[NAFEX] blueberry layering
Lee Reich
garden at leereich.com
Tue Jan 29 16:07:21 EST 2008
Blueberries surely can be rooted from cuttings. I once had to root
1000 for research when I worked for the USDA. They do not root as
easily as many other fruit bushes though. I took my cuttings in late
winter, then had them under mist.
Lee Reich, PhD
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On Jan 29, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Michael Dossett wrote:
> Don't know about dormant cuttings, but cuttings taken in July
> typically root very easily...
>
> Michael Dossett
> Corvallis, Oregon
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> Subject: [NAFEX] blueberry layering
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> Whenever I trim my blueberry bushes, I'm tempted to stick some of
> the stronger twigs in the ground and see if they'll sprout. I know
> you can layer blueberries by burying a live branch underground and
> it will slowly develop roots and can be cut off from the mother
> plant. I know it's a long shot, but has anybody ever had any luck
> with rooting the cuttings from pruning a blueberry bush? Jerry in
> southern Indiana.
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