Topic: Proagating blueberries

[dandelion]

Can blueberry plants be propagated from cuttings? Any tips?

[Tee Gee]

Have a look in here; http://tinyurl.com/2edwoj

[jennym]

Layering seems to work well, but to be honest haven't tried cuttings.

[dandelion]

Thanks Tee Gee, will try cuttings!

[Tee Gee]

As jennym says layering is a good option.

If you have some low branches why not double your chances and do a bit of layering as well as taking cuttings.

I would suggest sinking 3" pots or a tray filled with ericaceous compost at a point suited to the low branches and pin the branches down down. If you are using a tray pin them at various places along the branch length.

http://tinyurl.com/25khry

[dandelion]

The plant is quite upright and growing in a pot, so layering is tricky. I will try cuttings first.

[Mike J]

Useful link for me too, as one of my new blueberries had a nice long shoot snapped by the strong winds this week - still, I may now get a few more plants out of it.

Gladioliis also succumbed to the wind, which had got to them before I could stake them, now staked, didn't actually lose any but they looked quite sad last night.

[dandelion]

I've taken 4 cuttings. Just hope they won't succumb to fungal disease as I have to use rainbutt water.