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A blueberry scrub is among the most rewarding shrub you’re able to grow .
It starts putting out buds in early spring and these bloom into delightful white or pinkish blossom by late spring .
A side - attracter is all those bee and butterfly stroke that are drawn to the President George W. Bush .
When summertime get down , your blueberry bush bush will be overflowing with flowers and , by the time it end , you’re able to pluck mouth - lacrimation blueberries that are then followed by a beautiful foliation show .
blueberry bush bushes can be propagate from newspaper clipping without difficulty in two different ways :
These method are explained in profoundness below .
When To Take Blueberry Cuttings
The pop cultivar , which are commonly deciduous , can be propagated from deal cuttings in belated spring or semi - hardwood cuttings in July , though the former method is certainly the one I would recommend .
This is because spring is the prime season for starting new plants and softwood cut have more vitality and root electric potential than other form of cuttings .
However , evergreen diverseness take much more reliably from semi - hardwood cuttings that are collected in the middle of summer .
1) Softwood Cuttings
Regardless of the method , a day or two before you think to take the carving , set a low dope with a mix of 1/3 perlite or gritstone , 1/3 ericaceous compost and 1/3 peat moss .
The pot should have drainage holes .
On a sunny morning in May , inspect your blueberry bush bush for a fresh green shoot that is over 12 cm in length .
It should have youthful leaves and no blossom buds .
shoot nearer the top of the bush are favor .
edit out a length of 10 - 12 centimetre off this shoot , crap the gash just below a leaf node .
Allow the 3 - 4 upmost leave to remain on the shoot and fleece off all the rest .
Dip the base of the cutting about 4 cm deep in rooting hormone powder .
or else , douse it in the tried - and - true combination of small-grained cinnamon and ( preferably herbal ) honey .
Make a cakehole with a dibber or pencil in the prepared pot and enclose the cutting about 4 centimeter deep .
Carefully chuck down the medium and water it good with stored rainwater .
Do not use untreated pat water .
Put the pot where it will get several hours of indirect or permeate sunlight in a spot that is not too inhuman – normal way temperature is fine , as Master Horticulturist Colin Skelly explain :
“ I practice the bottom ledge of the terrace in my glasshouse for unexampled softwood and sem - hardwood cuttings .
“ I find that this provides the benefit of the warmth of the greenhouse whilst providing some shade from the pots above to prevent heat strain in full sun . ”
you may aid the cutting along by putting a perforated polythene bag generally over it to feign humid condition .
To ensure the bag does not rest on the cutting , insert 3 canes at equal distances at the edge of the pot .
Fasten the polythene bag by cling the orifice of the old bag to the side of the flock with 4 piece of tape measure .
Water the newspaper clipping every day with rain .
If you have to habituate wiretap water , you should determine its pH level and acidify it as needed .
Take off the polythene bag every day for about 20 minutes .
If the cutting begins to stoop , cautiously enclose a firm branchlet or even a pencil near the cutting so that it can lean against the support , but do not tie the cutting to it .
From this point on , you just have to be patient .
Blueberry cuttings take ascendant in about 8 calendar week , but you may not even know it until about 12 weeks , which is when vegetation bud may spring .
If the cutting has not shrivelled and if the original folio are still attach , your cutting will someday become a blueberry bush .
As shortly as you spot vegetal bud , remove the polythene udder .
tardily lessen the amount and frequency of watering and gradually increase exposure to sunlight .
After the press cutting has sprout several leaves and has branched well , it should be re - potted .
2) Semi-Hardwood Cuttings
On a exculpated July morning , see over your blueberry bush bush for a offset that is from the on-going year ’s growing , is turning browned and is hardening along its lower part .
It should not have flowers or fruit .
Remove this outgrowth as if you are clip it .
Cut this branch further from its base so that the cutting is 12 - 14 cm long , do the incision just below a leaf node .
take all the leaves except for the uppermost 2 - 3 leaves .
The residue of the step are just as outline above in the first method .
