

Methods for preparing mineral soil for planting highbush blueberry
Abstract
The addition of various organic materials (high-moor peat, decomposed wood waste and fresh wood sawdust) into low-humus mineral soil before planting highbush blueberry plantations contributed to an increase in the biometric parameters of cultivated plants and an increase in productivity, depending on the method of preparing the soil substrate, by 2,0–2,8 times in the fourth year of cultivation, and as a result, earlier entry into the stage of industrial fruiting.
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Review
For citations:
Pavlovski N.B. Methods for preparing mineral soil for planting highbush blueberry. Сrop Farming and Plant Growing. 2024;(2):49-52. (In Russ.)