Cranberry seeds

Canberry / Vaccinium macrocarpon

An early variety of large-fruited cranberries, the height of the bushes reaches up to 15 cm, the width is 0.5-0.8 m. Creeping, dwarf shrub, shoots are very thin, prostrate, take root when in contact with the ground. The fruits are large, shiny, red, turning dark purplish-violet when ripe. Cranberries keep well.

In terms of taste, it is considered one of the best varieties of cranberries.

The soil for growing large-fruited cranberries is preferably cool and humid places, fertile, acidic soils rich in humus. Frost-resistant. Forms a creeping dwarf shrub, with thin, outstretched shoots that take root when in contact with the ground.

Seeds are sown in the spring. When sowing, stratification is necessary; for this, the seeds are placed in wet sand and kept for 3 months at a temperature of 3-5 ° C (on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator). In the phase of 4-5 true leaves, the seedlings are transplanted into a greenhouse and grown during the year.

In August, the shelter is removed from the greenhouse, and in October it is mulched with peat (layer 5-7 cm) and covered with 2 layers of spunbond. In the spring, sheltered ones remove and transplant young plants into a school, where they are grown for 1-2 years, after which they are planted in a permanent place.

For cultivation on a personal plot, an artificial substrate is created (sour peat 10-15 cm thick, sprinkled with sand). The first harvest of cranberries grown from seeds ripens after 4 years.

Fresh and processed cranberries (jam, jam, juice, fruit drink, etc.) improve the functioning of the stomach and intestines, stimulate the activity of the digestive glands. In folk medicine, they are used for low acidity of gastric juice.

Cranberry juice mixed with beetroot (1:1) is used for vascular spasms and hypertension, cranberry juice and fruit drink - as a refreshing, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and appetizing agent. Good thirst quencher. Due to the high content of flavonoids, cranberry increases the strength and elasticity of the walls of blood capillaries, promotes the absorption of vitamin C in the body. Therefore, cranberries and products of their processing are recommended for atherosclerosis, hypertension and other diseases characterized by increased permeability and insufficient strength of the walls of blood vessels.

Ursolic and oleanolic acids have anti-inflammatory, wound healing and partly tonic effect. It has been shown that in case of pyelonephritis and cystitis, drinks made from cranberries enhance the effect of antibiotics and sulfanilamide preparations. Natural and blended (mixed with other fruit or berry juices) cranberry juice is an adjunct in the treatment of urinary tract infections, and is also used to prevent certain types of kidney stones. There is evidence of the usefulness of cranberries in glaucoma (LI Vigorov).

It is recommended to prescribe cranberry juice in the treatment of postpartum complications and other inflammatory processes. Cranberries are also recommended during pregnancy for edema, varicose veins, high blood pressure, and simply as a multivitamin remedy, especially at the beginning of pregnancy.

Food products from cranberries have a radioprotective effect and are recommended for people working in radioactively contaminated areas.

Cranberry ointment has a beneficial effect on the course of some skin diseases: it reduces inflammation, dries out weeping areas, has an analgesic effect and limits suppuration.