Blueberry is a tasty and very healthy blue-gray berry growing on pretty shrubs, which with their originality can always decorate and refresh the garden area. Many have heard about the wonderful taste and medicinal qualities of blueberries, but not everyone knows that growing it in their own garden is quite simple and inexpensive.
This berry is a storehouse of various antioxidants and vitamins: it improves vision, metabolism, counteracts the proliferation of cancer cells, helps to preserve youth - and these are just a few of the benefits. You can get delicious juice from blueberries, make jam, preserves, compote, and fresh blueberries are often used in various desserts.
Features of seedlings with a closed root system
Blueberry seedlings do not provide for special care and complex transplantation. The only thing is that this berry doesn't really like a lot of moisture. It can be planted not only at the end of spring, but also in the middle of summer. This is precisely the advantage of seedlings with a closed root system.
Storage of seedlings in a container can take up to several months, during which you can always decide on a place for transplanting and carry out preliminary preparation. Immediately before shipment, the soil in the container must be moistened, and delivery is carried out in a sealed package, which will cost only a little more, but can provide a guaranteed result.
Landing place
Blueberry seedlings, like blueberries, are quite sensitive to the Ph-level of the soil. Planting them in acidic peat with ph 3.0-4.0 or in acidic soil is considered an ideal option. In addition, seedlings can grow well in sandy soil, in peat bogs, as well as in a mixed soil of peat, bark, leaves and sand.
The largest yield can be obtained from shrubs planted in dry, open areas. Blossoming of blueberry seedlings can be observed in the month of May, and fruit ripening usually occurs from July to September.
Purchase and drop-off
Blueberry seedlings can be bought in bulk in a container with soil. At the same time, they can be both one-year-old and 2- or 3-year-olds, which can greatly simplify the transplantation process. To do this, they just need to be placed in a hole 50x50x50 cm in size with a special soil ph 3.0-4.0 and then sprinkled with a layer of 10-15 cm from coniferous needles or pine bark.
It is better to plant seedlings of this berry nearby, especially since it is represented by a variety of varieties. Gardeners have long noticed that with a greater neighborhood of varieties, the very ray is obtained
