Blueberry planting methods and techniques: seedling selection, soil preparation, planting methods, fertilizer management.

A, seedling selection

Planting blueberry trees should be selected when the high yield, less pests and diseases, large fruit varieties, the age of the tree is best more than two or three years, to ensure that the root system is strong and vigorous growth, so that the blueberry seedling can be planted to resume growth more quickly.

Two, configure the soil

Blueberries like loose, breathable, weakly acidic soil, pay attention to the soil used. If it is potted planting, it is recommended to use peat soil, humus, sand for mixed preparation, pots as long as the size is appropriate. If planted in the ground, it is necessary to spread fertilizer and plow the ground first to ensure that the ground is soft and fertile.

Three, planting method

Planting time should be based on the size of the blueberry seedling to dig a suitable pit, and then put the seedling into the pit to ensure that its root system stretched out, and then slowly fill in the soil, mulch compaction of the soil can be. After planting, you need to water the seedlings in time, so that they can absorb enough water, so that the root system and the soil more closely together, to encourage it to resume growth as soon as possible.

Four, fertilizer management

Blueberry like moist environment, drought-resistant, not dry can not be watered, dry to water in time. Spring and fall can be moisturized, summer temperature is high, to increase the appropriate number of watering, but also diligent ventilation. Winter temperatures are low, after the winter watering once in advance of the overwintering water can be. In addition, the peak growing season, but also diligent fertilizer, to ensure that the nutrients are sufficient to do, fertilizer is mainly selected rotted farmyard manure.

Growth habit

Different varieties of blueberries, their fruit size, quality, fruit yield and fruit storage and so on there are great differences. The northern highbush blueberry has large grains and the best fruit quality; the rabbiteye blueberry has medium-large grains. The sugar-acid ratio of mature fruit varies by species, with some sweet, some sour, and some moderately sweet and sour.

Sugar-acid ratio is one of the bases for judging the quality of fruit of blueberry varieties. Fruit maturity, generally speaking, is the highbush blueberry earlier, rabbit-eye blueberry later; highbush blueberry, the northern highbush blueberry to early and late-maturing varieties in the majority; southern highbush blueberry in the late-maturing varieties in the majority.