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  1. Vasilisa Povorina.

    Is it possible to grow pine Oculus Draconis in a pot indoors? After all, how nice it would be to have our own Christmas tree every year for the New Year holidays.

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    • OOO "Sad"

      Dragon's Eye pine (Pinus densiflora Oculus Draconis) can be kept in pots, containers, or bonsai style. This is a traditional breed for dwarf tree cultivation. It is often grown as a small tree or shrub with an umbrella crown.

      CONDITIONS AND CARE
      When keeping it in a container, you need to remember some requirements.
      The main thing is proper wintering: a cool (+5-10 degrees) bright place and reduced watering.
      This variegated pine is light-loving. If there is insufficient lighting, its spectacular coloring may disappear.

      The plant tolerates different substrate compositions, but does not tolerate drying out. The need for moisture is greater at a young age, when rapid development occurs.
      Over time, an upright growing trunk becomes bent (often tilted), a flat top and a spreading crown of irregular shape appear. The needles may turn yellow in winter. As a tree ages, its bark cracks, revealing a layer of orange color.

      IF you look at the pine from above, the alternating yellow and green stripes on the needles resemble the eye of a dragon, hence the name of the variety.

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  2. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    How to grow a pine on the site? Mikhail D

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    • OOO "Sad"

      Michael, do you need it? This is a real breeding ground for pests! By the way, they winter well in its bark. Another thing is spruce. She scares them away, especially the "lovers" of apple trees.
      I.I VETROV Leningrad region

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    • OOO "Sad"

      From my own experience I know how difficult it is for pine to take root in a garden plot. II The first experiments were unsuccessful, but now three green beauties grow on the site. Dig a small pine along with a lump (in pines, the tap root goes vertically down deep - sometimes half a meter, it is advisable to save it) from the nearest fishing line and plant it on the shady side of the site. It is best to plant in thickets of tall grass or small shrubs so that they cover the tree from the sun until it enters into force. In extreme cases, shade the landing with some kind of shield. In no case do not fertilize the pine with anything - neither manure nor compost. Plant a little on a knoll in the south-north direction, without deepening the root neck. Water well after planting and generally water regularly on hot days. For the first year or two, it may seem that the pine is not growing at all, but then the situation will change in the opposite direction.

      And the last tip: do not plant conifers near buildings and wires. A small hurricane and they can be uprooted, after which they may not land very well ...

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  3. Galina Mahotkina, Saratov Region

    Tell me, what about my mountain pine Mugus (pictured)?

    Decorative pines - types and varieties, planting and care

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - The needles can die off due to the fact that the root system of the plant does not work well (for example, it was dried or frostbitten).

      If you planted a plant with a lump of peat, which was in a pot, the roots quickly dry out. In April, as the soil thaws, puncture the root system in several places and add loam or pour a loamy loam into it. For at least 2 weeks, shade the plant on the sunny side with a shield of cardboard, slate or burlap. Spray the crown with water, adding Fitosporin to it every 2 weeks (according to the instructions), so that fungal diseases do not develop from moisture on dying needles. When watering the plant do not fill. Feed only special fertilizers for conifers.

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  4. Irina

    Pine with a blaze
    Four years ago, a Canadian pine yearling was planted in a well-lit place. He looked healthy, jovial, green, quickly got accustomed to the new place and soon began to grow. Now the tree height is already about 2 m and raslapisty enough for its age. And very, very much, one might say, fluffy. It was only last fall that I noticed that right in the middle of the trunk he suddenly had some strange "foci" for some reason the needles turned yellow, which now partially crumbled.

    So my green pine stands with a red-yellow stain-bald spot in the middle. What is she missing? Maybe she got sick with something? I will add that my land is good - oily, fertile. Two other pine trees (ordinary), planted earlier, grow without any problems.

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  5. Alexander Boyko

    For some reason, the shoots of the conifers in my garden are now pale green. As if they do not have enough nitrogen. What is it?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      If the coniferous plant stopped growing, turned yellow, sheds needles - then you need to look for reasons. The first, and most important, can be in the soil. Conifers grow well on acidic, weakly acidic and neutral. If there are horsetail on the plot, horse sorrel, moss, sedge, mocryca - the soil is acidic. Nettle, wheat grass, clover - alkaline. It is necessary to use means for acidification. For example, "Agrecol" is an acidifying fertilizer for conifers. It needs to be scattered (120 g / m 2) under the plants in the spring.

      Packages (1,2 kg) are enough for 10 sq. M. m. Then pour water abundantly. If necessary, repeat the procedure in 3 months.
      In this case, the plant is treated with special preparations (according to the instructions).
      The third probable cause is the lack of trace elements.

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