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  1. Margarita Kolonkova, Omsk

    We have acidic soil in our area. I heard that large-fruited cranberries can grow in such a place: I saw it on sale. Can you tell me how to take care of her?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      To grow cranberries on ordinary soil, you need to prepare a bed with a special substrate. But if your soil is already acidic, you need to add sphagnum and horseback peat (5 parts), coarse sand and sawdust (one part each). The pH reaction should be between 4 and 5.

      Cranberry seedlings are planted according to the scheme 25 × 25 cm, then the plantings are watered and later constantly maintain high soil moisture. Manure and compost are not put under cranberries. But annually this plant is fed with small doses of fertilizers: at the end of April, ammonium sulfate (3-4 g), double superphosphate (6 g) and potassium sulfate (3-4 g) per 1 m2.
      Although cranberries love moisture, there should be no stagnant water in the root zone. Watering is carried out with acidified water, otherwise the plant will cease to bear fruit. You can acidify water with apple cider vinegar at the rate of 100 ml per 10 liters of water.
      Large-fruited cranberries are resistant to sub-zero temperatures and comfortably survive frosts under snow. But it is better to mulch young plantings with wood chips or bark of conifers, pine litter, and for the winter the plants are covered with coniferous spruce branches.

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