Spartan
Variety
Spartan
created by PIT at 26.09.2021
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Description
Blueberry 'Spartan' is the ideal choice for all lovers of delicious soft fruit who want to enjoy it without much care. This blueberry bush is exceptionally uncomplicated and is ideally suited for gardening beginners. The spherical berries of Vaccinium corymbosum 'Spartan' present themselves enticingly in strong blue and are ready for harvest from mid-July. They are firm, juicy, sweet-tart and surprisingly large. Harvesting the fruit is an irresistible experience. Harvested fresh from their own bush, the berries taste incomparably fresh and aromatic. Blueberry 'Spartan' grows as a semi-shrub to a height of 140 cm to two meters. In width, the plant develops to one to one and a half meters. An imposing sight, typical of the American blueberries to which 'Spartan' belongs. They develop higher than their other relatives. This blueberry variety fruits on the two- and three-year-old shoots. In the first year, it is recommended to stimulate branching by light pruning. When the plant is older and well branched, it is sufficient to cut out old wood completely from time to time. Then new shoots will form and the blueberry will not overage. For good fertilization, the gardener plants different varieties near the self-fruiting Vaccinium corymbosum 'Spartan'. A full sun location will promote fruit yield. The taste of the fruit also benefits from many hours of sunshine, and sweetness increases significantly. The flesh of the roundish, dark blue fruits is white. Only the fruit skin contains the blue coloring anthocyanins. The blueberries shine enticingly from between the foliage. The berries are arranged in a cluster on short stems.
F1 Hybrid
Frostproof
Growing tips
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Details
Light requirement
Semi-shaded
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
Low
Light germinator
Plant distance
100 cm
Row spacing
100 cm
Seeding depth
15 cm
Companion Plants
Antagonistic Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Anemone
Aubergine / Eggplant
Blackberry / Brambles
Broccoli
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts
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Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Cauliflower
Chili
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
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Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (African horned cucumber / Kiwano)
Cucumber (Caigua)
Cucumber (Melothria)
Cucumber / Gherkin
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Grasses - feather-bristled grasses, lamp-cleaning grasses
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Grasses - Pampas grass
Grasses - Reedgrass
Green lavender cotton
Hair cucumbers / snake gourds
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Stinging nettle
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Sweet woodruff / Sweetscented bedstraw
Thyme
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Walnut family
Wild garlic
Willows
Yalta tomatoes
Diseases
Root Rot
Septoria
Grey mold
Pests
Common winter moth
Spotted wing drosophila
Gall midges
Caterpillars
Schildläuse
Spider mites
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