Cold weather turns my berries blue

NH is a purple state, so I expect half of the comments to be climate change deniers.

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Climate change is happening, but the blueberries will adapt. The grow just fine in the south

Lol. What an ignorant comment, it’s actually really Red…

This article is total nonsense. I’ve been growing blueberries for 10+ years.

NJ is one of the largest blueberry producing states and their avg winter temp is much warmer than NH.

We’d have to be Georgia/Florida levels of warm for them to not get enough chill hours.

That’s why there were around 60,000 more democrat votes in the 2020 presidential election, because NH is a red state.

Don’t forget that land doesn’t have a political alignment.

You would have to live here

Oh education, climate change, guns, I’m sure you will hit all the “ hot topics” with your Left wing clown world spin on things

Surprise

> We’d have to be Georgia/Florida levels of warm for them to not get enough chill hours.

And even then there are varieties that are tolerant to zone 10. Which to be fair to the author of the article, they did mention:

> Bartlett says there are other varieties of blueberries he could plant that are adapted to different kinds of weather, but they would take about eight years to start producing fruit on his farm.

What's more of a problem is a lot of cold/warm cycling which can cause a lot of winter kill because the plant comes out of dormancy in the warmth and then the cold kills the newer wood. (As a grower, I know you know that. I'm addressing folks who may not know)

So...... more climate deniers?

Yes well 30 + years of bullshit stories…please, go away.

https://nypost.com/2021/11/12/50-years-of-predictions-that-the-climate-apocalypse-is-nigh/

As a skier climate change has been devastating the last ten ish years :( even ruining my maple syrup harvest! The sap flows mid winter now and refreezes damaging the trees hence why it's not supposed to flow until it's warm out

You'd better get out and shovel all that snow... lol

Winter is far from over….lol

(Not so) Fun fact, with current climate change estimates it's predicted NH weather will be akin to what Maryland is like today by the end of the century, which is further south than NJ! So I can imagine change in that short a period will cause a lot of stresses to many plants.

It's estimated that by the end of the century it will no longer be viable to run ski resorts in New England. Something I think about a lot in conditions like right now...

End of the century seems overly optimistic

We all live on the planet, dumbass. If it becomes less hospitable to human life, it affects everyone. Covering your ears and pretending not to hear the warnings won't change anything.

Dumbass? Lol 😂 Climate change is another money grab….you create fear first, them get people to comply or else the world will end..lol…and the government is the only one who can stop the problem so give them all your money…you are a scammer…

God, can we just suck all the excess carbon out of the air already? I need the four seasons 🥺

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Predictions https://nypost.com/2021/11/12/50-years-of-predictions-that-the-climate-apocalypse-is-nigh/

I'm sure you'll end up blaming the coming food shortages in a few decades on population growth and the money-grabbing Biden admin instead of failed crops due to climate change

Get them to comply with what exactly? Generating less pollution? The HORROR!

Lol. Scammer. Create the fear…food shortage ,,,fill your cupboards now

How many trillion this time?

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If you're using the NY Post to prove your point, I'm not sure you can be helped. Fortunately, you don't represent NH. Most people here are reasonable and know that climate change is very real and already causing major problems.

I think I do represent New Hampshire and I stand by the article which is more than your worthless comment

Remember diesel cars? I think the government encouraged the use of them….what a bad, bad decision that was.

Shares a sensationalist article sensationalizing past sensationalist articles and presents it as proof

Can't get any better than that.

You sound like a townie who's never left their town. The state is very purple and often more democratic considering the senators and reps we send to the federal government.

Well do better than that, it’s all lip service spewing your bullshit

Was that.. was that supposed to be a point or something? I don't think you understand how many logical fallacies you're using to "prove" climate change isn't real.

You're the one denying climate change, so provide the proof. Quit acting like a child.

A child, I’m realizing this site is run by uninformed children.

yup, and you should get about 3 weeks of it before spring. Maybe you should do a little ice skating after all it's New Hampshire in January right? not South Carolina.

Is this your way of ignoring the point that you can't prove your claims..? You realize that by continuing to defer and ignore evidence and then insulting anyone who points it out means you are the one acting like a child right? Or is that too difficult to understand?

3 weeks? Try 8…again uninformed bot

Fuck off

It that difficult to understand scammer

If our Winters are warm with no snow, it’s climate change. If our winters are freezing cold with tons of snow, it’s climate change.

> God, can we just suck all the excess carbon out of the air already?

Plant more trees!

All you can do is run your mouth, too bad

Case and point. Thank you.

Projection at its finest right here.

Sure because you say so, lol…. Loser.

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Ain’t gonna fix it chief

beep beep

How does one stand behind a climate change article, but yet deny 30 years of “bullshit” climate stories? Honestly just curious.

It’s Devastating maine wild blueberries. My family has 440 acres of them Downeast and the harvest has been getting worse every year.

Thought the world was going to end in 12 years because of climate changed and you’re worried about berries?

It ‘s about 50 years of false claims.

The all talk robot

> Thought the world was going to end in 12 years

We've only got 8 years left !

Look at this, Reddit is the Cellar Dweller of social media sites…I can see why https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/

Pinterest beat Reddit…loooooollll

Loud and outspoken does not mean the majority.

Meek and clueless don’t help either

Good for you! Not sure what that has to do with being the majority….lol

Those are different varieties, bred for the warmer weather

Your mom is calling, time for your homework

Sure…time for your homework

Projecting again, are we?

Policing your fake NH site

How much do you think is due to warmer winters versus problems with the native pollinator (bumblebees).

Time for your 3rd beer

Lol

There's a famous saying -- if you believe what you're saying then put your money where your mouth is.

The fact that all the big doomsday predictors have bought/built massive oceanfront estates says all you need to know.

Yes a voice of reason

10,000 years ago NH was under a mile of ice. In 10,000 years it will be under a mile of ice. Enjoy your interglacial period blueberries.

You literally write like a toddler. You shouldn’t be throwing shade here.

Oh the grammar shame, lol, please, I’ll throw shade where ever I want .

Both are huge factors but, especially due to the salt on the coast and less fog coverage, it’s been hot and dry there most of the year and when I was 10-15 summer usually included a windbreaker or sweater. Now all summer is 80-100 degrees, and very dry. We used to be snowed out of the house half the winter and now we are lucky to get one storm. It’s drastic with how close we are to the Canadian border there, you really notice how similar weather is these days to the southern east coast.

Dems desperately trying to make NH out to be a purple state lol… we red baby

The Anthropocene Era is really just the blink of an eye.

I know I've been thinking about it every minute of 2023 so far as I watch the snow melt before my eyes

Check the voter rolls in your town. They're down at the town hall. Then fill this in [citation needed]

Liberals ruining nh

Reddit echo chamber is not NH - live free or die is not something Dems understand… neither freedom nor the right to die (without paying a tax)

i dunno about this. They grow like weeds at my relatives houses back in Connecticut, and the whole state has become the shoulder season version of Banff for Canadian Geese.

Climate changes all the time

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Imagine being this fragile and so confidently clueless.

Save the blueberries! Lol

That’s ridiculous, we have no idea what snow making technology will be like in even just ten more years.

This is one winter I would love to be mild. Cost to much to heat this winter.

You completely ignored what I wrote to concentrate on your preconceived notions. This is the problem with the right now, it's all feelings, no fact

Big man here folks, So strong and badass!

speak English, what are you trying to say. you are attempting to be clever with a ‘fill in the blank’ and field trip. I said what I mean, plain and simple. I do know my towns historic voting and I have all the information that I personally need.

That is literally what a preconceived notion is. You don't need proof, your feelings are enough. I have no doubt you mean it, but you can't extrapolate your single opinion as the stance of an entire state.

But it’s a different variety. NH and ME blueberries and strawberries are best in my subjective opinion. It’s partially the rocky soil but I suspect it’s also the cold snaps and variety’s grown.

> But it’s a different variety. NH and ME blueberries and strawberries are best in my subjective opinion

Possibly. But it may be due more to freshness. Often fruit crops are picked before they're ripe so they'll ship better and then artificially ripened with ethylene gas and the like.

Eating NH fruit in NH means they were likely allowed to ripen naturally, hence the better flavor. When I travelled to Georgia and had a peach from a road-side farm stand I couldn't buy peaches from the grocery store any longer; only tree-ripened peaches for me from then on.

Al gore said we’d be under water years ago… this thing is a bubble waiting to pop any second now. Too bad, blueberries are my favorite.

ding dong the troll is dead