I bought a blueberry plant (bluecrop) which i have planted in a pot. i noticed something growing along side it which i initially thought was a weed but i dug down a bit and under the soil it looks alot like a rasberry runner. i know it isnt a raspberry but i wandered if blueberrys have runners too or is it a weed that i have been carefully looking after?
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
blueberry runners?
Collapse
X
-
Blueberries are cultivated via cuttings taken in the autumn and as far as I am aware dont throw out runners as they are like other bush fruits, er, well bushes. I may be wrong but I have a raft of them and none has ever produced a runner.
Because the cuttings business is not totally straight forward, the plants are fairly expensive compared to fruit that does, like raspberries for example..
Comment
-
PW, I expect it's definately worht a go. I'm awful at keeping cuttings alive, and this year I moved one of my rosemary's out of a tub into the ground. When I lifted it, I realised one of the stems must have been trapped on the soil somehow as midway down the stem was the evidence of earth and some healthy roots. Needless to say I snipped it off and planted it. So going back to your question, this is going to be my way froward to propagate more plants as it seems th most foolhardy way I've found so far. This is aparently a good way to propagate roses too (as well as air layering) and they're supposed to be quite hard to propagate...?Shortie
"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter
Comment
Latest Topics
Collapse
Recent Blog Posts
Collapse
Comment