- How do you choose suitable plants for your own garden?
- Which locations are suitable for growing berries?
- What should be considered when planting or transplanting the berry bushes?
- How can berry bushes be propagated?
- When is the best time to plant berry bushes?
- When are the most common garden berries on the bushes ready for harvest?
- Which substrate do berry bushes need for healthy growth?
In contrast to cherry, apple and pear trees, berry bushes can also be grown on comparatively small areas, and you can also harvest without a ladder. If a few basic things are observed when planting berry bushes in the garden or in the planter on the balcony, nothing stands in the way of enjoying the vitamin-rich enjoyment from your own cultivation.
Raspberries from your own garden are a real treat
How do you choose suitable plants for your own garden?
When it comes to berries, you are spoiled for choice, after all, the following types of berries are available in numerous varieties:
- currants
- gooseberries
- blueberries
- raspberries
- blackberries
Of course, this list could be expanded to include more exotic berry varieties. Since most berry varieties have similar requirements for their location, you should make the selection not least according to your personal taste. If different types of berries are combined when growing in the garden or on the balcony, the harvest time will of course be correspondingly varied and long.
Which locations are suitable for growing berries?
While currants and gooseberries feel very comfortable in sunny to semi-shady locations, wild blueberries, in contrast to cultivated blueberries, can also be grown in the shade. Under otherwise suitable site conditions, raspberries and blackberries can cope with different levels of solar radiation.
What should be considered when planting or transplanting the berry bushes?
Be careful not to injure the roots of the shrubs when planting and transplanting. The planting hole should ideally be a little larger than necessary and filled with humus-rich substrate and sometimes some horn shavings (€32.93) as long-term fertilizer.
How can berry bushes be propagated?
Currants are very easy to propagate from cuttings. Raspberries and blackberries usually form underground runners by themselves, which can be easily cut off with a sharp spade and transplanted to another location.
When is the best time to plant berry bushes?
Basically, autumn is the best time to plant berry bushes. This is especially true when it comes to bare-root plants. With blackberries, it can sometimes be more advantageous to plant in the spring. This allows the plants to take root in their new location before winter.
When are the most common garden berries on the bushes ready for harvest?
Raspberries can usually be harvested from June to July, some varieties also bear a second crop in the same year. Blackberries can provide fresh fruit from June to October, as their fruit only ripens slowly and gradually. While currants are named after St. John's Day on June 24th and can therefore be harvested from the end of June, gooseberries only develop their full ripeness and sweetness in July and August.
Which substrate do berry bushes need for healthy growth?
In principle, all garden soils with a reasonably humus-rich substrate are suitable for growing berries. The shallow-rooted berry bushes are quite sensitive to waterlogging and a lack of oxygen in loamy soil. Very sandy soils can be supplemented with humus-rich substrate components by working in mature compost before planting.
tips
Do not plant currants and gooseberries too close together, as they will grow into large bushes in a very short time anyway. Raspberries and blackberries can be planted in rows along a trellis at a distance of about 30 to 40 centimeters and then take care of the propagation by forming new rods.