blueberry bushes have lots of berries but not ripening
So I was getting excited to have lots of berries to eat but they don't seen to be ripening. I have found a few that are the right color bt the are all shrivled or smaller than normal. I could be wrong but I thought I was harvesting by this time last year. The bushes have put out many new stems so I know the plants must be doing well. I just don't understand why the berries aren't ripening for harvesting. Any thoughts or am I just being impatient?
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Your blueberries may have been infected by the Mummy Berry disease fungus
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Yikes! Thankfully I havent seen any mummy berry yet (I see how it gets its name). It is probably the sun issue. I have my gardenin the corner of the yard and have tried to keep the trees cut back that are starting to grow over the fence but I know my bushes arent getting 12 hours. Will they still ripen? I didnt have this problem last year.