Planting of trees in autumn: agricultural machinery and nuances
What can be planted before winter, and how to do it - the experience of the participants of the portal
Many experienced gardeners equally well planted fruit trees, and in autumn and spring. It is believed, however, that the autumn planting of fruit trees suitable mainly for the southern regions, for Siberia and the Urals (there svezheposazhennye plants from the fierce winter frosts protects solid snow cover). For the northern and central regions more suitable spring planting - in the extreme case, the trunks of saplings strengthen, okuchivaya them for the upcoming winter.
Content:
- when to plant
- What to plant
- How to plant
When to plant?
The main rule of the landing - it should be done in a period of rest. Spring - this time from the thawing of the soil before the start of active sap flow, in the autumn - after leaf fall, in preparation for the winter sleep. The second period of rest lasts longer, and it is a point in favor of the autumn planting.
Spring - this time from the thawing of the soil before the start of active sap flow, in the autumn - after leaf fall, in preparation for the winter sleep.
But usually in the range of growers affected by the fact that in the autumn assortment of seedlings offered by nurseries, unlike the richer than in the spring, and prices are usually more attractive. And buy seedlings in the fall and leave in Prikope until spring is not much sense - the climate in the past years, unpredictable, and abnormally warm, and the abnormally cold winter can be for this winter fatal.
toliam1
consultant FORUMHOUSE
And I, and all my clients are planting in the autumn. Before the winter away, plants have time to settle into the ground, the warm winter and the possible growth of the roots. A spring immediately "in the fight." lost one season when planting in the spring.
What to plant?
Planting of trees in autumn has its own characteristics. For it is better to choose plants with 1-2 year matured shoots - then more likely that the plant is better will take the winter. Shoots of seedlings along the entire length should be woody, with fully formed buds.
Three-year seedlings, sold less, but it's for the best: at this age apple trees already pretty decent the roots, and when the plant is dug up for sale, they have to be strong hem. That is, the tree put up with serious injuries, and it survives worse.
Lulu
user FORUMHOUSE
The older the apple, the longer and thicker than its roots, the larger wounds applied when digging.
For autumn planting suitable regionalized and hardy varieties of fruit trees, such as anthrax and Ural selection.
How well accustomed plant depends on the state of the root system. Unfortunately, many have faced with the fact that the drain or seedlings cherries freeze even during transportation to the country, because their absorbent roots do not tolerate the temperature has 3 - 4 degrees. In contrast, seedlings with ACS, seedlings with closed root system does not suffer during landing (in fact, it's the same handling, and often plant it even almost do not notice). But plants with MCS should be qualitative: the root system is tightly held in the coma of the earth, but not braided his round, the seedling can not be removed from the container easily and freely. Sometimes, unfortunately, so that the seller does not grow a seedling in a container and put it back before planting.
Tatuniki
Participant FORUMHOUSE
When buying seedlings from MCS should check whether it grew in the pot, or pushed him back up for sale.
If you are unsure as such seedlings, better to buy a good seedling with ACS.
The optimal time for the autumn planting of fruit tree - two, or better - three weeks before the frost. Depending on the region, it could be the end of September and end of October. The "rest period" aerial part of the tree stops growing, but the roots grow until the soil temperature is higher than 4 degrees. It turns out that if you guess at planting time, then before the frost new trees in your garden will have time to grow absorbing roots. This means that in the spring they will start to grow earlier than planted in the spring, and the traditional spring vagaries of the weather already meet okrepnuvshimi.
If the roots of seedlings withered before planting will have a day to hold them in the water.
How to plant?
Participant FORUMHOUSE Tamara Nikolaev planting fruit according to the rules of horticultural science: a helper in a well-prepared pit size 1,5h1,3 m and on average, the size of the landing pit usually are.:
For trees in the strong-growing rootstock:
120x80 cm (apple and pear);
100x60 cm (plums and cherries).
For the semi-dwarf and dwarf:
80x50 cm.
Pit seedling with MCS should be twice larger than the container.
At the bottom of the hole to protect from waterlogged spring pours Tamara 30-40 cm expanded clay and pre-sets the stage:
- 3 bucket decomposed manure;
- 1 bucket of "native" soil;
- 2 buckets of good topsoil.
In such soil can be planted any trees in the first year will be no need to feed them. In preparing the soil, it is necessary to forget the phrase "nitrogenous fertilizers" - and we remember that this includes chicken and other poultry manure. Generally, when planting fertilizer necessary to make very carefully as they can burn the roots. You can separate them from the roots layer of neutral ground, and you can not make any at all - to wait until the tree "come to life" and make the puncture. Sometimes it is recommended to make the peat - FORUMHOUSE experts argue that it acidifies the soil, so before you make, it should definitely be limp.
Landing Tamara doing so: on the bottom of the pit pours concrete block, leveled it; the top one-third of the pit add cooked ground compacts, sheds water, pours dry soil mound, carefully spreading the roots of it.
Root collar planted seedlings should be placed flat on the ground level, no deeper or higher.
On top of the pit lay dostochku and check the level of the root collar – it must have accurate at the level of the board. That is, the root collar planted seedlings should be placed flat on the ground level, no deeper or higher.
Lulu
Look at the place where the stem ends and begins directly roots. This point of transition in the trunk of the roots should be at ground level. Strictly.
If the root collar will be located high up, roots exposed, and eventually withered apple. If it bury, it will constantly get wet and rot. Such a tree is green and even bloom, but the fruit from him you will not wait.
After checking the level of the root collar helper fills up the pit prepared soil and seal it, then, is Depending on the weather (even if the ground settles quickly), well-watered tree, decorate tree trunks and mulching them with peat.
Let us return once more to the root neck. Novice gardeners often confuse it with the vaccination. There is a horticultural technique: Take a damp cloth and rub it sapling where root passes into the barrel. You will see the place where the brown root becomes greenish trunk. That's right about this place and there is a speech.
When planting seedlings is important, as your site is the groundwater level, and what is the composition of the soil. If the water table close to your roots of young trees may be in the water. In principle, this can be avoided.
Olya
Participant FORUMHOUSE
The parents of my friend once on its swampy area planted an apple orchard on the beds and under the roots - iron sheets. And it was in the early '70s. Apple trees are now luxury.
By the way, the old Soviet magazines on gardening for areas with high ground water table is recommended to plant apple trees on a flat piece of slate. The meaning of this method: Tree roots grow to this obstacle and begin to grow apart.
toliam1
Check the level of groundwater. If it is higher than 1.5-2.0 m, it is necessary to switch to landing on the ground surface and on the hills. Move to clonal - dwarf rootstocks.
If the soil in the area you have clay, then make landing very wide and shallow pits (150 and more cm wide by 30 cm deep), and the roots sprinkled with soil 25-30 cm. Or even makes sense to place the seedling in the soil surface, and the roots fill a half-meter layer of soil. Important! Trees with a "high landing" for the winter necessarily insulated.
The principal difference between the autumn planting of the spring: the roots when it is not shortened (cut only dead parts and mechanical damage). toliam1 recommends at the same time to shorten the trunk and branches to bring them in line with the cut when digging roots.
If you find that your fruit trees planted properly, meet the relevant topic and try FORUMHOUSE correct fit. Read toak portion fertilizer applied in the fall and what other cultures are well acclimatized before winter. Watch our video on how how to prepare the planting of apple seedlings.
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