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How to plant blueberries at home so you can have infinite quantities of them and never buy them again?

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Slightly sweet, the blueberry is a dark red to violet fruit distinguished by its richness in vitamins, including vitamin K, trace elements and mineral salts. In fact, this small fruit contains significant amounts of magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, zinc and even vanadium. Sourced from the blueberry tree, a shrub in the Ericaceae family, blueberries are tasty and low in calories. To harvest blueberries, you can learn how to plant the bush at home.

In various sweet preparations such as cakes, muffins or even juices, blueberries retain their flavor while offering a series of benefits to the body. Cultivated for its fruits, the blueberry can grow in the garden or in a large pot placed on the balcony.

The blueberry: two species to distinguish

There are two species of blueberries:

Vaccinium myrtillus , a wild blueberry tree that is 20 to 50 cm tall and has evergreen foliage. The latter is generally grown on moorland heather soils or in woodlands and clearings.
Vaccinium corymbosum , a 1.5 to 2 meter tall bush blueberry that is easily grown in pots, in garden soil or in the vegetable garden.

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