What are the Features of Darrow ?
- Darrow blueberry, whose bushes are strong and upright, is a continuous and high-yielding variety.
- Fruit cluster is medium in size and sparse.
- Its grains are large or very large; It is light blue in color, hard and resistant to cracking.
- Darrow, which produces very high quality products, is a late season variety and can be harvested 4-6 times.
- Darrow, which are suitable for fresh consumption and use in pastry, are not suitable for machine harvesting.
- Darrow, which is highly valued in terms of flavor, has a sweet but slightly bitter taste.
- It is also frequently preferred by the producers of our country in landscape works.
What are the Soil and Climate Conditions of Darrow ?
Darrow blueberry sapling, which produces very high quality products; It is recommended to be grown in full sun or partial shade in well-drained soils rich in organic matter, slightly moist in summer and preferably located adjacent to or near the forest. Its shallow, fibrous roots need constant moisture and good drainage. For plants and ease of cultivation, the best option is to plant on a light ridge over mulch. It is recommended not to fertilize the Darrow, which has high quality fruits, in order to increase its resistance to winter cold in our eastern regions where the weather conditions are below -29°C. Particular attention should be paid not to apply nitrogen fertilizers and irrigations should be reduced. Thus, in Darrow blueberry, the plants are provided to enter the winter hard and hard.
How to Grow for Darrow ?
It is necessary to pay attention to the care of Darrow blueberry saplings, whose bushes are strong and upright. In order for the Darrow blueberry, which is resistant to winter temperatures down to -29°C, it should not be fertilized in summer, especially nitrogenous fertilizers should not be given and irrigations should be reduced in order to be well prepared for the winter and to enter it durable.
The most suitable planting range of Darrow blueberry, whose fruit is pale and light blue; It is between 1.00 – 1.50 m above the row and 2.00 – 3.50 m between the rows, depending on the processing equipment. The ideal planting size is; It is planting 1m x 2.5 m and growing 400 plants in 1 decare area. The harvest period can be extended by planting early, mid-season and late blueberry varieties that will mature from mid-June until the end of August. These specified harvest times may also vary depending on climate and altitude. To prevent fruit set and encourage new vegetative growth, it is a carefully recommended way to remove flowers and not fruit from plants in the planting year and the following year. In the period after planting, pruning should be done towards the end of winter, as of the 2nd or 3rd year.
