What is a cranberry? With planting technology!

Cranberry, also known as cranberry, is a kind of fruit with high edible value. It is very popular at home and abroad in recent years, and many people like to use it to make cookies. What are cranberries? What are the planting techniques?

What is a cranberry?

1. Cranberry is an evergreen shrub of rhododendron, rhododendron, blueberry and red raspberry subgenus. It is a small round red berry growing on dwarf vines. Its long leaves are oblong or ovate, apex and tail tip are pointed, the base is shallow heart-shaped, the back glabrous is yellowish brown, the surface is grayish green, the flowers are triangular-shaped, the Corolla is yellow-white short bell-shaped, and the fruit is purplish red, usually blooming from September to October. The results from November to August of the following year.

2. Cranberry is a kind of fruit with high nutritional value, which is rich in vitamin C, pectin, anthocyanin and other nutrient elements. it has the functions of beauty and beauty, detoxification, lowering blood pressure and protecting cardiovascular system. often eaten can beauty skin care, prevent gastric cancer, prevent Alzheimer's disease, hypertension and other diseases, but because it is not resistant to preservation, it can be used to make fruit juices, capsules, dried cranberries and so on.

3. Cranberry is a kind of fruit that is more popular in the mainland, originating from America, and blueberry and Concord grape are three kinds of specialty fruits of the United States, which have the reputation of "North American ruby". At present, they are also common in the Daxing'an Mountains of China, and are called the red beans of the North. However, the taste of cranberries produced in Chile is the most pure, so it is the main country of origin in China.

What are the planting techniques of cranberries?

1. Soil selection: where is suitable for planting?

Cranberries have high requirements for soil. Generally speaking, the surface of the soil must have sand about the depth of 5cm before it can be planted, so peat soil is the best choice.

2. Seed selection: which variety should be chosen?

There are many varieties of cranberries, and most of them are established on the basis of wild, so when selecting seeds, try to choose varieties with good quality and stable yield.

3. Planting method: how to plant it?

Cut off some of the vine stems of cranberries, then bury them in the soil, and finally water them. After a period of time, new plants will grow.

4. Field management technology: how to manage it?

(1) pollination: although cranberry can be pollinated by itself, the yield after pollination is very low, so it can be pollinated manually to increase its yield.

(2) rational watering: cranberries have high requirements for moisture, so keep the soil moist at all times, so keep enough water during the breeding period, but when it comes to the frost season, warm measures should be taken to prevent freezing to death.

5. Harvest: when will the harvest be ready?

After the cranberries grow and mature, they can be harvested by machine. There are two kinds of harvesting: water harvest and dry harvest, in which water harvest is to put a lot of water in the field the night before harvest, submerge the cranberries, let the fruit float on the water, and then beat the fruit down with a water wheel the next day and collect it. Dry harvest does not need so much water, basically it can be said that the dry seed grows up, and it is good to pick the fruit after it is ripe.

The above is a detailed introduction of what cranberries are and their planting techniques. I hope it will be helpful to you.