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  • Varieties of blueberries

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    Early ripening

    Blisters - very hardy, abundant fruit, berries of high quality. Woodart enters early in the period of fruiting and yields good harvests.

    Delight produces large, rounded, slightly flattened blue berries with a bluish bloom. Erliblu among gardeners is known as the Early Blue. The berries are large and very large, ripen quite amicably.

    Medium-ripened

    Concord - shrubs of medium height, up to 1.8 m in height, spreading, dense.

    Rankokas is one of the oldest varieties. Shrubs in the height of 1.2-1.6 m. Requires an annual intensive clarifying pruning, thanks to which fructifies regularly and gives high yields.

    The Teafly has long, but rare brushes;berries are small, dense;taste sweet and sour, fragrant.

    Late ripening

    Berkeley - sprawling, up to 1.8 m tall. Compared with other varieties, less wintering. The berries are large, fragrant, do not crumble and do not crack.

    Herbert is considered one of the best varieties for amateur growing. It has good winter hardiness and is abundant in fruit bearing.

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    Covill is fairly wintery. The berries are large, have a wonderful aroma and dessert taste.

    Care: several times a season shallow ripping( no more than 8 cm).Particular attention should be paid to the moisture content of the soil, in no case allowing neither flooding, nor drying out. To prevent the loss of soil moisture, mulching is carried out by sawdust of coniferous trees, oak leaves or peat with a layer of 10-12 cm.

    Mulch is replenished every 2-3 years.2 weeks after planting, the first top dressing with nitrogen, phosphoric and potassium fertilizers is carried out in the ratio 1: 2: 1

    Planting blueberries

    at a rate of 15-20 grams per bush, and after fertilization is abundantly watered. In the second and subsequent years after planting, the rats are carried twice in the season - in April and June, and every year until the age of 6, the fertilizer dose is doubled. The most useful as an organic fertilizer is considered to be decomposed manure. Doses of its application depend on the content of humus in the soil: the smaller it is, the higher the vine.

    You can not ignore the pruning and formation of bushes - constant pruning rejuvenates the plant and guarantees a stable harvest of ghd. Bushes do not touch only the first 3 years after planting.

    Do not plant shrubs of this crop in places with excessive moisture. Gray rot affects branches, flowers and fruits. The spread of infection contributes to wet weather. It is recommended spraying with aurapen: the first - before flowering, then every 7-10 days until the end of flowering.

    Harvest: , depending on the variety, blueberries can be harvested from the end of July to August.

    Usage: blueberry berries are consumed fresh, they have a characteristic fresh taste, blueberries are made from juices, jelly, compotes, jam, jujube and jam. Colorants during processing give the workpiece a beautiful dark blue color.

    Very often blueberry berries are used for freezing. Pretty widely and diversely use them in cooking.