Growing blueberries on the balcony: one little trick makes the fruit set in clusters bigger than ping-pong balls

Blueberry fruits contain a large amount of anthocyanins, which help prevent brain nerve aging, protect eyesight and strengthen the heart, and they taste fragrant, sweet and tart. They are one of the healthiest fruits recommended by health organizations. A small box of blueberries is very expensive, so you can grow a pot on the balcony. The flowers are beautiful, and you can eat the fruit too. Super happy!

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Growing blueberries on the balcony

To grow blueberries on the balcony, use small seedlings. Seeds and the like are not recommended. First, the cycle from seedling to flowering and fruiting is too long. Second, it is very easy to buy fake seeds, and it is even more heartbreaking to raise them for several years and find out they are fake seedlings. Generally, it is best to buy 2-3 year old seedlings directly, as they adapt more easily.

Overall, blueberries like acidic soil, need little fertilizer, like sun and moisture, and require chilling hours. Pay attention to these points, and blueberries are very easy to care for.

Blueberries like acidic soil. You can find some leaf mold, add garden soil and river sand as the growing medium, then add sulfur powder to acidify it. Generally, adding about 1 g of sulfur powder to 1 liter of growing medium is enough. If there is pine needle soil nearby, you can also use pine needle soil directly, and the effect is very good.

Blueberries do not need much fertilizer. You can put in some base fertilizer when first potting them up, and adding some leaf mold to the soil mix can meet their growth needs. Do not put calcium-containing things such as eggshell powder and bone meal in the flower pot.

Blueberries require a relatively humid environment, and you can water them by the see-dry-see-wet method. When watering normally, you can add a small amount of vinegar or citric acid to the water to make it acidic before watering.

When growing blueberries on the balcony, ventilation is very important, as it can help blueberries get sick less often. In addition, make sure there is a certain amount of light; even full-sun care is fine. If light is insufficient, there will be fewer flower buds and the fruit quality will decrease.

For blueberries to flower and fruit, they need chilling hours, meaning accumulating a certain amount of time at low temperature (7.2°C). Different varieties need different amounts of chilling. In the south, in winter they can be kept on the balcony to accumulate chilling hours. In Guangdong and Hainan, blueberries can bloom, but often do not fruit.

(Blueberry Bar, Arrogant Baishui)

Pay attention to these key points - acidic soil, little fertilizer, liking sun and moisture, and needing chilling hours - and blueberries can also grow as big as ping-pong balls!

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Balcony potted blueberries

So tempting!

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