Plant a seedling spring viburnum. The feed to get juicy and large berries

Kalina - it's super berry to your health. It is not only decorative, but also curative. I've already talked about the beneficial properties of this plant, and about its treatment. Now let's talk about the nuances of planting young seedlings Viburnum.

A place to land, especially the soil

A place to land at Kalina is better to choose a well-lit area or in partial shade. Can be planted near the fence, it is perfectly zadekoriruet unsightly buildings.

Bush viburnum loves frequent watering but does not tolerate standing water. Suitable soil acidity for her - a 5.5-6.5 pH, ie, viburnum grows well in the slightly acidic and neutral soils. He likes light, fertile soil.

Dates for planting

Landing Viburnum planted in spring or autumn. If planted in late April-early May, the bush is good time to take root and adapt to the frost.

How to plant

After selecting the places you need to remove weeds bush viburnum and dig a hole 60 of circuit 60 cm. At the bottom of the hole you need to pour the concrete block, or put a brick chips. These materials serve as a drainage layer. Then pour on top of a bucket of humus or compost, organic material must be mixed with turf ground, so as not to burn the roots of plants. If the land is sour in a selected area, you need to add into the pit dolomite.

It is desirable to shed the hole before planting, so that the earth was soaked with moisture.

Then take the seedling roots to spread a little, if the plant is pulled from the container. Next you need to put the Kalina in the landing pit and covered with soil that has been dug.

Feature landing Viburnum is that the ground when landing must bury the root neck 3-5 cm below the ground level.

After planting a sapling well watered. In one bush - 10 liters of water. When watering is required to be zamulchirovat tree trunks to retain moisture, for example, chopped grass, bark, compost or peat. But the bark of pine trees is not recommended to be used as a mulch, as it acidifies the soil.

If several seedlings, the distance between them should be at least 2 m.

Further care after planting

After planting, viburnum bush must be watered 2 times a week for a bucket of water, because the plant likes moisture. If you want to get big and juicy berries, you should feed the bush each year.

Spring must apply nitrogen fertilizers (e.g., 30 grams of urea) to build up the green mass, and the formation of the ovaries, and in the second half of the summer - a phosphorus (50 grams double superphosphate) and potassium fertilizers (0.5 L ash or 25 grams of potassium sulfate), which give good winter plant and to lay the new flower kidneys.

If you use organic, then it is enough food for 2 years. Enough to make 3-4 kg of humus or compost under the tree trunks.

In the spring you need to carry out preventive work against pests and diseases. Most often, viburnum suffers from aphids, scale insects, leaf, caterpillars of the disease - is powdery mildew.

From folk remedies against pests is recommended to use an infusion of tobacco dust, garlic, celandine with the addition of soap to enhance the effect.

Spring renewal pruning is carried out to avoid condensed with the crown. Remove the old shoots.

In winter, the young shoots mulch layer in 10 cm of peat or compost. Top is covered with a dense sacking or spin spunbond.

The beneficial properties of Viburnum, as a process it for storage in the winter, you can read this article.

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