It’s not time for blueberries yet. On May 3, however, it will be
time for the Blueberry Research Farm Twilight Tour and Cookout
near Alapaha, Ga.

The tour will start at 5 p.m. Research and demonstration projects
will show, among other things:

• Many new rabbiteye and southern highbush releases from
  Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Florida.




• Fruit set of rabbiteye and southern highbush using growth
  regulators.




• Mulching rates and effects on southern highbush.




• Applying pine bark mulch with a row mulcher.




• Plant establishment.

Researchers with the University of Georgia College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will be there to answer
your questions throughout the tour and during the cookout. Stay
as long as you like.

Alapaha is 17 miles east of Tifton, Ga., on U.S. Highway 82. The
research farm entrance is 2.5 miles south of Alapaha on U.S.
Highway 129. Heading south, look for the UGA Blueberry Research
Farm sign on the right.

To learn more about the tour, call Scott NeSmith
at (770) 228-7243 or Gerard Krewer at (229)
386-3410.