Highbush Blueberry Bluetta gigante americano precoce

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HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY Vaccinium sp (Ericaeae)

Leafy shrub with erect carriage, height between 110 to 200 cm, with semi woody branches,decidous foliage that has beautiful colors in autumn, decorative bloom. Thick blue-violet fruits, abundant, wanted for jams or fresh fruit. Production takes place mainly in the branches of two or more years in the floral buds or mixed. The flowers are usually self-fertile grouped into cylindrical clusters. Pollination is helped by the insect fauna. Ovate-oblong deciduous leaves, in autumn acquire the typical red color. Perennial that can produce for decades.

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Plantation: It can be grown throughout Italy, prefers loose terrain, on heavy soils add fertilized peat in the hole. In warm regions, it can be protected with a fabric. Requires frequent watering. Plantation frame: Plantation frame: 0.5 to 1 m above the row and 200-250 cm between the rows.

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Cultivation: Rustic crop, requires little care, irrigation relief in the summer period and balanced mineral fertilization with sulfur prevalence in summer and organic fertilizer in autumn. It can also be grown in pots ensuring that irrigation is frequent and fertilize with slow release fertilizers or with fertigation.

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Pruning: In plantations, slightly trim the branches; in the following years, remove old branches and encourage new ones more vigorous and clarify the cup to promote enlightenment. Pruning during the winter.

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Treatments: In dry environments and recreational plantations are not needed anti fungal treatments, although two interventions are recommended the first and second autumn when rebuke vegetative activity with copper salts and sulfur to prevent the main adversities.

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