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[Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>]

Barbara,

If that's all there is to the plants, then yes I would prune them back a bit. 
 You'll notice as they start to go dormant that there are fat buds towards 
the tips of them whereas the ones lower down on the stem are very small in 
comparison.  These fat ones are what will flower next year.  If they were my 
plants, I would wait until they are about to break dormancy in late winter 
and then prune these tips off.  Then I would feed and water the plant next 
year and hopefully it will have a little bit more on it to support a small 
crop in 2010.

Michael

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: Re: [NAFEX] blueberry pruning
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 10:40 AM
> Ahhhh....I see. Yes, they are "new" plants to
> me--I would estimate 2
> years old overall.
> 
> My guess these are the initial whips (about 2-3 feet high)
> you are both
> talking about, so I am reading, be patient, they will form
> lateral
> branches soon! Because they are new, it sounds like I
> should prune them
> back a bit to prevent flow/fruit drain on the energy plants
> need to
> become established.
> 
> Thanks!! Barbara zone 6b VA
> 
> Barbara Harrick
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> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:23:30 -0400
> From: Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pruning blueberries
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> "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."
> 
> My experience is primarily with rabbiteyes and some
> southern highbush
> varieties.
> 
> Barbara, are your branches shoots coming out of the ground
> or lateral
> branches?.
> 
> My blueberries initially put out a whip-like shoot that
> gets 4 feet or
> so, then the shoot will develop laterals.  I have never
> pruned these
> shoots as they represent the vigorous new growth that I
> wish to preserve
> for fruiting.
> 
> Betsy Hilborn
> 7a NC
> 
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> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pruning blueberries
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
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> 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
> 
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