as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, please contact your local UMaine Extension office. If you have trouble connecting with your local office, feel free to contact one of us.
Happy gardening!
– Marjorie Peronto, UMaine Extension Educator, marjorie.peronto@maine.edu or 1-800-287-1479 (in Maine) and Richard Brzozowski, UMaine Extension Educator, richard.brzozowski@maine.edu or 1-800-287-1471 (in Maine)
When and where to pick up your Go Blueberry! plants:
If you placed an order during our Go Blueberry! plant sale (sorry, we are no longer taking orders), your set of three Maine-hardy highbush blueberry plants will be available for pickup in seven UMaine Extension locations across the state on Saturday, May 19th, 2012.
- Cumberland County — Barron Center, Portland (Pre-orders only should be picked up at the Cumberland County Master Gardener Plant Sale to held at the Barron Center on Brighton Avenue in Portland on May 19, not the Extension Office in Falmouth).
- Hancock County Extension Office, Ellsworth
- Highmoor Farm, Monmouth
- Knox/Lincoln Counties Extension Office, Waldoboro
- Oxford County Extension Office, South Paris
- Penobscot County Extension Office, Bangor
- York County Extension Office, Springvale
Purchasers will receive expert advice on growing blueberries at every stage — planting, pruning and harvesting — and a take-home package of instructions from UMaine Extension staff and Master Gardener Volunteers.
Purchasers will also receive a discount of $5 off the cost of one soil test for their blueberry planting site at the UMaine Soil Testing Lab. Soil tests can help gardeners get the most out of their soils and garden sites. Soil samples can be taken as soon as the ground thaws in early spring. Learn how to select a site for your blueberry plants and how to take a soil sample by watching our short “How To” videos.
In 2012, the Master Gardeners will celebrate 30 years in Maine. UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers have assisted in dozens if community gardens across the state, including the Maine Harvest for Hunger program and other community-based volunteer efforts. Money raised will assist in many of those projects, including scholarships to help those attend who cannot afford the Master Gardener Volunteers course fee.
To request special accommodations or for more information contact Richard Brzozowski, (207) 781- 6099, or toll-free in Maine (800) 287-1471 or e-mail: richard.brzozowski@maine.edu; or Marjorie Peronto, (207) 667-8212, or toll-free in Maine (800) 287-1479 or e-mail: marjorie.peronto@maine.edu.
UMaine Extension programs are open and accessible to all in accordance with program goals. To provide adequate time to respond to requests, inquiries are welcome with as much advance notice as possible.
Learn more about the Master Gardener Volunteer program and Maine Harvest for Hunger.
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