In my experience in NC, blueberries are slow to establish. Once they do
after 3 years (or so) at the site, they grow rapidly.
I have always pinched off flowers for the first 2 years on all my so.
highbush and rabbiteye plants. This is the 'conventional wisdom' that
was imparted to me as an essential element of successful blueberry
culture, so I have always done it. Therefore, I do not have a good
control group to compare their growth with plants that have produced
fruit from an early age.
Betsy Hilborn
7a NC
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