Pruning Blueberry Basics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2023
- In this video Angelee highlights the nuances of pruning container grown blueberries, young and older specimens, as well as a specialty half-high blueberry. You'll see 4 basic pruning principles in practice:
1. Remove dead, diseased, and damaged stems and branches.
2. Remove non-productive branches, little buds, or weak branches that won’t support the weight of berry clusters.
3. Remove crossing branches to prevent rubbing, and low hanging branches.
4. Remove 6 year or older canes, trying to keep an even number of canes that are 1-, 2-, 3- years old.
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Knowledgeable and easily comprehensible pruning tutorial. Thank you :)
Thanks. I needed this.
Thank you for the tips. I’ll give it a go tomorrow:)
Very helpful, ty
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Very helpful, thanks for the tutorial!
Great video Very informative Thank you
Great video
Super, concise presentation. 👍👍
Thanks for the lesson and tips. How do you tell the difference between old and new growth? Are brown branches always considered old and green are new? How many years can a branch produce for and how do you keep track of their age? I'm a novice growing blueberries for the first time, and also pruning them for the first time. Your tips are fantastic. Thank you.
Help! Please! I didn’t know you had to cross pollinate and now I don’t know what variety I planted two years ago and I’m also just finding out I should have pulled off the flowers. What should I do? I’d love any advice.
The low branches could also be used for layering...multipling plants.
Can I still prune my plant while it has blooms? I want to cut them off to stimulate root growth. I bought it from the nursery this way.. it is 2 years old.
I live in far NW Wisconsin. My bushes are going into their 3rd winter and I haven’t done any pruning yet. Will that hurt them or reduce production? Also, my bushes are usually under at least 1-2 feet of snow during the recommended pruning period. Can I prune a little later? Thanks for getting back!
Hello, thank you for watching and asking your questions. We are in Corvallis, Oregon so pruning times may differ compared to where you are. I would encourage you to discover the resources from your local university's extension service. Here is a link to Oregon State University's Extension Service article on pruning blueberries: extension.oregonstate.edu/news/prune-blueberries-yearly-more-fruit. In Oregon, pruning between January and early- March is ideal. Hope that's helpful!
How will I know the age of my plant? Thanks for your time
I need to know if I should prune my blueberry bush that was devoured by Japanese beetles? It's potted and very big, healthy looking but the beetles ate the leaves up this summer. My sister moved so she gave it to me and I don't know what to do. Do I just leave it? And what months should you prune it?
Thank you for the question! OK, first things first - are the beetles still actively damaging the plant, or does it seem like the damage is done? If the beetles are still active, neem is a safe and effective insecticide for pest control on blueberries. Next priority - you need to get it to leaf back out. Water medium-heavy to heavy (blueberries need a lot of water during summer heat), and apply a slow release organic rhododendron fertilizer to encourage new growth.
Do not prune the bushes now (late July), except to remove any branches that have become brown/crisp past point of recovery. Prune the blueberry plants in late winter, which would be late January to early February here in western Oregon. Hope that helps!
What varieties? Very cool I have northern highbush
Thank you! The container blueberries are 'Pink Lemonade' variety.
Good Morning. Grew my Vaccinium Corymbosum in a pot on the porch. Pruned it in summer.
1) what is the proper soil?
2) when is it the right time to fertilize it?
3) is this type of bush a self pollunator?
4) i reside in a 7/8 zone south east of the north american continent.
5) What is a good feetilizer approach for organic gardening and why?
Thank you for being a blueberry grower, tree hugger, nature conscious.
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what time of the year do you prune
In Oregon, pruning between January and early- March is ideal. Thank you for your question!
That’s great to know. I was looking at them early February and had no idea what to do. Now in the first week of March and the buds are starting to show up and it’s much easier to tell what’s alive and what’s not. I’m in Vancouver, Canada
Those are tiny for the age. Put them outside they'd be 2x at least. At least here in Maine they would be
Hi Ben, we assure you these blueberries are grown outside. They were only brought inside for the purpose of making this video. Happy gardening!
It also depends on the variety. Northern high bush varieties are the only ones that can really survive in Maine, so you only see the tall types. There are also lowbush, half-high, rabbit eye, and even some miniature varieties. Finally, growing in containers generally stunts growth, but if you are a renter, have mobility limitations, want earlier ripening blueberries, enjoy containers, or other reasons, it may be better to have a smaller bush in a container than no bush.
They look about 4-5 ft tall( a guesstimate because of the camera angle) which is normal here in Delaware. Ours top out at 6-8 ft a few years later. Mine need some serious pruning and I’m happy to have this video to guide me.
I want to see bushes out in the fields not in a container.
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I lost interest when she said let it breathe…bro…stop it.
Wow what a helpful comment