Vaccinium (corymbosum)
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John M. Englert USDA NRCS - Norman A. Berg National Plant Materials Center Bldg. 509, BARC - East, E. Beaver Dam Road Beltsville, Maryland 20705 (301) 504-8175 (301) 504-8741 (fax) john.englert@wdc.usda.gov http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/mdpmc/ |
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| Family Scientific Name: | Ericaceae | ||
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| Family Common Name: | Heath Family | ||
| Scientific Name: | Vaccinium corymbosum L. | ||
| Common Name: | highbush blueberry | ||
| Species Code: | VACCOR | ||
| Ecotype: | Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, National Capital Parks-East Oxon Run Parkway | ||
| General Distribution: | Nova Scotia to Michigan, south to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Found in swamps, bogs and moist woods. | ||
| Propagation Goal: | plants | ||
| Propagation Method: | vegetative | ||
| ProductType: | Container (plug) | ||
| Stock Type: | Container Cuttings | ||
| Time To Grow: | 3 Years | ||
| Target Specifications: | Root System: fine fibrous roots grow in a defined clump. Roots may not fill deeper pots. Height: 24 to 36" for 2-gallon container plants. | ||
| Propagule Collection: | Cuttings were taken in late June to early July from Oxon Run. | ||
| Propagule Processing: | Softwood stem cuttings. | ||
| Pre-Planting Treatments: | Softwood blueberry cuttings are taken in late June or early July. Cuttings are trimmed to a size that has a node at the bottom of the cutting and several pairs of leaves at the top (each cutting is about 6 inches). They are dipped in a 1:10 solution of Dip n Grow, and stuck in flats of perlite under mist in the greenhouse. | ||
| Establishment Phase: | Cuttings root in a few weeks and are then transplanted to quart containers with a mix of Sunshine Mix #1, fine pine bark chips, Nutricote, and endomycorrhizae. | ||
| Hardening Phase: | Containers are moved outside in late summer-early fall for hardening off and overwintered in a cold storage room. If transplanted cuttings' roots do not fill quarts by fall, containers may be kept in greenhouse through winter and moved to an outdoor shade house the following spring. | ||
| Harvesting, Storage and Shipping: |
Storage Conditions: Quart and half gallon containers are overwintered in a cold storage room at 40F. Larger container plants are overwintered outdoors under microfoam. Dead leaves and debris are removed from containers of dormant plants prior to storage. They are then watered, overlapped on their sides on weed barrier fabric and covered with a blanket of microfoam and white plastic. Rodenticide baits are placed at intervals under the blanket, which is then anchored with rope and rebar. Storage Duration: December to March |
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| Length of Storage: | 4 months | ||
| References: |
Brown, Russell G. and Melvin L. Brown. 1992. Woody Plants of Maryland. Port City Press, Baltimore, MD. Dirr, Michael A. and Charles W. Heuser, Jr. 1987. The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation. Varsity Press, Inc., Athens GA. Gleason, Henry A. and Arthur Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. 2nd. Edition. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY. USDA-NRCS National Plant Materials Center. Woody bed and container nursery plant records. Unpublished. |
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Citation:
Davis, Kathy; King, Brandy; Kujawski, Jen. 2003. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Vaccinium corymbosum L. plants Container Cuttings; USDA NRCS - Norman A. Berg National Plant Materials Center Beltsville, Maryland. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/04/18). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.
