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[Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>]

Barbara,

How old are your plants, and how long are those two long canes?  Pruning 
practices differ for plants in the first and second year after planting than 
they do for established bushes.  For an established bush, you wouldn't want 
to prune these back because the tips are where the fruit will be next year 
and the plants will branch naturally on their own.  If these are new plants I 
would head them back a little to prevent them from flowering and fruiting 
next spring.  Blueberries do much better if you allow them to establish 
themselves for a year or two before allowing them to fruit.  If the plants 
are in a good spot with adequate moisture and fertility, they should send up 
some new whips this spring and you won't have just the two.

Michael Dossett
Corvallis, Oregon
www.Mdossettphoto.com
phainopepla@yahoo.com


--- On Mon, 10/20/08, Harrick, Barbara <b.harrick@ilslaunch.com> wrote:

> From: Harrick, Barbara <b.harrick@ilslaunch.com>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Pruning blueberries
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 7:16 AM
> Hi all.  The pruning persimmons thread reminded me that I
> had a
> blueberry pruning question.
> 
> Several of my plants have 2 branches coming out of the
> soil--can I prune
> these back (about 8 inches) in hopes of having fuller
> bushes as opposed
> to bushes that are only 2 long branches?  The plants came
> this way and I
> would really like to shape them up a bit.
> 
> Thanks, Barbara
> 
> Barbara Harrick
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