Blueberries grow in nature in marshy areas, on peatlands, it can be found in Europe, the Far East in Russia, Japan, North America. She was cultivated and pleased gardeners. Blueberries garden or tall in height reaches from 120 to 250 cm, the bushes can be compact or sprawling. The berries are large, their diameter is from 1.6 to 3 cm, with a sweet and sour taste.
To take root garden blueberry
Planting and caring for blueberries requires the right choice of soil. Its acidity should be pH 4.3-4.8. The earth should be moderately fertilized and contain nutrients. For seedlings, select areas that well illuminate the sun and do not blow wind. Prepare a "well" - a hole with a depth of forty to fifty centimeters. Its diameter should be 100-120 cm. If the soil needs to be fertilized, horse peat should be added to it . It should not be sour. It is recommended to mix with sand in a ratio of three to one. To give the soil the right acidity, you can add soil taken from pine forest into it.
How to plant a garden blueberry
Experienced summer residents who will be able to get a harvest of its delicious and healthy berries on their site will tell about this. The bush propagates with two to three year old seedlings. If the root system is closed, it is freed from the container. The soil around the young plant is mulched. For this purpose, pine sawdust is suitable. Their layer should be from eight to ten cm. In order for the garden blueberry to develop correctly, the following are necessary for planting and care. Seedlings are arranged in rows, between which a distance of two and a half meters should be observed. To give the soil the right acidity in spring or autumn, it is showered around the plants with colloidal sulfur.
Humidity mode
In order to create favorable conditions at the summer cottage, which garden blueberries require, the cultivation of berry shrubs must be accompanied by compliance with the water regime. A plant used to marshland is very demanding on moisture. Its root system is not deep in the soil. Therefore, you must always monitor its condition, the earth should be moist. But at the same time, an excess of water should be avoided. It will serve as a barrier to the penetration of air into the soil, and then the garden blueberry will die. Planting and plant care include fertilizing. For a young plant, nitrogen is very important. Ammonium sulfate is added to the soil in spring , at the rate of 35-40 g per bush. Since the plant often suffers from a lack of certain elements, potassium sulfate is added to the soil . You can not feed blueberries with organic fertilizers, such as manure or ash. The berry bush is frost - resistant. But if in your region the winter is very cold and the temperature drops below 20-25 °, then you need to cover the plantings. For this, film, fabric and other covering material are suitable.
Like many other shrubs and some herbaceous plants, pruning and gardening blueberries are required. Planting and care is carried out in the spring. Old shoots that have already been fruiting are removed, young, new ones remain. So the key to a good future crop is laid.