Blue plum origin
There are two main types of blue plums, one is the low shrub, short footed wild, contains more anthocyanins, small particles, and the other is the artificial planting of blue plums, can grow up to 240 centimeters high, the fruits are larger, the flesh is full, and the edible taste is good.
Blue plums are mainly produced in the United States, also known as the United States blue plums, China's wild blue plums are mainly distributed in the Changbai Mountain, Daxing'anling and Xiaoxing'anling forests, Daxing'anling area is more distributed, blue plums fresh fruit 15mm or more price of about 120 yuan per catty, according to the region, the quality of different kinds of prices are also different.
Blue plum growing place
Blue plum in the world have distribution, growing in the climate of cool sunny areas, China's planting areas in Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin Changbai Mountain area, generally distributed in the altitude of 900 meters to 2300 meters in the area, common in coniferous forests, peat bogs, mountain tundra and pasture, but also an important part of the heath scrub.
Blueberry growth characteristics
Blueberry varieties are mainly highbush blueberry, dwarf blueberry and rabbit's-eye blueberry, of which highbush blueberry can be divided into half-highbush blueberry, north highbush blueberry, south highbush blueberry, half-highbush blueberry and shortbush blueberry is slightly cold hardy, planted in the temperate cold regions, north highbush blueberry and part of the half-highbush blueberry is planted in warm temperate zones, the rabbit's-eye blueberry and the south highbush blueberry is planted in the rabbit's eye blueberry and southern highbush blueberry planted in subtropical.
Blue plum growing environment
Blue plum is a fall fruit, usually ripe in mid-July, a small number of early varieties will be on the market in mid- to late-March, continued to June-July, medium-ripening varieties in May-July, late ripening varieties will be even later, greenhouses are usually ripe in April-June, open ground is usually ripe in July-September.
Blue plum it is more cold hardy, can grow in the environment of minus 30 ℃, so the main growth in the cold zone, in our country, Changbai Mountain, Xiaoxing'anling, Daxing'anling forest area are distributed, it likes to grow in the loose, well-drained deep soil layer, growth period needs sufficient sunlight exposure.