What kind of care does cranberry need: a reminder for those who grow healthy berries on their plot
Caring for cranberries growing in your garden plot includes standard procedures.
These include pruning, which, according to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , should be carried out in May.
To form a creeping, spreading bush, you will have to trim the side shoots.
In addition, it is necessary to devote time to regularly loosening the soil and weeding.
After harvesting, be sure to treat with fungicides - for prevention. For the winter, cover the area where you grow cranberries with spruce branches and peat.
In addition, when planting and caring for garden cranberries, you need to monitor the soil moisture level, while not allowing the area to turn into a swamp, otherwise the appearance of rot is inevitable.
If the weather outside is dry, watering should be done daily.
Finally, a few words about fertilizing - mineral fertilizers are suitable for this purpose, for example, "Universal", "Kemira", "Autumn" and others. When using them, you need to be guided by the information indicated on the packaging.
