Doing gardening is troublesome, requiringnot only considerable effort, but also a lot of knowledge. You can’t create a beautiful garden just by planting trees on a plot. Yes, and it must also be able to properly perform. Where to buy saplings of trees, how to plant them, when it is better to do it - the gardener has to deal with these and other issues regularly.
Sapling tree or shrub neededplanted in spring or autumn - in a period of rest. In springtime, this is done before bud breaks, and in the fall - after cessation of growth. Planting seedlings in each of these seasons has its advantages.
Spring mode provides goodestablishment of plants. At this time, there is a large supply of moisture in the soil, which allows saplings to settle in a new place. The plant has time to get stronger before the onset of the summer heat. This procedure is best done immediately after thawing of the soil.
Autumn planting improves conditionsformation of new roots. The presence of a large amount of moisture helps plants settle down. However, the sapling of the autumn tree is harder to keep from rodents and freezing of the roots.
Right choice
There are several rules that are recommended to follow when purchasing seedlings:
- make purchases only in nurseries or specialized stores;
- Do not take plants with mechanical damage or underdeveloped;
- the roots should not be dry and brittle.
Healthy seedling tree of two yearsmust have at least three branches up to 30 centimeters in length, developed bud and stem thickness at least 2 cm. The branches on the trunk should be evenly spaced, 40-60 centimeters in length.
Preparing in advance
The pit should be dug in advance. For spring works, it is necessary to prepare a depression in the soil in the fall, and before the autumn planting - a few weeks before planting.
For a tree sapling, a hole is required.80 centimeters and 1 meter in diameter. Shrubs need a dimple smaller - 60 centimeters in diameter and half a meter deep. The large size of the pits is necessary so that the young and not yet mature roots of the plant grow in soft soil, and do not penetrate the dense layer of the earth.
Choosing a place to land, you must first removetopsoil and lay it on the edge of the pit. The bottom layer is folded separately. Then pre-prepared fertilizer consisting of double superphosphate, sulphate and potassium chloride, wood ash, fluff lime and 1-2 compost buckets or well-rotted manure is poured into the pit.
Landing
We make a mound in the pit and install on ittree seedling in such a way that its root neck is a few centimeters above the level of the edge of the groove. It is necessary to monitor the uniform distribution of the roots in the planting pit. It is necessary to cover the ground so that there are no voids. Then we condense the soil around the seedling, but we do it very carefully, so as not to damage the roots.
After planting, around the tree we make a hole, into which we pour one or two buckets of water. Watering will ensure good contact of the roots with the soil.
