r/oddlysatisfying • u/colapepsikinnie • 2d ago

Harvesting blueberries from a blueberry barren

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u/C-57D 2d ago

it's called a barren?

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u/MuffinRhino 2d ago

It refers to the agricultural land they're on. Blueberries need very acidic soil, so acidic most plants can't handle it. So if you've got a very naturally acidic property and can't cultivate anything else, you do blueberries.

Pine barrens are similar - dry, shitty, sandy soil that only the pine trees do well in.

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u/DeepSpaceNebulae 1d ago

Pine trees. Not only do they thrive in acidic soil, they make the soil more acidic when they shed their pine needles.