Hilde: Wait? Why would you wait? We are long past the ideal time to set dormant blueberry plants in the ground even in zone 5, which would be about mid-April. Here on the northern edge of zone 7, I plant mine in mid-March. Blueberries are not particularly cold sensitive, and can take night temperatures down to slightly below 30 F with no damage at all. Below 25 F there could be some damage. The principal problem you are facing now is possible transplant shock, and the risk grows with each passing day. Blueberries are easy to transplant during the dormant season, but the success rate declines dramatically when the are in periods of active growth. Yours are in active growth in those buckets, and unless you can get them in with minimal disturbance of the roots and the soil around them, they will suffer quite a setback. They may recover and grow on, but if they don't you will know why. I think Raintrees pruning recommendation is excessive, but pruning them some when you set them in the ground could help to lessen the shock of leaving their buckets when they are at this advanced state of development. Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA

If you are talking about the branch that I mentioned I would prune I would dust the cut. I've used Rootone w/fungicide in the past and it's fine. I actually keep old Rootone. Even though the rooting hormones have expired the fungicide is still effective. I'd go with the Rootone before cinnamon but have seen cinnamon used as a fungicide and it smells nice : ) I don't use a fungicide on the very small roots that I cut but do dust almost all cut stems. I figure better safe then sorry, especially with the humidity here. Nothing seems to dry out except soil! lol I use B1 and/or Superthrive on all new plants, when I transplant or during any time of stress. It helps prevent or at least lessen shock. I would definitely slowly acclimate it to full sun. A bit of shock isn't a concern, just keep your eye on it and make sure the stems aren't soft and you should see new growth fairly soon.

Well, you're losing your cool now! LOL. Look, if you want to go on a crusade to stop plant people using the term "healing" - be my guest. Good luck with that. I personally have always been on a crusade against unnecessary scientific pedantism. (which is very different from necessary scientific pedantism) I never said you were "incorrect" - I guess you took it that way. I just pointed out the layman's definition might never be scientifically correct, but that doesn't make it invalid in the context of normal home gardening activities. You and anyone else insisting on this distinction is confusing spatial displacement with functional replacement. Sure, the dead bark of an injured plant is never physically replaced at those exact coordinates in space-time. But the function it served is completely resumed by other, living tissue, and the organism can in many cases go on living as though nothing had happened. You're making the argument for: "The (?), idea that two [completely] different processes, two [completely] different meanings" - which is not the case at all. Healing: it's a physiological response that allows an organism to keep living. Simple as that.

if you want my thoughts.. a pic would really help .... need to see location in relation to everything around it ... imo .. un-named versions of these things are beasts ... and if you dont beat them back into some favorable fiorm ... they tend to have world domination goals ... so i would think.. pruning is in your future ... unless you simply have space fro said beast ... ken just scroll down.. and see the yard eaters .... https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffcm&q=Cotinus+coggryia&iax=images&ia=images there are dwarf versions.. but you dont mention thats what you have ... but even those can become dwarf beasts ... lol ...