Aronia is a shrub that is easy to grow. It has low soil requirements. It tolerates dry to wet areas, prefers fully sunny locations, but will also grow on semi-shaded areas.It is frost-resistant, can withstand temperatures down to -35 ° C, does not require cover in winterFertilizing aronia in amateur cultivation is not necessary, but it can be used - liquid fertilizers are enough. Aronia is resistant to diseases and pests. Ripe fruits are dark, red-orange inside with small seeds.
Aronia fruits hide a great we alth.They are used in pharmacy as a raw material for the production of dietary supplements.They contain a large amount of anthocyanins, phenolic acids, tannins, pectins, vitamins (especially C and P, as well as fruit group vitamins, PP and provitamin A), mineral s alts: potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron and elements trace: iodine, manganese, molybdenum.
Aronia fruits are an ecological and he althy raw material. Anthocyanins, or red-violet dyes, show a number of positive pharmacological properties.They lower blood pressure, strengthen blood vessels, and by stimulating the production of rhodopsin, which is very important in the process of vision, improve its quality.
Anthocyanins also have anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative properties, and indirectly reduce the level of the so-called bad cholesterol. Also, the content of vitamin P (including rutoside, which is part of drugs, e.g.Rutinoscor binu) is several dozen times higher than the content in fruit traditionally grown in Poland.
Due to its valuable healing properties, aronia can be used in the prevention of heart, circulatory, nervous and digestive system diseases, as it soothes ailments in liver and pancreatic diseases.Additionally, biologically active substances contained in chokeberry alleviate the effects of radio therapy and reduce the side effects of anti-cancer drugs.
Aronia is a raw material for the production of juices, jams, wines and fruit teas. Fresh fruit is tart, so you don't eat it raw.To make them lose their astringency, freeze them for 48 hours.
Which bedding should I choose for the chokeberry bush?
Mulching is an important care procedure that significantly reduces weed infestation, evens out the moisture and temperature of the substrate, can affect the structure of the soil by limiting trampling, and in the case of organic mulches, as they mineralize, provide the shrubs with additional nutrients.In the cultivation of chokeberry, mulches of natural origin are particularly recommended, including finely shredded cereal and rapeseed straw, tree bark and sawdust.
- says Dr. Eng. Tomasz Mróz
Aronia juice
The fastest and easiest way to obtain vitamin-rich chokeberry juice in a juicer-evaporator. Aronia fruits are mixed with sugar in a proportion of 1: 1.Under the action of hot steam, it will be produced by an exquisite, almost black-colored juice.
Another way is to cook chokeberry berries with cherry leaves with sugar and citric acid. 2 kg of chokeberry with the addition of about a handful of cherry leaves are poured over 3l of hot water, boiled for 15 minutes and drained.Add 2 kg of sugar, 5 dkg of citric acid to the juice and cook it for 15 minutes.
The most important care treatments: spring cutting and after planting
Two-year-old seedlings are the best for chokeberry planting. They give larger and even crops.Seedlings produced from seeds have different growth strength and bear fruit later.Chokeberry is best planted in the fall. In spring, planting should be carried out from late March to mid-April. The first fruits appear a year after planting, but with spring planting, the fruity cannot appear in the same year.
Shrubs planted in autumn are pruned in spring, and bushes planted in spring are pruned immediately after planting, which encourages the plant to expand.Shoots shortened by about 1/4 or 1/3 of their length . For cuttings that are very strong, well-rooted and have many shoots, pruning is not necessary. Apart from cutting, chokeberry requires almost no care treatments, only removing weeds in its immediate vicinity.
