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Contrary to popular belief, cranberries do not grow in water. They are grown on sandy bogs. Because cranberries float, some bogs are flooded when the fruit is ready for harvesting.
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Can cranberries be harvested wet or dry?
cranberries can't be harvest because they will just get rotten and you will get ill.
Were do cranberries grow?
They are grown on bushes but are flooded for easier harvest.
What happens in a wet harvest of cranberries?
The cranberry bog is flooded with water, the water is agitated with wooden paddles causing the berries to detach from the vines and float to the surface, and they are skimmed off the top and loaded into trucks.
Where and how do farmers harvest cranberries?
they flood the land and the ripe ones float up
How high does a cranberry have to bounce to harvest it?
Cranberries have to bounce 4 inches to be used.
What has the author Cornelius Lott Shear written?
Cornelius Lott Shear has written: 'Spoilage of cranberries after harvest' -- subject(s): Cranberries, Diseases and pests
Why are cranberries floated in bogs?
Cranberries are flooded just before they harvest them. The berries being bright red in color float on the water and they use a small boat type barge and load them into it. From the boat, they place them into a semi and take them to a processing plant.
When are cranberries at their ripest?
Harvest begins around the 20th of September, reaches its peak in October, and is usually completed before Thanksgiving.
What property of cranberries do farmers use in their harvests?
The fact that cranberries float on water. At harvest time, the farmer floods the bog, beats the shrubs to loosen the berries, then simply pumps the floating berries into a waiting truck.
What property of do farmers use in their harvest?
The fact that cranberries float on water. At harvest time, the farmer floods the bog, beats the shrubs to loosen the berries, then simply pumps the floating berries into a waiting truck.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers wet land problems?
Yes the rivers did have wet land but only if it was harvest season for the eygptians
Does cranberries have carbs?
cranberries does have carbs.
