Growing blueberries in the garden - planting and varieties
How to grow blueberries
On my site blueberry I grow 15 years and now in my collection almost 20 kut blueberries of different varieties.
The land on my plot is loamy.
And since the roots of the blueberry penetrate into the soil is shallow, before planting under each bush brought in half a mug of coniferous litter and a handful of complex fertilizer, mixed well, passed from the pots seedlings, abundantly watered.
On top of that, it was covered with the same coniferous fall. During the summer I watched that the soil did not dry out.
At first, no special fertilizing was not fond of, only slightly acidified the soil with vinegar. Saplings well went into growth.
Autumn well covered the roots with litter. But when she arrived in the spring, she was very upset: all the bushes were gnawed by hares at the same level - to the height of the snow cover.
Over the summer, the plantations recovered slightly. To keep them intact, for the winter she wore potato mesh, pre-tied the bushes with a rope. In the lower part, lapnik was laid. In the spring, the grid was removed as early as possible, so as not to squander the awakened buds.
Subsequently, caring for blueberries became not burdensome: top dressing, watering, shelter and a pleasant moment - harvesting.
She fed bushes with special fertilizer for blueberries, conifers, hydrangeas. For watering, I laid a thick plastic hose along each row, drilled holes with a drill, and in the end I hammered it with a wooden cork. Connected to the water supply and from time to time I turn on the watering. For acidification, sometimes I use vinegar, pour apple extracts under the bushes, in case of case - a layer of sawdust. And for the winter - a bucket and more coniferous litter.
I planted the princess in the aisles. She grew well and gave a harvest of delicious berries. But a problem arose: it was so overgrown with an ineradicable dandelion that I did not have time to fight it. In the winter of 2011-12. The princess was almost all gone (and, as it turned out, not only for me).
Somehow brought some bilberries from the forest. They took root and even berries. She also planted lingonberries, it is very pleasant to regale her berries in autumn.
Grandchildren really love blueberries, and I use this love in my own interests. Do you want a good harvest next year?
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Then for the bags, for the wheelbarrow - and into the forest for the harvesting of forest litter. Enough for blueberries, and for my favorite magnolias and hydrangeas.
Collect all the berries they do not have the patience, so after their departure I collect the remaining ones and put them in the freezer.
The berries of blueberries ripen non-simultaneously, so the pleasure stretches almost to the cold. I have varieties of different maturation periods. Very like Blucrop is mid-season, winter-hardy. Patriot - with large, slightly flattened berries. Toro, Northland, Rankokas, River, Darrow - Each variety is interesting in its own way.
This year a familiar farmer, whose plot is in the forest, complained that the jays occupied his bushes and nothing scares them.
I also noticed their presence on my blueberry. To save the harvest, I decided to use a long and wide green mesh, which is hung at home during repair (during strawberry ripening I sometimes pull this over the plants).
From two short sides, high pipes were hammered, they pulled on a rope and threw a net through it.
One long side was fixed on the roof of the greenhouse, the second - on the opposite side on a low fence. On the end sides freely lowered the edges of the grid so that you can enter the "house".
This season also prepared the bushes for the winter in advance. The short one pulled the ropes off and, like in previous years, she put on a net.
And on the grown plants the length of the nets was not enough. But I found a way out: a fine fine-mesh plastic mesh cut into pieces about 1,20 m long and they pulled the bushes. With the same nets wrapped columnar apple trees.
Now they are all reliably protected from raids.
Author: Т.Леденева
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They planted blueberries: it seems that we are doing everything right, but for some reason the bushes do not grow ... What is the reason?
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Perhaps you planted blueberries on a site where potatoes or other vegetables grew. The "correct" predecessors for blueberry are only perennial grasses (and only those areas where fertilizers were not applied for five years). The reason may be in the wrong landing. Often gardeners try to buy a bush with a large number of branches and in a smaller pot, to make it easier to carry. The roots of such a seedling are densely woven and wrapped inside. Before planting, the pot with the plant should be put in water, after 10-15 minutes, reach and separate the roots, split and spread in the pit horizontally. They themselves are not able to turn around in the soil, the root system does not grow. As a result, the plant will die after some time.
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In the Central Siberian Botanical Gardens, varieties that can be successfully grown in the middle lane are bred:
Blue placer, Marvelous, Elegant, Ixin, Nectar, Taiga beauty, Shegarskaya, Yurkovskaya. You need to buy 2-3 grades. You can add plants brought from the forest to them - pollination will immediately improve.
Plants need good drainage and peaty soil, better light with an admixture of sand and high humus content. Blueberries are usually planted in the spring, but it is possible in the early fall (if the bushes are with a closed root system). Before planting, dig the soil into 2-2,5 bayonets, add humus and peat (8-10 kg per 1 m2), and in the lower layers of the soil - complete mineral fertilizer, such as aquarin (60-80 g per 1 m2).
Plant blueberries in one row along the southern fence. The distance between the landing holes must be 120-130 cm. Then it is immediately milled with a layer of peat or sawdust (8-10 cm), which acidifies the soil, retains moisture, reduces fluctuations in soil temperature and promotes the development of good roots in the first year.
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A lot of blueberries grow in our forests. And can you grow it on your site? What sorts of advice?