How to Pick Blueberries
Find something to hold your berries., Search for a good bush., Start looking for good blueberries., Find a good berry, and then pick it., Continue picking until you have gotten most of the good berries off the bush. , Move on to the next bush, and...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Find something to hold your berries.
It can be a bucket, a plastic bag, a basket, or some other kind of container.
Just make sure the blueberries won't fall out of it.
If you carry your berries in a bucket, you may want to add a rope on the bucket so that you can hang it around your neck or over your shoulder.
An excellent bucket can easily be made by taking a 1 gallon (3.8 L) plastic milk jug and cutting off 1/2 of the top and sides, making sure you leave the handle part on.
You can then put the handle through your belt, and you now have two hands to pick with! Kids
- have your parents cut the milk jug for you.
Use a bucket to carry your berries ,and you may want to put a plastic bag in it.
You can secure the bag with a rubber band.
This comes in handy if you fill more than one bucket
-- instead of needing a new bucket every time, all you need is a new bag.
You can also make a berry-picking bucket out of a piece of string and a 1-quart plastic container (such as an empty yogurt or cottage cheese container).
Use a pair of scissors to punch two holes opposite each other near the top of the container.
Take a piece of string long enough to fit behind your neck and down to your mid-torso, put an end of the string through each of the holes.
Tie or knot the string to secure it.
Put the string around your neck with the "bucket" hanging in front, and you'll now be able to pick with both hands! -
Step 2: Search for a good bush.
If you are picking at a public berry farm, the best bushes are probably towards the back, because the ones in the front have already been picked out by others.
A good bush will have many good berries. , A good berry is round, blue, and the skin should not be cracked.
The general rule when it comes to blueberries is "the bigger, the sweeter".
Pick them "as is" because they won't sweeten any further after picking.Do not pick berries that are:
• White
-- these berries have not even begun to ripen yet
• Small and hard
-- chances are, these berries will be very sour... if you can even chew them at all! , To pick a blueberry, simply attempt to roll it off the stem.
Then, either put the blueberry in the bucket or eat it.
If it doesn't come off with a very light touch, it's probably not ripe yet.
Even if the color is right, it's best to just move on.
If you find yourself tempted to eat every blueberry you see, try "one for me, two for the bucket".
If you find a "clump" of good berries on one stem, you can try cupping your hand around them, and rubbing them gently to loosen them, and make them fall off.
This is a good way to pick more than one at a time, because most of the bad berries will stay on the stem, since they don't come off as easily. ,,,, -
Step 3: Start looking for good blueberries.
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Step 4: Find a good berry
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Step 5: and then pick it.
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Step 6: Continue picking until you have gotten most of the good berries off the bush.
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Step 7: Move on to the next bush
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Step 8: and keep picking until you have all the blueberries you want.
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Step 9: Remember to carefully wash all blueberries before consuming.
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Step 10: Finished.
Detailed Guide
It can be a bucket, a plastic bag, a basket, or some other kind of container.
Just make sure the blueberries won't fall out of it.
If you carry your berries in a bucket, you may want to add a rope on the bucket so that you can hang it around your neck or over your shoulder.
An excellent bucket can easily be made by taking a 1 gallon (3.8 L) plastic milk jug and cutting off 1/2 of the top and sides, making sure you leave the handle part on.
You can then put the handle through your belt, and you now have two hands to pick with! Kids
- have your parents cut the milk jug for you.
Use a bucket to carry your berries ,and you may want to put a plastic bag in it.
You can secure the bag with a rubber band.
This comes in handy if you fill more than one bucket
-- instead of needing a new bucket every time, all you need is a new bag.
You can also make a berry-picking bucket out of a piece of string and a 1-quart plastic container (such as an empty yogurt or cottage cheese container).
Use a pair of scissors to punch two holes opposite each other near the top of the container.
Take a piece of string long enough to fit behind your neck and down to your mid-torso, put an end of the string through each of the holes.
Tie or knot the string to secure it.
Put the string around your neck with the "bucket" hanging in front, and you'll now be able to pick with both hands!
If you are picking at a public berry farm, the best bushes are probably towards the back, because the ones in the front have already been picked out by others.
A good bush will have many good berries. , A good berry is round, blue, and the skin should not be cracked.
The general rule when it comes to blueberries is "the bigger, the sweeter".
Pick them "as is" because they won't sweeten any further after picking.Do not pick berries that are:
• White
-- these berries have not even begun to ripen yet
• Small and hard
-- chances are, these berries will be very sour... if you can even chew them at all! , To pick a blueberry, simply attempt to roll it off the stem.
Then, either put the blueberry in the bucket or eat it.
If it doesn't come off with a very light touch, it's probably not ripe yet.
Even if the color is right, it's best to just move on.
If you find yourself tempted to eat every blueberry you see, try "one for me, two for the bucket".
If you find a "clump" of good berries on one stem, you can try cupping your hand around them, and rubbing them gently to loosen them, and make them fall off.
This is a good way to pick more than one at a time, because most of the bad berries will stay on the stem, since they don't come off as easily. ,,,,
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