Jimo Blueberries

Jimo Blueberries

　　Jimo blueberries are a specialty of Jimo City, Qingdao, Shandong Province. Jimo blueberries are large, fresh, and have a relatively sweet taste. Blueberries help protect eyesight, boost immunity, enhance memory, act as antioxidants, and delay aging.

　　The Howoyuan Blueberry Ecological Park in Jimo is located in the scenic hinterland of Tianzhu Mountain, covering an area of over 300 acres. It includes a greenhouse base spanning more than 50 acres, with over 15,000 blueberry plants. There is also a field base covering 200 acres, planted with more than 50,000 blueberry plants. The park hosts an annual Blueberry Picking Festival from May to July. The soil here is fertile, rich in organic matter, loose, and well-drained, with no pesticide use, providing an excellent growing environment for high-quality blueberry varieties. The blueberries are irrigated with spring water that is clear, sweet, and rich in various minerals and trace elements essential to the human body. As a result, the blueberries grown here offer exceptional taste and high nutritional value.