#65 How to prune blueberries

Easiest way to prune blueberries is to cut out whole branches, here you take out the oldest branches because the best fruit quality develops on the new shoots. The plant will then grow new shoots from the base.
Best time to prune is right after the harvest.

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[wolfsberryfarm]

What type and varieties of blueberries do you raise in Europe??

[Luberacouk]

@wolfsberryfarm

In our nursery in Switzerland, we cultivate vaccinium myrtillus and vaccinium cylindrica.

[Luberacouk]

@Luberacouk

mainly we plant corymbosum though

[555stoneman]

Thanks for this very informative video. I am from Australia and have just bought 3 today. Early bearing, mid bearing and late bearing so hopefully will have blueberries for quite a while during the year! Your explanations were clear and precise and I will use your advice.

[bensonandaga]

hi. would you be so nice and answer my question about blueberries. 2 month ago my give me 2 blueberries plants . plants was giving to me in 10l pots. i keept them on the patio. now the plants are red-brown , even stemp is red.after that i plant my blueberries in large pots in ericaceus copmpos. What else i can do for them? they dont looks healthy!! i think i should plant them earlier? and one more question. should i prune my blueberries in this winter? 9 months after planting??

[chatturux]

Does this same method apply to those very tall bushes you spoke of? I have some that are quite old and never pruned. They are very top-heavy with the fruit on them. I would like to prune them after I pick the berries.

So, I should cut out the oldest shoots to the ground and maybe cut back some of the other long ones?

What will this do to my crop next year?

[floribanu25]

What about temperatures, how they do with frost?

[kaixoananaiz]

i've recently bought a small blueberry bush that has produced a few blueberries ( 10-15 berries). after the transplant, the branches have been growing tall but it doesn't seem like more berries are coming. is this a good time to prune(late spring), or should i just let it go a bit? great video, thank you :)

[gunkgirl4]

What is the pH of your soil, and how often do you test it? If needed, what do you amend the soil with?

[gunkgirl4]

What is the pH of your soil, and how often do you test it? If needed, what do you ammend the soil with?

[weaver2109]

Thanks for this! There is a bunch of bushes in my yard that are about 3.5M tall. They bear good fruit, but it's too hard to pick them, so the berries on the top branches usually go to waste. Do you think it's too late to prune them? (I live in northern GA, where we're already getting tonnes of new growth)