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The refreshing forest blueberries are very tasty. It's just a shame that the collection time is only a few weeks. But it is very easy to grow a culture from the nightshade family - a barn, which tastes like blueberries, even in a garden
Sarakha came to Russia from South America. Under natural conditions, it is a perennial plant with fruits similar to black nightshade. Domestic gardeners grow vegetable or edible saraha as an annual plant. You can enjoy the harvest of exotic saraha from the second half of summer, just eat ripe fruits. Green fruits, although not poisonous, will not delight you with their taste.
Biological description
Sarakha edible (Saracha edulis) is a rare plant in the gardens of Russia. Saraha's appearance resembles a typical nightshade, well known to gardeners. The plant is spreading, has the shape of a reclining herbaceous bush, each stem of which is divided into forks, forming two new shoots. It can reach a height of 30 cm. Single or 4-6 original flowers are formed in the axils, the corolla diameter is up to 1 cm. The flower has a yellow-green color, long stamens. By this feature, the saraha is distinguished from the wild nightshade - a weed. Almost all flowers form ovaries. The berries are medium-sized, in size and shape, comparable to strawberry physalis or forest blueberries. Unripe green fruits eventually turn into black berries with a waxy bloom of bluish color. Fruits weakly adhere to the branches, crumble when fully ripe. Saraha's taste depends a lot on environmental conditions. If the summer is rainy, the plant lacks sunshine, then the berries will grow fresh. The original, slightly nutty flavor of the sarah is given by numerous small seeds. You can harvest saraha before the autumn frosts.
Agrotechnics
Sarakha is an open field crop, but in the Far East it can be grown in greenhouses. Under cover, especially in cool summers, the berries grow more aromatic and sweeter. In temperate climates, the sarahu is best grown as its relative - a tomato, through seedlings.
Growing seedlings
You should start planting seedlings in mid-March. Expect that you will be able to collect the first ripe berries in 100 -120 days after germination. Keep the seedling box in a warm room. When the first true leaf forms, gradually reduce the temperature, in the daytime to 16, at night to 10 degrees. Provide good lighting, additional lighting is possible, otherwise the seedlings will stretch out. The plant is afraid of frost, but resistant to diseases and pests. When picking seedlings, the stem is buried to the bottom leaf. Saraha quickly forms an adventitious root system.
Landing in the ground
At the end of spring, it is time to plant seedlings in open ground at a distance of 50x50 cm. If you want to get more young plants, carry out cuttings. To do this, root the stepchildren in the soil, covering with foil or glass. Keep the soil moist until the plant takes root. In this vegetative way, you can grow a small plantation using only a few mother plants.
Care
In order for the fruits to ripen earlier, remove the side shoots below the first fork. Pinch the top of the plant and all points of growth in early August, otherwise the newly set fruits will not have time to ripen before frost. There are no problems with fruit setting: the plant is a self-pollinator.
Moderate fertilizing, do not overdo it with nitrogen fertilizers, which provoke excessive stem growth. Reward the plant with phosphate-potassium fertilizers and it will respond to you with a quality harvest. Usually saraha does not need support. But if you are uncomfortable picking fruits from a creeping bush, tie the main stem to a peg or trellis.
Application
Saraha fruits are consumed fresh. Berries are used to make jam, jams, grind with sugar, prepare jelly, freeze, dry.
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