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- Maintain and cut the culture of blueberries
- The growth of cultivated blueberries
- The cut of cultivated blueberries in the garden
- The propagation of cuttings from the clippings of blueberries
- Tips & Tricks
Maintain and cut the culture of blueberries
Cultivated blueberries, with a maximum height of up to three meters, are much larger than their wild relatives on mountain slopes and in bog forests. Nevertheless, a cut in most cases is not required regularly.
The growth of cultivated blueberries
Cultivated blueberries are now available in specialist retailers in many varieties, the most popular of which are:
These varieties are usually different in terms of shape and color of the fruits or the exact maturity in midsummer. Common to most varieties, however, is a relatively similar growth with a width of up to two meters and a maximum height of about three meters. Unlike some fruit trees, blueberries need not necessarily be cut for regular fruiting and plant health. For example, blueberries at the same location can provide good yields for up to 30 years with sufficient fertilization once they reach their maximum size.
The cut of cultivated blueberries in the garden
A cut of blueberry bushes in the garden may be appropriate, if you discover on the young sprouts in the spring webs of Frostspanners. These should be cut out as quickly as possible and removed at some distance from the site. A pruning of particularly old branches can also encourage the sprouting of new branches and thus a slightly higher fruit content. If possible, cut the blueberry bushes back in autumn, when the plants can no longer be damaged by dry and hot weather.
The propagation of cuttings from the clippings of blueberries
Use the material obtained from pruning to propagate your blueberries. Cuttings are an uncomplicated way to produce young blueberry shrubs themselves. For this purpose, cut branches about 10 to 15 centimeters from the shrubs and place them as deep as possible in a loose and humus rich substrate with a pH between 4.0 and 5.0. In the fall, the uniformly moist cuttings generally drive out roots for the first eight weeks.
Tips & Tricks
Pay attention to protected license varieties when propagating blueberries. If a variety is still under the producer's license protection, seedlings may only be propagated for their own use.