Grow tasty blueberries directly on your own balcony

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• Grow tasty blueberries directly on your own balcony
• The balcony as a location for the cultivation of blueberries
• Select the right varieties
• The care of blueberries in the tub
• Tips & Tricks

Grow tasty blueberries directly on your own balcony

Not every hobby gardener has a large garden for cultivating cultivated blueberries. With a little space on the balcony, you still do not need to forego the refreshing fruit pleasure of ripe blueberries in midsummer.

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The balcony as a location for the cultivation of blueberries

Since some blueberry varieties are somewhat sensitive to windy locations, the balcony can be a good place to grow small blueberries. As the blueberry berries from North America in particular love full sun and warm locations, you can produce particularly sweet fruits on a balcony facing the sun. It should not be forgotten that blueberries can only thrive in acidic soil. In addition, in a culture in the bucket, the regular watering of the plants should not be forgotten, especially shortly before and during the harvest time.

Select the right varieties

Not all cultivar varieties are suitable for growing in pots. This is also because some blueberry varieties can grow up to 3 meters high, blasting the dimensions of most balconies. For an uncomplicated cultivation on the balcony without a constant pruning you should therefore select small and thickly awake varieties. On the one hand, this can be a wild forest berry variety like Vaccinium Sylvana. As in the case of forest blueberries, this one bears particularly aromatic fruits during the harvest season in midsummer. However, larger fruits in numerous quantities promise you varieties such as:

The care of blueberries in the tub

For optimal growth of the blueberries in the tub you should choose planters with sufficient width, as blueberries root more broad than deep. But this is also associated with the fact that the blueberries in the pot must be watered almost daily in midsummer. In order to prevent waterlogging, a loose plant substrate with an acidic pH, such as rhododendron and azalea soil, should be used, which can be irrigated from below with a casting mat.

Tips & Tricks

In the wild, blueberries are generally not too sensitive to frost. Since plants in the tub with their root system above the earth are much more sensitive, a corresponding frost protection should be made.

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