Comments on: Blueberry Propagation (I hope) http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2006/02/12/blueberry-propagation-i-hope/ The trials and tribulations of one Kentucky gardener... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:56:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike Hughes http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2006/02/12/blueberry-propagation-i-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-98244 Mike Hughes Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:14:34 +0000 http://www.kerrysgarden.us/?p=150#comment-98244 Trying to figure out what I am doing wrong in trying to start some plants from cuttings off my High Bush Blueberries. I took some cuttings stripped some leaves dipped them in root hormone. Put in Part Sand and part Perlite. Put them inside a garbage bag, white, to set up the humidity. Put them in the shade outside yesterday. Today I check and they had wilted and turned brown. What am I doing wrong? I am also trying to see if I can root some of them in a glass of water. Any ideas appreciated. mail(at)mikealrhughes(dot)com Trying to figure out what I am doing wrong in trying to start some plants from cuttings off my High Bush Blueberries. I took some cuttings stripped some leaves dipped them in root hormone. Put in Part Sand and part Perlite. Put them inside a garbage bag, white, to set up the humidity. Put them in the shade outside yesterday. Today I check and they had wilted and turned brown. What am I doing wrong? I am also trying to see if I can root some of them in a glass of water. Any ideas appreciated.

mail(at)mikealrhughes(dot)com

]]> By: Cinder http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2006/02/12/blueberry-propagation-i-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-97967 Cinder Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:45:39 +0000 http://www.kerrysgarden.us/?p=150#comment-97967 Your goldfish and it's feed could also change the pH, and add ammonia to your water. The plant roots also wouldn't like being that deep in water. Their roots stay above the water line (even in bogs) and with the lowbush varieties, they stay above the sand line in the duff/topsoil layer. They rely on the duff or sphagnum moss to wick water to their roots. The highbush berries roots are in sand and would need MUCH less water than the lowbush varieties if they were still hooked to the mother plant...but their root systems are EXTENSIVE and have very few offshoot roots near the vertical trunks and when they are cut off from the mother plant this is when they need to be watered extensively. I've been picking wild berries for many years and decided to try to grow some wild varieties here. Our soil is naturally acidic and there are berries less than a half mile from me, but there is very little peat topsoil here, and LOTS of clay...so I had to prepare a site anyway. Hope it works. Thanks for sharing your different methods of propagation. Very interesting! You don't know what blueberry flavor is until you have tried wild lowbush berries. Hands down better than the bland berries in stores. :) Your goldfish and it’s feed could also change the pH, and add ammonia to your water.

The plant roots also wouldn’t like being that deep in water.

Their roots stay above the water line (even in bogs) and with the lowbush varieties, they stay above the sand line in the duff/topsoil layer. They rely on the duff or sphagnum moss to wick water to their roots. The highbush berries roots are in sand and would need MUCH less water than the lowbush varieties if they were still hooked to the mother plant…but their root systems are EXTENSIVE and have very few offshoot roots near the vertical trunks and when they are cut off from the mother plant this is when they need to be watered extensively.

I’ve been picking wild berries for many years and decided to try to grow some wild varieties here. Our soil is naturally acidic and there are berries less than a half mile from me, but there is very little peat topsoil here, and LOTS of clay…so I had to prepare a site anyway. Hope it works.

Thanks for sharing your different methods of propagation. Very interesting!

You don’t know what blueberry flavor is until you have tried wild lowbush berries. Hands down better than the bland berries in stores. :)

]]> By: Nonsequitur http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2006/02/12/blueberry-propagation-i-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-97942 Nonsequitur Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:30:01 +0000 http://www.kerrysgarden.us/?p=150#comment-97942 Most excellent guide with sound advice and great howto photos (especially good for those of us who are primarily visual learners). I shared this post with a few friends. Though, if I may make a suggestion, based on the photograph you are feeding your goldfish a bit too much :-) They need only to be fed once a day as much as they will consume in 2 minutes or less with none left over. Most excellent guide with sound advice and great howto photos (especially good for those of us who are primarily visual learners). I shared this post with a few friends. Though, if I may make a suggestion, based on the photograph you are feeding your goldfish a bit too much :-) They need only to be fed once a day as much as they will consume in 2 minutes or less with none left over.

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