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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: dandelion on July 09, 2007, 16:14:02

Title: Proagating blueberries
Post by: dandelion on July 09, 2007, 16:14:02
Can blueberry plants be propagated from cuttings? Any tips?
Title: Re: Proagating blueberries
Post by: Tee Gee on July 09, 2007, 16:54:54
Have a look in here; http://tinyurl.com/2edwoj
Title: Re: Proagating blueberries
Post by: jennym on July 09, 2007, 22:55:40
Layering seems to work well, but to be honest haven't tried cuttings.
Title: Re: Propagating blueberries
Post by: dandelion on July 10, 2007, 10:26:59
Thanks Tee Gee, will try cuttings!
Title: Re: Proagating blueberries
Post by: Tee Gee on July 10, 2007, 12:25:47
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

Title: Re: Propagating blueberries
Post by: dandelion on July 10, 2007, 14:35:52
The plant is quite upright and growing in a pot, so layering is tricky. I will try cuttings first.
Title: Re: Proagating blueberries
Post by: Mike J on July 18, 2007, 13:43:35
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.
Title: Re: Proagating blueberries
Post by: dandelion on July 18, 2007, 13:49:59
I've taken 4 cuttings. Just hope they won't succumb to fungal disease as I have to use rainbutt water.