Plants should be set about one-half inch deeper than they were in the container. After replacing the peat and soil mixture into the hole, tamp it lightly to remove air spaces. Unless rain is likely, water the newly set plants. Cut back shoots on large plants to keep them from being blown over by high winds. Nurturing Blueberries are perennial shrubs.
New canes shoot from buds on the old wood each year.
Flower buds are formed the summer before they bloom, and overwinter on the old wood. In blueberries, the culture of the plant is determined by what the leaf of the plants are. Bushes which are growing for the first time after planting are in their first leaf. Blueberries in their second growing season after planting are in the second leaf, and so on. It is the leaf of the plants, and not the actual age, which matters.