TOP 4 tips for growing cranberries from a novice summer resident
Hello dear friends! Gardeners and gardeners, professionals, amateurs and beginners! I started gardening relatively recently, and my own summer cottage appeared in our property just a couple of years ago. Friends and acquaintances at first laughed at my hobby, and now they are happy to devour the fruits of my efforts and the gifts of our little dacha. I have a lot of plantings, I have grown something from seeds and seeds, bought something in markets and shops. But my biggest pride and decoration of my site is the beauty of cranberries! Growing cranberries is a very interesting process! I'll tell you about this today. Garden cranberry tolerates cold very hard, is not whimsical to care for, and its berries are very large and tart in taste. Cranberries are distinguished by an annual bountiful harvest; with proper care, they are a real treasure for gardeners. Cranberries are good for both large and small areas, the main thing is to follow some rules.
Rule number one when growing garden cranberries: almost all gardeners and gardeners are convinced that a favorable habitat for cranberries is a swampy area, so they try to plant them in the shade and provide them with high humidity. Dear friends, I can confidently say that you are making a huge mistake! In swamps, cranberries grow in elevated, sunlit areas. Cranberries that have not received enough heat and light will not bear fruit! Watering when caring for cranberries should be moderate.
The second rule: cranberry babies (seedlings) should be purchased with well-closed roots and planted with a lump of earth in shallow holes (10-12 cm). Saplings should be planted at a distance of 20-30 cm from each other.
Rule number three: garden cranberries do not tolerate strong winds, so we need to protect them as much as possible from the enemy. We should plant the berries in the immediate vicinity of other trees and shrubs, but we should not shade the cranberry too much, I wrote about this above, cranberries adore sunlight.
The fourth and in my opinion the most important rule is the choice of soil for growing cranberries on the site. The ground should be well dug, with the addition of peat and sand. The sand and peat will allow the cranberry roots to receive an additional portion of oxygen, which will contribute to a good harvest.
Dear friends, following these simple tips and rules for growing cranberries, you will get a rich harvest of cranberries and great pleasure from caring for it!
