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Originally Posted by stevelau1911
Has anyone ever taken blueberry cuttings and rooted them over the winter successfully before?
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Temperature is key. I have done it in the early spring in a mist bed with bottom heat. For southern blueberries, I use 70F bottom heat. For northern blueberries, 60F should work.
Soil pH controls how plants receive nutrients in the roots. At an given pH, certain minerals will be chemically less bound and others will be more bound (limited or no availability to plant). If you are feeding your plants in the proportion of nutrients they prefer, then a pH that is off but not extreme can be ok. Southern blueberries prefer a mildly acidic soil near 6.0 like their relatives azaleas. Northern blueberries function much better near 5.0.
Here is a chart showing the effect of pH on nutrient availability. Note the decimal points are missing on the bottom left axis. For example, the first number should read 4.0, not 40.
