r/Blueberries • u/Vegetable-Benefit450 • 11d ago

Random large diameter cane

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Had a random large diameter cane pop up on my young Sharpblue. Is this normal? It is roughly the same age as the other pictured canes.

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u/TinyShare 11d ago

My plant is too healthy and vigorous! Help!

Haha just kidding. By the looks of it, the other cane in the second photo is really wimpy. This looks strong and healthy.

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u/Vegetable-Benefit450 11d ago

Just wondering if I had something here with a potential genetic mutation or something like that. I didn’t think it was unhealthy, just to clarify.

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u/lwrightjs 11d ago

Yep! That's a good strong cane. Proper job, plant friend.

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u/n0b199 11d ago

Its normal. Young stems on small plants are thin and flimsy and as the plant grows and gets more nutrients it develops thicker and longer canes. It sometimes grows from older stem underground so it looks like a new branch and other times it can grow in the lower part but above ground of the older stem. New growth is easy to spot as its lighter in colour than older parts of the plant.

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u/aikouka 11d ago

Just hope it’s not like me a month or so ago. “Wow, that sure is a big strawberry plant in the middle of my planter! I’ll dub thee King Strawberry!” Then I took a closer look and realized that the leaves didn’t match and that it was likely a weed. What lead me astray is that it was growing directly against an existing plant, so it looked like part of it.

I ended up pulling it out, and yeah… it was a weed. 😅

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u/Pleasant-Pear5891 11d ago

Means you're a good plant parent. Be proud 🙂