When to plant an apple tree in the suburbs
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When cultivating a fruiting tree, the most important thing is to select an excellent planting material and plant it correctly. A correctly planted fruit-bearing tree grows rapidly and begins to yield, amazes with its level of stamina and stunning appearance. And a wrong landing can only do harm, you will waste your energy and time.
So when will it is recommended to plant fruit-bearing trees in the Moscow region: in the spring or autumn season?
When is it recommended to plant a fruit-bearing tree: in the spring season or in the autumn season?
In the Central region of our country, the Moscow region is included in it, fruit-bearing trees are planted in the spring and autumn seasons. If you bought a powerful planting material with a well-developed root system, then it perfectly adapts in all seasons.
Planting a fruit-bearing tree in the autumn season in the Moscow region
It is recommended for planting material that has reached the age of three to four years, because the older the apple tree, the more time it needs to adapt to the new territory and conditions.
If the planting is in the autumn season, then the fruiting tree will be able to adapt to an unknown land for him, and will accelerate the growth process in the spring season.
At what time to plant fruit-bearing trees in the Moscow region in the autumn season depends on the fall of leaves, they start to take action after it starts.
During this time period, apple trees no longer spend their energy on growing branches, however, they did not fall into a state of dormancy for the winter season.
Completion of the planting process approximately fifteen to twenty-five days before the arrival of severe cold weather. This time interval of the apple tree is enough for adaptation.
The recommended time for disembarkation is from approximately the second week of the first autumn month until the beginning of the second autumn month.
How to correctly plant a fruit-bearing tree in the Moscow region directly depends on the variety and land.
Planting a fruiting tree in the spring season in the Moscow region
Allows them to adapt to the upcoming winter season and not freeze during this period. It is optimal for planting material that has reached the age of one to two years. Young herbaceous plants quickly take root to unfamiliar realities of growth, however, they are more exposed to freezing in the winter season when planted in the autumn season.
Disembarkation is carried out in the spring season, from the last week of the second spring month to the second week of the last spring month.
Recommendation! It happens that the spring season comes earlier than usual or later. What to do with this option? A simple hint will come in handy: the soil should warm up (the snow should melt) on the bayonet of the shovel.
How to select a variety of a fruit-bearing tree for planting in the Moscow region?
From the very beginning, you must make the final decision at what time you want to receive fruits from a fruiting tree.
According to the ripening time, all varieties of fruit-bearing trees are divided into:
- Summer varieties
They ripen in the first weeks of the last summer month, and especially early summer varieties around the end of the second summer month. Not detained for more than fourteen days.
- Autumn varieties
They ripen in the first autumn month and can be kept for thirty to sixty days.
- Winter varieties
They ripen in the second autumn month. They are kept for a long time, from ninety days to one hundred and eighty days.
Recommendation! The normal amount in the country will be a fruit-bearing tree of a summer variety in the amount of one, an autumn variety in an amount of one or two, winter varieties in an amount of two to three, if you cultivate apple trees for maintenance.
For the Moscow region, it is recommended to select varieties with a high level of resistance to cold, they are more resistant to our frosty and sometimes completely snow-free winter seasons.
Summer varieties of fruiting trees
- "Mellba".
- "Manttent".
- "Candy."
— «Moscow pear».
- "Medunitsa".
- "Pappirovka".
- "Pink Plage".
Autumn varieties of fruiting trees
- Brown Lines.
- "Zhigulevskoe".
- Spartak.
- "Annis".
- "Rososhanskoe striped".
- "Antonovka".
— «Glory to the winners».
Winter varieties of fruiting trees
- "North Sinnap".
- "Kutuzovets".
- "Gold".
- "Kuibyshevskoe".
- Little Star.
- "Saffron".
- "Moscow winter".
- "Richard".
How to plant a fruit-bearing tree in the spring and autumn?
Select the area where the disembarkation will take place. One of the most common mistakes when selecting a territory is proximity to other fruit-bearing trees.
For a fruit-bearing tree cultivated on a half-dwarf rootstock (most often these are all new planting materials), the space from other fruit-bearing trees must be at least three hundred centimeters. Varieties with a high level of growth are planted no closer than five hundred centimeters from other fruit-bearing trees.
Note! It is recommended to select a site with a sufficient amount of sunlight, free of strong and cold winds, with the location of groundwater not less than three hundred centimeters.
Prepare a landing hole. It is recommended to do this in advance, fourteen to twenty-one days before landing. To do this, dig a hole seventy to eighty centimeters deep and in diameter. The bottom of the planting hole is loosened with a shovel, for more active saturation of the soil and root system with oxygen, so it will be easier for the grassy one to pass to the moistened earth at a depth.
Prepare planting material for disembarkation. The purchased fruit-bearing tree must be placed in water for four to six hours, choose a stimulant for the formation of roots of your choice, we recommend the means "eppin", "root", "cornerost" and "heteroauxin". Placing it in water will fill the dried roots with liquid, and the use of the drug will increase the likelihood of adaptation of the planting material. For people who do not like chemical drugs, we recommend drugs from the people for the accelerated growth of roots:
- A preparation based on honey, one teaspoon for two liters of liquid.
- A preparation based on yeast, one hundred grams (small package) per bucket of liquid.
Inspect the constituents of your land: clay or sandy soil. In the first year, the planting material gives back roots in the planting hole. He is then not considered powerful, and he needs to create favorable conditions for cultivation. Having adapted, the fruiting tree grows on all varieties of land, not counting marshlands. If the land is not rich, sandy, pour black soil to it. If the ground is not easy, with an excessive amount of clay, or with caked virgin soil that has not been processed for a long time, pour sand to it, two or three buckets for the entire planting hole.
Planting planting material, following simple rules:
- just before planting in the bottom of the planting hole, place a powerful peg made of metal or wood. It must be at least one hundred and fifty centimeters long. Eighty centimeters of which remains in the landing hole, and the rest is outside. You will tie your fruit-bearing tree to it.
- determine the planting material planting depth. The grafting site must be five to eight centimeters above the soil.
- on the bottom of the planting hole with a slide, pour out the soil, place the planting material in the middle. Place the roots of a fruiting tree on different sides and towards the soil so that they do not look in one direction. Pour the prepared soil into the planting hole, tamp it lightly.
- moisten the herb with three to four buckets of liquid.
- tie to a peg in two sections: below and above.
Note! Before the winter season, with the onset of the first cold weather, young fruit-bearing trees are wrapped in dense material, namely the one that is snow-white and lets the color pass through. This must be done in the first three to four years, until the herbaceous plant has fully adapted. The planting procedure in the autumn and spring seasons is identical, only the selection of the applied top dressing differs.
Top dressing for planting in spring and autumn
Planting in the autumn season - fertilizing with potassium and phosphorus is applied.
You can use potassium humate, superphosphate or potassium chloride. It is also possible to purchase a ready-made "autumn" mixture for dressing.
The main note is not to introduce fertilizing in the autumn season that contains nitrogen, for example, bird droppings, urea, mullein, azofoska. This top dressing causes abundant growth of branches, which will no longer have time to ripen before the winter season and only move the nutrients away from the root system.
When planting in the spring season, fertilizing with nitrogen will help the apple tree grow shoots and roots at an accelerated rate. It is introduced by loosening the area at the trunk or by placing it in a liquid.
You can purchase these funds:
— urea
Fifteen - twenty grams for each planting material.
- rotted manure
One bucket for each planting material. A layer of mulch is made with a space of ten centimeters from the trunk of the apple tree.
- infusion of bird droppings
Half a bucket. With this preparation it is necessary to moisten the fruit-bearing trees immediately after planting.
Planting and agricultural technology behind fruit-bearing trees with the shape of a column in the Moscow region
The popularity of these fruit-bearing trees is increasing every year due to the stunning specifics of the variety and its advantages:
- fast ripening of the crop - they bring a crop, reaching an age of one or two years.
- small space occupied - instead of a single apple tree, in the ordinary view, it is possible to plant up to about ten apple planting materials in the form of a column, selecting the varieties and the ripening time of the fruits.
- shallow root system - ideal for land with close groundwater.
With all the advantages of pillar-shaped fruiting trees, they have one drawback - a low level of resistance to cold. When selecting a variety, it is worth asking farmers if this variety is suitable for the Moscow region.
Planting materials for planting are sold at the age of one, sometimes at the age of two. The first planting materials adapt better.
Note! The planting rules for column-shaped apple trees are identical with other fruit-bearing trees, however, the planting hole is made smaller, fifty centimeters in diameter and depth. All dressings are applied in an amount of one second of the norm for ordinary apple trees.
Agricultural technology includes moistening, loosening the area near the trunk, collecting weeds.
Pruning in the spring season is done if the apple tree is producing side shoots.They are pruned with pointed garden shears, and the cut is processed with summer cottage var.
Useful recommendations from summer residents with experience if you have a fruit-bearing tree in the Moscow region
- It is strictly not recommended to purchase planting material cultivated in the southern territories. In the realities of the Moscow region, he simply will not take root and will die in the winter season. It is recommended to select zoned varieties of seedlings from proven nurseries.
- Do not buy grassy ones with tall stature, which have reached the age of four to five years, but many violate this point. They adapt poorly and take longer.
- Wrap the trunks of young planting material for the winter season. This will prevent hares from eating herbaceous bark. It is enough that you tie a hundred centimeters of the trunk, starting from the edge of the soil, because the rabbits will not reach further.