Blueberries (wild or garden) - a plant family of cranberry. Berry delicious and healthy. It is used for the prevention and recovery of lost vision for the normalization of the digestive system. The benefits of blueberries in vitamins and minerals.
Many people are accustomed to the fact that blueberries growing in the woods. Gardening blueberries grown well in suburban areas, begins to bear fruit with 3-5 years.
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How to plant a garden blueberries
Planted in the ground better in the fall - so it is better to take root, the soil must be prepared in advance. Primarily selected blueberry landing place. On the site chosen is the warmest site, but a little shading. Blueberries are not very capricious plant, however, it is demanding on the soil. It is important that the land was sour, that is at least 4-5-Ph. Before planting in the ground, it is necessary to fertilize. A good option - can be mixed with soil and peat, sawdust, then the land compacted and mulching. If the soil was acidic enough, add powdered sulfur. Such planting allows the plant to quickly take root. Topsoil about 10 centimeters, it should consist of sawdust and ground.
It is important that blueberry bushes were planted at the correct distance, at least half a meter apart. If they will grow together, the harvest will be smaller. Many agronomists recommend planting in rows. After all the bushes will be planted in open ground, they should be well watered. Moisture is needed for the growth of power, because the garden blueberries at this moment begins a period of adaptation.
Growing blueberries garden
Blueberries whimsical to the sun, heat and moisture. Although the question may arise as a shrub growing in the forest, in the wild? Garden plant - the culture of demanding and different from the forest. If the shrubs will feel the lack of moisture, it will affect the taste of the fruit and the harvest.
It is important to promptly and properly fed. As organic fertilizer can be used: manure, peat, compost; and minerals such as Potassium-magnesium, superphosphate and others. Organic fertilizer is applied once every two or three years, and preferably in the autumn. It is extremely important to know that the correct cultivation of blueberries does not use chlorine. Fertilizing is carried out carefully, under the very roots of shrubs.
Just looking after the garden blueberries performed timely watering. The soil should be moist enough, but you have to know when to stop. Too wet soil can cause the disease, for example - a root rot.
Reproduction garden blueberries
There are two types of reproduction of garden shrubs: seeds and cuttings.
Seeds reproduce simple, but for a long time. Berry wrinkled, mush is mixed with water. All that emerged - the remnants of berries, dead seeds, drained and then fill with water. This procedure is done, until the water runs clear. Next, extracted from the bottom of the seeds are well dried and planted in the prepared soil. Are planted in open ground after the seedlings will become strong. This selects the place, prepared the soil and does not violate the rules of care for the bushes. If you buy seeds of garden of blueberries, the procedure with the ground is the same. On the bed of seedlings are planted no earlier than one year.
When planting a garden blueberry cuttings, it is necessary to prepare them in the fall. Cut off branches, inserted into the turf and greenhouse film. As soon as the rooting of cuttings, they are transplanted into the ground. Transplant performed only when the root system will develop well.
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