Summer-Time Pruning Blueberries | WhiteWash | 6 Macros Fertilizer

THANK YOU! It is now 8 months after watching this video and applying your instructions to pruning my own blueberry bush. WOW! This made a tremendous difference in my blueberry yield! By far there are more blueberries growing on my old blueberry bush than I have ever seen it produce! This is going to be a blueberry filled summer. LOL! I used to prune in the winter as most instructors out there have said to do. I never understood why my blueberry bush never produced as much after pruning. After watching this video I understand now and wonder why so many instructors say to winter prune. Thank you again for your instructional help! It definitely paid off!

Wow! thank you for all of the detailed information. I have yet to hear about being aware of which direction to cut while pruning, until now. I am grateful thank you!

20:35 for the pruning 22:25 for low stems, 25:05 shaping

thank you. great material. i have had a few plants in the soil and this year i moved them to raised bed in order to control the acidity. with your tips i am sure next year i will be getting decent yields!

All the winter pruning videos I've seen so far seem to be located in more northern latitudes where they may be growing a different variety of blueberry. The plants looked markedly different than the varieties available here in So. Cal. The growing conditions were more large scale where the plants were in the ground. Only Spellman of Dave Wilson has promoted summer pruning and for home container planting in So. Cal. it makes sense.

Jan 2023 - This was fascinating, particularly since you are based in LA. I live an hour east of LA, where the temps average 10 d/F higher than LA. I'm going to go through my plants again to make sure nothing is close to the mulch. I used shade cloth to protect the canopy last summer, but I still had leaf damage. I hose-sprayed the plants in the early afternoons to help cool them off. Mine are in containers. I STRONGLY suggest that along with the bottom drainage, there is also side drainage. Not all blueberries keep their fine roots at the top. I had a Summer Sunset last year that I was so proud of. It's growth from a single stem bare root planted Sept 2021 was phenomenal. It was in a half drum, with probably 25 gallons of perfect soil. Last summer, before it was even a year old, all the bottom holes that I drilled became completely filled with tiny roots. Everything was getting extra water because of extremely high heat, plus being water sprayed. The Summer Sunset was looking peaked, so it got more, until I noticed a sour smell and discovered the water wasn't draining. Even drilling large side holes that day so the water poured out didn't save it. When I removed the rotted soil from the plant, I discovered the dozen holes were plugged. All the other pots (11) have a couple one-inch holes drilled in them now. Oh, that side caning from your Sunshine Blue might be a trait of that plant. I have four of these and three have grown side canes up against the edge of the pot. This starts my third year with blueberries. They're not all that easy to tend.

Wow. I have a thirty year old blueberry bush. It is glorious. I have never pruned it! I believe it is a southern high bush, bc it is very tall. Over 6’, but it bends at the ends and looks like a lovely fountain. Kind of like a vase shape. It has grown so well!

I watch this every year now. Thank you.

Thank you, very Educational, have 1/2 dz Blueberries and have done little pruning and now I know what I must do after this Harvest.

I have 4 "over thirty year old" bushes, 2, 3 yr old and a small 1 yr old. I'd get at least 28 quart from the 4. Bought the others in case my older ones died off. I hadn't pruned, but lately have cut out some small growths near the tops. I've used fish emulsion & pine needles - no problems with disease at all. I may get brave and trim more wood. We put 2 car port frames with deer netting over the bushes to keep the catbirds, robins and a few other birds from eating all the berries. Last year I bought 4 bushes "for the birds" to eat from, but area was too wet and only one survived. (in Southern PA)

This was so informative , I needed ALL of this info and understanding the why helps so much . I have a client that has neglected his fruiting plants and trees for years ,and although they are alive they look and perform terrible. You are my secret weapon to transforming his property into the amazing space it has the potential to be. Thank you so much !!!😁

Great video. I didn't know I needed to prune blueberries, thanks to you I now know.

Been watching you for years. Always learn something new. Love your knowledge and purchase the Product.

How about keeping those cuttings and start propagating new blueberry bushes. We've got blueberries up the mountains of Pennsylvania that dad planted years ago. They don't really produce anymore and now I know why. Next summer (may be too late now) I'll be pruning the old hardwood that's probably over twenty years old unless the beavers pruned it for me. Thanks for the information.

Did I spy a rabbit? You have excellent advice thank you for sharing.

I have four blueberry bushes just starting to produce, lots of new growth. Early july here and im going to tip several today with your method. Trying some thornless blackberries also.

My northern high Bush is 7 feet tall 8 feet wide and produces buckets of nickle sized berries. The plants are 15 years old, in the ground with potting soil.

Great instructional video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us viewers!

Wow! So many great tips! Thanks for posting this video! 😊

I live in the northeast my blueberries are doing well, I have acidic soil and I water them almost every day, I use fertilizer , they certainly have grown nicely.