Blueberry Blouquer, landing and care

Growing garden berries is an excellent idea for experienced or only novice gardeners. Recently, blueberries are increasingly appearing on our sites, ceased to be exotic. And not in vain, this plant is not only beautiful, but also gives a wonderful harvest of useful berries.

General characteristics of blueberries, its types and varieties

Blueberry is the name of the plant and berries, which refers to the family of heather. The birthplace of this type of plant is North America. It is here, at the border areas of the Canadian territory (New Scotland, Ontario) and some States of America (South Carolina, Wisconsin, Alabama), this wonderful berry is growing. These places are considered the natural range of this species. On the territory of Europe, blueberries can grow in the northern territories, as the land suitable for it is swampy places and thick forests.

The varietal blueberries began to grow only since 1908 in the United States. After that, these types of berries spread everywhere, new varieties have become shown, more resistant to different climates and soils.

In our territory, many still consider blueberry forest berries, but in recent times it can be met in the country's dacha and in the gardens. Due to the presence of many species and hybrid varieties, this plant has become more unpretentious, is great for obtaining a large harvest of berries, as well as for the decor of the garden plot.

Three varieties can be attributed to blueberries.

• Tall blueberry. One of the youngest varieties. The beginning of her cultivation refers to the 20th century. The first was brought to the United States. A distinctive feature of this species is considered quite high bushes, which is understandable from the name. Very often, the blueberries are confused with blueberries, because translated from English Blueberry means both blueberries and blueberries. This type of blueberries is great for our territory, therefore it is considered the most common. It has several productive varieties: Blueberries Blower, Patriot, Blouyold, Nelson, Chandler, Elizabeth and others.
• Blueberry ordinary is another kind of blueberry, which has a lot of titles: marsh, low-speed, coat. Forms thick thickets of medium height shrubs (40-100 cm) on the swamps and dense thickets of the forest.
• Blueberry is narrowly - this species over time is also gaining its popularity among gardeners. The birthplace of this type of blueberry is Canada. Differs unpretentiousness and frost resistance.

It should be noted that the type of blueberry is the most cultivated on the territory of Russia, which brought many varieties bringing a large harvest.

Blueberry Description Blueberry

One of the most popular and preferred varieties for landing in garden sites is a hybrid variety of blueberry tall blossom. This variety was led in the United States in 1941. And now is the main industrial berry, which is grown on most of the plantations of blueberries.

Peculiarities:

• Blueberry shrubs Blueberry has a high increase - reach 1.5-2.5 cm, the width can also grow to 2 meters.
• It has a high level of yield, can give up to 9 kg of berries from one bush, it all depends on the age of the plant.
• Fruits begin to ripen in early August.
• Blueberry Blueberry bush grow rapidly and develops easily, branches grow vertically up.
• Leaves are large enough, bright green. Thanks to them, the plant can serve as an excellent decoration of the garden or plot.
• Berries also have large sizes, up to 2 cm, which are assembled into oblong blurces.
• Fruits slightly flashed, inside greenish with colorless juice. The skin is durable and elastic.
• For the appearance of berries on the bushes, Blueberry Furnivants are not required, since all hybrid varieties of tall American blueberries can self-poll. Non hybrid varieties also have such a feature, but if there is an area of \u200b\u200bhives or other blooming plants on the site of the hives with bees or other blooming plants.
• Prefer with acidic soil, so it is advisable to climb the landing site before planting.

Photo Gallery Blueberry Blushrop

Visually see the external features of this plant can be in the photo Blueberry Blueberry.

Appearance of berries

Blueberry blossom Blueberry

Application in garden sites

Big crop

Blueberry breeding Blueberry

Tall blueberries breeds in several ways: seeds, cuttings and gods.

• Seeds. This method is not popular, as it is the longest. A normal and strong seedling can give a harvest only for 5 years of life. Before sowing seeds, it is necessary to soak and put on the substrate. After the appearance of several leaves, you can transplant in the pot.

• Digging. This is the easiest way to breed blueberries. The bush branches are fitted to the ground and fall asleep with the prepared substrate. From the maternal bush, the tank can be separated on the next spring.

• Cuttings. This is the most common breeding method and most often used. The cuttings must be prepared in advance, usually late in autumn or in winter. After that, they must be wrapped and stored in a cool place. In the middle of spring, the cuttings get and cut into several (25 cm), then placed in the substrate and covered with a film. In mid-August, the film can be removed.

Preparation before landing: selection of seedlings and places

An important component of obtaining healthy plants with great yield is thorough preparation. This stage includes the choice of high-quality and healthy seedlings, as well as the preparation of a place for landing.

Choosing Saplings Blueberry Blocher

Initially, it is necessary to pick up suitable seedlings. For the landing, it is better to use 2-year or 3-year-old seedlings, which already have an increase of up to 30-35 cm. If you don't have an adult bush, contact professional gardeners or nurseries. So you will be sure that you buy blueberry variety Bluebroke. Buying in the bazaar with the hands is very risky, as you do not get any guarantee as seedlings.

Before landing, you must check all seedlings, remove them from the container and deploy a neat root system.

Selection of places for landing

It is important to pay enough attention to choosing a suitable place for landing blueberries.

Choose well-lit plots, but not on the sun itself. Blueberry bushes need a light shadow, because they come from the forest, and there is no bright sun. The place must be protected from strong cold winds.

Surveys of groundwater should not be too deep. Blueberry - a plant moisthed, and its roots are not deep, therefore the optimal distance of soil waters is 60 cm.

Selecting the place, it is also necessary to take into account which plant here was before. If the previous inhabitant of the selected place required limety feeding, the blueberry will not grow here.

It is impossible to plant a blueberry with a tall blossom of Namaum, in advance not taking care of the soil composition. In the cultivation of garden blueberries, the structure of the soil and its composition is of great importance. The native habitat of this plant is a forest, therefore the soil when landing should be similar to the forest. The combination of peat and sand will make the soil light and suitable for landing. Pay attention to the acidity. Blueberries prefers to grow in the ground with an acidity of 3.5-5.0. If you have a black membrane or a sublink, be sure to carry out the soil oxidation procedure. To do this, you can shed a landing site with acetic or malic acid.

For similarity with the natural habitat, you can add to the soil of sawdust, the bark of trees that fell foliage.

Features of the landing process Blueberry Bluekrop

The process of planting blueberries Blukhrop is not as folded as it can show at first glance. If you are carefully prepared, the landing itself will go smoothly, with the result that you will get a healthy plant.

Usually, correctly planted blueberries gives a harvest for the third year.

Blueberry landing process:

• The best time for landing is autumn or mid spring. But specialists still recommend landing in the spring so that the plant is prepared for frost.
• Before boarding, get seedlings from containers and straighten the root system.

• Then prepare a special excavation mixture - the composition of peat, sand, forest land. You can add wood sawdust or bark. All this needs to be mixed to obtain suitable soil for blueberry growth.

• The distance between the bushes of tall blueberries should be quite large - up to 1.5 meters. Between the rows also do not spare the place, because in a couple of years, the bushes will grow and can come true.
• Before preparing the landing well, it is necessary to dig a hole with dimensions to one meter. Depends on the root system of the bush.
• On the bottom of the pit, place drainage (15-20 cm), consisting of finely broken bricks or rubble.
• Then the prepared land is falling asleep. To enhance the oxidation process, you can add sulfur. Also welcome to the Earth conifers, which will contribute to maintaining the acidity of the Earth.

• When landing a seedling, remember, it needs to be deeper than it grew up in a container.
• After landing, you will definitely break the plant and pour the mulch - a mixture of sawdust, wood crust and needles.

Blueberry Bowlock Care

Growing blueberries Bluchrop does not require special efforts. But to grow a healthy and strong plant and soon get a big harvest, it is necessary to provide the right care to the plant.

• At first, after landing, a rich watering is necessary.
• Permanent beaming in order to remove weeds. This contributes to the saturation of soil by oxygen.
• Swimming. Helps open access to oxygen into the soil. This process should be taken carefully so as not to damage closely adjacent to the root surface.
• Permanent mulching. Blueberry is a moisture-loving plant. To avoid excessive evaporation of the fluid, periodically slut the mulch - a mixture of sawdust, wood crust and needles.
• Feeding Blueberry is not feeding with organic fertilizer. Fertilizer for her pick up carefully so as not to deoxide the soil. Nitrogen, phosphorus and boron are applied standard. Watch out for the plant to understand what fertilizer it needs: Nitrogen - growth slows down, the leaves become yellowish; phosphorus - leaves acquire a purple shade; Potassium - fade the tips of the leaves, the tops of the shoots are black. After landing, it is necessary to make a comprehensive, twice. Then stealing twice a year: in April and June. You can use fertilizers suitable for all heather (for example, rhododendrons).
• A mandatory element of blueberry care is its trimming. It is usually held for 4 years of bush. It is done to increase the harvest, because, if you do not cut, the berries gradually mince and their taste changes. Old bushes are also cropped. In this case, the branches are cut almost completely.

• The plant must be stolen for the winter so that it does not die. It is impossible to use a polyethylene film - a plant may die. Before the shelter, the branches must be hung over the ground and consolidate them, then to cover the cheese tightly. Blueberry is covered in the middle of autumn and opens after the snow.

Major diseases and pests, fighting them

A feature of growing blueberries Blueburope in the middle lane of Russia is its resistance to pests and diseases. However, plants still may be subjected to pests and diseases. Consider some of them.

• Mummifying berries. The mushroom is caused, which is able to hit all the plant, from shoots to berries. It is possible to treat the plant with the help of fungicides.
• Gray rot. Most often can affect the ripe fruit on which the gun appears - fungus. This disease is susceptible to plants that are unnecessarily fed by nitrogen or launched in a weeding plan.
• Stem cancer. Caused by the mushroom causative agent. This disease is one of the most dangerous. At the beginning, the shoots appear small specks, which gradually grow up and merge into one, completely hitting the plant. Measure struggle - processing of fungicides, moderate watering and feeding.
• Kindle tick. This pest is not visible to the naked eye. They suck the juices of plants, as well as carriers of plant diseases. It is applied nitrafen and vitrios to combat them.
• TLL (red and black). Amazes all parts of the plant, while laying out a lot of eggs. With the appearance of Tly, the leaves and shoots are yellow and faded. To combat aphids, a spraying actor is used, spark.

Useful properties of blueberries

No one secret is that blueberries have stunning properties. It is just a folding of a variety of vitamins and useful elements.

• It is not an allergenic berry.
• It has an anti-inflammatory effect.
• Promote the suppression of allergic reactions to drugs.
• Restore the elasticity of vessels.
• Large content of ascorbic acid, vitamins PP, P, C, A; Mineral complex - phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, silicon, sodium, iron.
• Improves metabolism in the body.
• With constant use of blueberries, the process of aging stops (proved scientific).

Growing blueberries on their soda sites is no longer exotic. And makes it possible to get a beautiful plant that gives a large harvest of healing berries.