{"id":454,"date":"2015-02-04T18:44:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T23:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/?p=454"},"modified":"2015-02-04T18:44:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T23:44:41","slug":"freeze-damage-to-blueberry-buds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/2015\/02\/freeze-damage-to-blueberry-buds\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeze Damage to Blueberry Buds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->The early November (2014) freeze could have reduced crop load. The pictures included in this post are of \u2018Star\u2019. When scouting your berry patch, if you notice buds that are not swelling, this could be an indication of freeze damage. Take a knife and cut the bud in half. If the bud looks green around the edges with necrotic or black<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/files\/2015\/02\/frozen-tissue-024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-452\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/files\/2015\/02\/frozen-tissue-024-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Close up photo of freeze damage injury within a blueberry bud.\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/files\/2015\/02\/frozen-tissue-024-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/files\/2015\/02\/frozen-tissue-024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/files\/2015\/02\/frozen-tissue-024-183x138.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up photo of freeze damage injury within a blueberry bud.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-453\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/files\/2015\/02\/frozen-buds-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-453\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/files\/2015\/02\/frozen-buds-006-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Note the black spots in the bud. This is freeze damage and the ovary is dead\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/files\/2015\/02\/frozen-buds-006-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/files\/2015\/02\/frozen-buds-006.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/files\/2015\/02\/frozen-buds-006-208x138.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Note the black spots in the bud. This is freeze damage and the ovary is dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>spots (See image). This is an indication of freeze damage.<br \/>\nCold tolerance is aided by potassium (K) sometimes known as potash. Potassium is very soluble and may not be available to the roots, which makes soil and tissue sampling an important tool for minimizing tissue damage from freezing temperatures. See your county agent from information on tissue and soil sampling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/blueberry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}