Blueberries from your own garden taste delicious and aromatic. In addition, they are always available fresh during the harvest season. However, the annoying question when growing blueberries is: Which type of blueberry should I plant?
Which blueberry is ideal for the garden?
Since wild blueberries cannot cope with the soil conditions in the garden, you should usecultivated blueberries for growing blueberries. When selecting cultivated blueberry varieties, the location, yield, height and, last but not least, berry size are important selection criteria.
Which cultivated blueberry varieties are particularly popular?
Blueberries for the garden are cultivated blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum). There are around 100 varieties of these cultivated blueberries. Themost popular garden blueberriesinclude thevarieties:
- Bluecorp
- Bluejay
- Elisabeth
- Gold Grape
- Heerma
- Poppins
What should you pay attention to when planting blueberries?
When planting blueberries, the right soil is essential. Since the blueberry bush prefers a slightly acidic garden soil, you should fill the planting hole withRhododendron soil. You should also pay attention to the planting distance so that each berry bush gets enough sun.
Are blueberries hardy in the garden?
Garden blueberries are hardy. Depending on the variety, they can tolerate temperatures up to-20 or -35 degrees Celsius. However, caution is advised with young bushes. These should be covered with brushwood in winter.
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High-yielding blueberry varieties for the garden
The varieties “Berkeley”, “Bluecorp”, “Duke”, “Heerma”, “Poppins”, “Reka” and “Spartan” are particularly productive. Good yields are achieved with the varieties “Blue Dessert”, “Bluejay”, “Goldtraube”, “Kosmopolitan” and “Patriot”. In general, you can increase yields by growing different types of blueberries in the garden.
