Plants can make virtually everything they need from water and air with a few nutrients that the roots absorb from the soil. The plant uses sunlight to split water and make sugar from carbon dioxide in the air. It discards oxygen as a waste product. Both plants and people use the oxygen in the air to burn sugar and make energy to live. The blueberry leaf's sole purpose is to harvest light and make sugar.
Water comes from the roots.
Air enters the leaves through small holes in the leaves called stomates. In blueberries the stomates are located on the bottom of the leaves. This is an important point to remember because if those stomates close to conserve water, photosynthesis and sugar production stops. Water is the single most limiting factor in plant growth. Take a moment to consider the structure of a blueberry leaf.