How to properly plant sea buckthorn in the fall and take care of it after planting

Sea buckthorn is an unpretentious and hardy fruit crop, which is distinguished by a unique composition of vitamins and minerals. Having eaten one hundred berries or drinking their juice, a person gets almost the full daily intake of nutrients.

If you still do not have this miraculous tree on your site, you still have time to plant it. We will tell you in detail how to plant sea buckthorn in the fall and how to care for it.

Choosing a variety of sea buckthorn for autumn planting

There are two types of sea buckthorn:

• willow;
• buckthorn.

Buckthorn is widespread in Russia. Most popular varieties:

• sweet - Moscow pineapple, Moskvichka, Favorite;
• large-fruited - Elizaveta, Openwork, Augustina;
• without thorns - Altai, Giant, Solnechnaya, Girlfriend;
• frost-resistant - jam, Zolotoy cob, Trofimovskaya;
• male - Ural, Dear friend, Gnome, Alei.

Sea buckthorn has a short rest period... With any thaw, it can begin to vegetate. If the tree starts to grow early, it may die during frost. For planting, you must choose only zoned varieties that are suitable for growing in your climatic zone.

Selection and preparation of seedlings

Sea buckthorn is a dioecious plant pollinated by the wind at a distance of no more than 10 m... That is, to obtain a crop, it is necessary to plant female and male specimens on the site. In this case, one male tree can pollinate 4-5 female ones. But it is better to plant two male seedlings at a distance of 50-60 cm. If a female tree is planted near the fence, the male tree can be placed outside the territory of the site.

To determine if a sapling is male or female, you need to pay attention to the buds... In the male plant, the buds are large, have 5-7 covering scales. The female plant has 2-3 times less buds than male plants and two covering scales.

Having chosen seedlings, they need to be prepared for planting.:

1. Remove all leaves.
2. Soak the roots in water for 2-3 hours.
3. Before planting, dip the roots in a clay mash.

Seat selection

When choosing a place, take into account the peculiarities of the growth of culture:

1. Since sea buckthorn loves the sun, it is planted in a sunny, open place protected from the wind.
2. The culture has a superficial root system with long, branched roots. Therefore, it is planted away from areas of deep cultivation.
3. Saplings are planted at a great distance from each other and about 5 m from the fence.
4. The soil should be light, well-drained.

The male sapling is placed on the windy sideto promote pollination.

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Landing dates

Exact the dates of planting in the ground depend on the climatic conditions of the region:

1. Siberia, Ural, St. Petersburg - all September.
2. The middle lane (Moscow region) - late September - early October.
3. Krasnodar Territory, North Caucasus - all October.

When is it better to plant - in spring or autumn

You can plant sea buckthorn at any time - in spring, autumn, summer.

The best time for planting is spring, before the start of sap flow... The seedling will have time to grow stronger before the onset of cold weather. It's March - April.

Plants with a closed root system are planted in autumn... In terms of time, this is the end of September - October. An important condition is the temperature above + 4 ° С.

How to properly make an autumn planting of sea buckthorn

Autumn planting is carried out if the seedling is taken from the same area where it will be planted... If a young shoot is brought from the southern regions, it can wake up in January - February, and frosts will destroy it. Choose plants with a closed root system that are healthy and strong.

Council. For an autumn planting, it is better to plant several specimens in case one of them freezes.

To plant a tree, you will need planting material, a shovel, a rake, water for irrigation, organic and mineral fertilizersto provide nutrients to the young plant. It is better to choose young specimens no more than two years old.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Prepare a landing pit in three weeks. If the soil is poor, compost is added and dug onto a shovel bayonet. If it is heavy, clayey, it is dug up, adding sand.
2. Next, they dig a hole 50 cm wide. The depth should be 10-12 cm lower than in the nursery. The top and bottom soil layers are folded separately.
3. The pit is filled with a nutritious soil mixture: the upper fertile soil layer (1 part), humus (1 part), wood ash (1 glass), double superphosphate (200 g).
4. Water and leave in this form for 1-2 weeks.
5. Then a mound of fertile soil is poured, a seedling with an open root system is placed on a mound, the roots are straightened. If the root system is closed, simply put a clod of earth in the center of the hole.
6. The tree is covered with soil. At the same time, the trunk is slightly shaken so that the soil is evenly distributed between the roots and voids do not form. Lightly press down the soil with your hands.
7. Watering. A trunk circle is formed. The root collar of the tree should be at ground level.

Further care of the seedling

In the first 2-3 years after planting, sea buckthorn does not require fertilizers... She has enough of those nutrients that were introduced during planting. Fruiting sea buckthorn is fertilized four times per season:

• in early spring;
• during flowering;
• immediately after flowering;
• 20 days after the last feeding.

Foliar dressing is carried out by spraying a solution of potassium humate (1 tbsp. l. per 10 l of water).

During the formation of the ovaries, you can add a nutrient mixture:

• superphosphate (30 g);
• wood ash (100 g);
• potassium salt (25 g).

Regular watering is very important... Waterlogged soil prevents air from reaching the roots. After each watering or rain, the soil around the trunk is loosened. To reduce loosening, the trunk circle is mulched with humus or compost from birch leaves.

The crop requires pruning... It is best done in the spring, before the sap flow begins:

1. A young seedling is cut to a height of 10-20 cm. The stump will start branches. The next year, four strong shoots are chosen, the rest are cut off.
2. When forming a tree, a stem 20 cm high is created and 2-4 skeletal branches are left.
3. After the tree is formed, the branches growing inward and thickening are removed.

It is important to cover young plants for the winter.... For this, spruce branches and sod are used. In the fight against rodents, they wrap the barrel with a metal mesh. The trunk itself needs to be whitewashed.

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Landing nuances depending on the region

In Siberia and the Urals the soils are heavy, so sand must be added when planting. The place is chosen where there is less snow layer, since tree branches are fragile and can break under the weight of snow. Young plants planted in autumn require shelter. Planted in spring from April to May.

In the Volga region it is recommended to plant only zoned varieties. Winter is moderate, but long. The planting date is the first days of March.

In outskirts of Moscow the climate is suitable for growing sea buckthorn, it does not need shelter. Planting is carried out from the end of March to the first half of April.

Conclusion

Sea buckthorn is unpretentious, frost-resistant, does not require constant care. One has only to comply with the requirements for planting and do pruning on time in order to get a vitamin harvest and save it for the winter.