Blueberry... help plz

[Betty123]

Hi all can someone help please ...Our blueberry bush hadn’t flowered this year but instead has produced long green katkin shapped buds.... any ideas as to what’s happening ??

[cheops]

This cannot be your blueberries doing this. Try and trace the catkin bearing stem down to the soil level and pull it to see if it is indeed your blueberry plant or another plant altogether. Did you support your blueberries last year with twigs by any chance?

[nickdub]

Hi all can someone help please ...Our blueberry bush hadn’t flowered this year but instead has produced long green katkin shapped buds.... any ideas as to what’s happening ??

Likely answer already supplied by Cheops, but if you're still unsure try posting a photo if you can, and we'll have a go at identifying the catkins :-)

[lottie dolly]

very strange indeed,how is is it grown,in the ground or pot,and what what compost,i also agree with it NOT being the blueberry,you could also wait and see what emerges,by catnin shape do you mean,long and thin,is it solid or fury.

[Betty123]

blueberry bush weird buds!!!

thank you all......
Im pretty sure its my Blueberry as I pruned it last year
its supported with bamboo canes
in a large pit with compost
its about 6 ft tall
the green buds aren't fluffy

Heres a photo of the bush if anyone can shed any light on it?? thanks

[Betty123]

thanks Lottie they are green and like a come as in have groves in the ive posted a photo below

[Betty123]

Thanks you ive posted a photo in the hope someone can help as Im confused lol

[Betty123]

Thank you.... if definitely from the main stem on the blueberry its about 6ft tall now and ive had it for about 4 years, thou its never produced these things.
its supported with bamboo canes, ive posted a photo for you to have a look at.

[Penellype]

That isn't a blueberry - the leaves are wrong. It looks like a birch tree:



This is a blueberry:



The leaves are quite different.

[Greenleaves]

Doesnt look like a blueberry to me, I agree with Penellype

[nickdub]

I agree with the others - I'm sure its not a blueberry - looks like its a type of Alder to me.

[Kirk]

That is not a blueberry, catkins shouldn't be there and the leaf is not a blueberry.
At a guess sometime late last year a squirrel has dug a hole and deposited a small nut/seed of some sort in the pot and it has grown up amongst the stems and so appears to be part of the blueberry.

Would like to see a photo of the whole bush, just have a feeling you are growing something that is not a blueberry in any part and that through whatever reason the blueberry has died and the "whatever" has took over residence.

How much did you prune last time?

[Bex2012]

Looks like a silver birch to me. Definitely not a blueberry!!!

[lottie dolly]

Defo NOT a blue berry,as others have said,wrong leaves,other than that no idea.

[Betty123]

Hi all lol I’ve looked closer and I can see there are 2 swowrate strems coming out of the pot the small one is the blue berry and the large one is a tree as you all suggest a birch I think ... we do have squirrels so mister solved!
I’ve been pruning a birch tree ... as I thought my blueberry wasn’t fruiting ....
novice strikes �� thank you all for solving it!