Hi!
My name’s Jordan, from Italy. I started to grow berries in 2018. I have 600 blueberries, 600 raspberries and 200 blackberries.
My plantation is 100% bio.
This morning at 6 am I saw a blueberry’s stem with a strange damage:
The stem is splitted. An agronomist told me that it’s the work of a woodworm, maybe an Anoplophora Malasiaca, but I didn’t see any hole at the base of the plant. Also, in 31 years of my life I have not seen this kind of bug. Plants are ok, they grow well and make big and tasty fruits.
This June was strange because was cold and rainy. It rained for three weeks almost nonstop.
Welcome! Can you make a picture of the beginning of the split? Is there any signs of an entrance? There is a Blueberry Top Borer, I do not see that it splits the stem, but may be the walls of the stem were just tin because of the borer and split while continue to grow.
Welcome from New England USA, I’m new here as well. That’s a lot of plants! I’m also growing blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, and strawberry, but I’m just getting started and only have one or two of each.
Welcome! Last year I had the trip of a lifetime, spending a touch over two weeks in Italy, going from Rome up through Florence and then Venice. While we took a bunch of side trips, the fresh markets were some of my favorite things to do. The fruits and veggies were awesome!
I live 200 km far from Rome. I live in Fabriano, Marches, a city famous for the paper mill, the ancient tradition of handmade paper and paper watermarks. Also this is the city were the painter Gentile Da Fabriano was born in 1370.
I cutted the damaged part of a blueberry’s stem. I don’t see any sign of anoplophora or another kind of woodworm. Under the damaged part the marrow is in perfect conditions.
If there is no obvious explanation, I suggest you read “The Invisible Rainbow” by Arthur Firstenberg. It’s all about the effects of electromagnetic radiation on the earth, people and plants. If you can’t be bothered to read the book, look up Katie Haggerty and Aspen trees. She did a very simple experiment with some startling results.
