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??? airlayer blueberries ???
« on: April 04, 2016, 10:03:16 PM »
Hi everyone, has any one airlayered blue berries?? looked at the www and found everything but mine need some pruning  but would rather airlayer and share , any tips?         Patrick

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Re: ??? airlayer blueberries ???
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2016, 10:12:41 PM »
It should work but why not just root softwood cutting.  The take percentages are high with softwood.
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Re: ??? airlayer blueberries ???
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2016, 11:58:25 PM »
Yeah, cuttings seem to take fairly easily.
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Re: ??? airlayer blueberries ???
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2016, 11:24:48 AM »
Hi Rob & Shane, i am not trying to propagate more plants, I need to prune a few shoots about 3 feet tall  to clean up the plants my phylosophy to pruning is to do air layers  when they take i would rather give them away than throw the prunings away.          Patrick

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Re: ??? airlayer blueberries ???
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2016, 12:24:44 PM »
Given the ease of rooting cuttings, I would think air-layering would work really well. No experience myself though  :-X
Shane