What can I do with shriveled blueberries?

1. Freeze your blueberries. If you have an excess of berries, freeze them for up to two months to use in juices, smoothies or sauces.
2. Blueberry baking. If your berries have turned slightly soft, add them to your next muffin or pastry recipe.
3. Cooking with blueberries.
4. Blueberry condiments.

How do you revive wrinkled blueberries?

Strawberries, blueberries, brambles and cherries all dry beautifully, and it’s easy to do. Simply place the berries in a single layer on a nonstick baking sheet and bake at 170°F, stirring occasionally, until the fruit is dried through, 4 to 8 hours.

Why are my blueberries wrinkly?

On mature plants, the fruit is shriveling as the plants use the water in the berries to maintain the health of the leaves. When the ground dries out, severely drought-stressed bushes look dead or almost dead.

Can you eat old blueberries?

Some common traits of bad blueberries are a mushy, soft texture and some discoloration and bruising and then mold will start to appear beginning where the stem was attached. Remember, if they are moldy, throw them out!

Why are some blueberries gritty?

If you harvest too early, some blueberries have grainy texture and a sour taste. Grainy tasting blueberries may be made into a jam, but watch for and discard any moldy berries. Cover the plants if frost is expected, as this is a common cause of grainy tasting blueberries.

Can you eat dried up blueberries?

However, all blueberries are not made equal: while dried blueberries can be a fiber-rich tasty treat, they’re also packed with sugar and calories that could be unhealthy when eaten in large quantities.

What do I fertilize blueberry bushes with?

Blackberries respond well to any nitrogen-rich fertilizer, but blueberries require fertilizers with an ammonium form of nitrogen such as urea, sulfur-coated urea, ammonium sulfate, or cottonseed meal. Any fertilizer sold for azaleas or rhododendrons also works well for blueberries.

How do you preserve blueberry bushes?

Blueberry bushes can die from over-watering as the compacted soil will suffocate their roots system. At most, blueberry bushes only need about 1 to 2 inches of watering per week. If the bush is being grown in a planter or container then make sure the soil inside is draining well.

Are wrinkly blueberries bad?

4. Squishy/ Wrinkly Blueberries. If a blueberry is very shriveled and wrinkly, or leaking any juices, like a grape, it’s beginning to go bad. Berries tend to spoil quickly, so once you stock up for the summer, you can use them up and bake something with them, or freeze them to keep them longer.

What is blueberry scorch?

Blueberry scorch virus (BlSV) is a plant disease of blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) and cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon) as well as other Vaccinium. Damage to blueberry plants includes leaf, shoot and flower necrosis, dieback, reduction in fruit production, and in severe cases, death of plant.

What is the white stuff on blueberries?

That white powdery finish found on blueberries is actually a sign of freshness. The white stuff (called the bloom) is the blueberry’s natural protection against the sun and if you can see it, it means the berries have been picked in nice, dry conditions.

Should blueberries float or sink?

Berries have a very high water content – perhaps as high as 85\%, so it doesn’t require much difference to cause them to float or sink.