How to prune blueberry bushes?
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look at the base for the oldest 'trunk' - they will look kind of ragged, the bark may be peeling. remove one in five at the ground level, and spray the cut area with a little dilute bleach.
then, remove any dead wood, and any branches that are rubbing up against one another.
a blueberry 'will' get taller than you, but you can prune 1/4 of the branches back each year, until they're under control again.
I prefer to prune when things are dormant if I can (some things, like lilacs, must be pruned immediately after flowering has stopped...) and usually find a nice January day to prep mine for the coming year.