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YouGarden, YouGarden The Complete Blueberry Growing Kit

Brand: YouGarden in Garden & Leisure

£3499

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About YouGarden, YouGarden The Complete Blueberry Growing Kit

Health experts and top chefs have been raving about blueberries for years and now you can grow your own bountiful crops with this complete and easy kit, saving a fortune against supermarket prices. Eat your blueberries fresh from the bush - delicious, sweet and juicy - or use them in jams and puddings. We're giving you three top-performing varieties: early cropping heavy fruits; juicy mid-season berries; and late-season blueberries. Features and Benefits Easy to get started - The complete kit includes three potted blueberry plants, three decorative plastic pots and 60 litres of compost. Cost-effective - Save a small fortune compared with supermarket prices. Great in small spaces - Perfect for a patio, balcony or smaller gardens where space is limited. Good for you - Berries packed with vitamins and antioxidants. Specifications Supplied as a complete kit ready for planting up Includes 3 x Blueberry plants in 9cm pots, 3 x Metallic-effect square planters and a 60L bag of Ericaceous Compost Cost-effective Availability: February - November Planting time: September - June Flowering time: April Top Tips While tolerant of shade, blueberries crop better in the sun. Cover plants with netting when in fruit, otherwise you'll just end up feeding the birds. Pick over the plants several times as not all the fruit ripens at the same time. Fruits can be left on the bush for a few more days after they turn blue for a more intense and complex flavour when they'll also easily pull away from the cluster. Although self-fertile and able to produce a good crop on their own, blueberries yield much more heavily if planted near another one. Care Information Plant in well-drained, acidic soil in a sunny, sheltered spot. If your garden soil has a pH over 5.5, your blueberry is best grown in a pot, in ericaceous soil. Keep it well-watered - don't allow the soil to dry out. Water blueberries with rainwater if you can as tap water will gradually raise pH levels. Feed every month with a liquid fertiliser for ericaceous (lime-hating) plants. If growing blueberries in the garden, add plenty of organic matter such as pine needles or composted conifer clippings. Avoid farmyard manure as it will scorch the roots. Pruning is rarely needed in the first two years. After that prune in late Feb - early Mar, aiming to remove a proportion of old wood every year. Two-year-old wood is the most productive. Take out any damaged, dead, and diseased wood and prune out low branches that will lie on the ground when full of fruit.