Wild Blueberry Management Tools
Wild
Blueberry Cost of Production: Go to the WBPANS website,
then “Grower Resources,” and click “Management Tool.” This Excel sheet will
be downloaded automatically. Dr. Travis Esau (Dal-AC) developed and updated
this tool. Growers can use it to determine their production costs.
Soil
and Leaf Nutrient Testing Services: The Department of Agriculture
manages laboratories that analyze water, soil, manure, compost, and fruit crop
tissues. These services are primarily for agricultural producers.
Perennia
Farm Data Tools: https://www.farmdatatools.perennia.ca/.
This platform hosts several valuable tools for wild blueberry management, including:
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Weather and forecast: The province has more than
100 weather stations under the weather station network that Perennia manages.
This site shows each station’s most up-to-date weather information from the
field. Users can also generate weather station reports on this site.
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Growing Degree Days (GDD) Calculator: This tool
allows users to calculate GDDs conveniently. The calculated results can be
compared with the local wild blueberry GDD recommendations (http://www.novascotiawildblueberryblog.com/p/phenology-tracker.html).
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Pest Guides: Perennia’s new online pest guides.
It is searchable and printable. Please see more details below for the Wild Blueberry
Pest Guides.
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Nova Scotia Soil Series Digital Map: Compiled
Nova Scotia Soil Series map from the CanSIS Soils database.
Weather Weather Stations in
Nova Scotia Wild Blueberry Fileds
Hurricane Track
Information: An online map of the
storms tracked by the Canadian Hurricane Centre.
Pesticides
Wild Blueberry Pest Management
Guides: There are two ways to find pest management product information
for wild blueberries: PDF and online searchable Pest Guides (in Farm Data
Tools).
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PDF: https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wild-blueberry-weed-insect-disease-2025.pdf.
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Online searchable Pest Guides: https://www.farmdatatools.perennia.ca/.
Go to “Pest Management Guide”. Choose “Small Fruit Pest Guides”. Pick “Insects
and Diseases” OR “Weeds.” Please make sure you select “Wild Blueberry.”
Pesticide
LabelSearch: The Pest Management Regulatory Agency offers this label
transcript service to provide label information for pesticide products.
Product
Re-Evaluation Decisions: The Pest Control Products Act requires the PMRA to
initiate re-evaluations of each registered pesticide within 15 years of its
initial registration or the most recent major decision affecting the
registration. Decisions and updates are posted on the PMRA's website, and
current consultations are also available there.