Growing blueberries on the balcony: just 1 little trick, and the berries hang 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. They also have a fresh, sweet-and-sour taste, and are one of the healthiest fruits recommended by health organizations. A small box of blueberries is quite expensive, so you can grow a pot on your balcony. The flowers are beautiful, and you can eat the berries too, which is super satisfying!
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Growing blueberries on the balcony
To grow blueberries on the balcony, you should use small seedlings. Seeds and the like are not recommended: first, seedling-grown plants take too long to flower and fruit; 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. Generally, it is best to buy 2-3 year old seedlings directly, as they adapt more easily.
Overall, blueberries like acidic soil, need few nutrients, like sun and moisture, and require chilling. Pay attention to these points, and blueberries are very easy to care for.
Blueberries like acidic soil. You can use some leaf mold mixed with 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 pot.
Blueberries require a relatively moist 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, and even full-sun care is fine. If light is lacking, there will be fewer flower buds and the fruit quality will decrease.
For blueberries to flower and fruit, they need chilling, which means accumulating a certain amount of time at low temperature (7.2°C). Different varieties need different amounts of chilling. In the south, they can be kept on the balcony in winter to accumulate chilling. In Guangdong and Hainan, blueberries can bloom, but often do not fruit.
(Blueberry Forum, Arrogant Baishui)
Pay attention to these key points - acidic soil, few nutrients, love of sun, love of moisture, and needing chilling - and blueberries can also grow as big as ping-pong balls!
(Tonglu 19th Floor, Jiang Daliang)
Balcony potted blueberries
So tempting!
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