11 Review (s)

  1. Anatoly

    Having received a summer cottage, we, the indigenous townspeople, did not know how to do anything - neither cultivate the land, nor plant, nor grow. We started by bringing humus, and then everything got better - we were taught, we studied.

    After some time, garden crops began to grow well, especially cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers. But nothing came of planting the garden. So much money wasted! We buy seedlings, plant them, take care of them - but they don’t take root: they either freeze, or get sick, or someone breaks them... In general, we have no experience or knowledge, and for five years we had no trees except cherries. In the spring I again buy seedlings from my grandfather and complain to him that I want to have a garden, but I have no mind and no garden. Grandfather sympathized and told us a little about how to plant a garden, how to properly place trees in the sun, and what to put under a seedling so that it grows healthy and strong.

    That the hole for the tree needs to be dug deeper, 30-40 centimeters from the roots. And pour... a bucket of oats into the bottom! Sprinkle the oats with a layer of soil (10 cm) on top, then plant the seedling tree as expected and water once when planting.
    The first three apple trees I planted this way were Jonathan, McIntosh and Snow Calvil. And the miracle happened! The apple trees produced a harvest the second year.
    Several years have passed, and we have a beautiful garden - apple trees, apricots, nuts, plums, cherries, cherries. Apple trees give birth every year (neighbors' - every other year), and the harvest is stable. From a distance everything looks red with apples!

    And the Pineapple apricot gave a harvest in the second year after planting. The fruits are large and also red-sided, visible from afar - they sparkle with gold. All the neighbors ask for clothespins and are jealous.
    And there is only one secret: a bucket of oats.

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  2. Taisiya Kovalenko, Volgograd region

    The apple tree was planted this fall (several branches leave the table). Should I trim it at the end of winter? Or let her grow as she pleases?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - If you want to get a compact tree of small stature, then early spring pruning is required. It is enough to shorten the conductor (central shoot) by 10-20 cm. The lateral shoots must be subordinated to the conductor, cutting them off by a third.

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  3. Inna Prikhodko, Ryazan region

    Which of the stems of the apple tree (planted in 2018) is best cut when shaping (see photo)? It seems to me that it is better to remove the right barrel. But I doubt not to remove the vaccination site ...

    Apple trees - planting, cultivation and care, varieties and pruning from A to Z

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - Only the trunk that has grown below the inoculation should be cut unambiguously. Unfortunately, the photo does not show the vaccination site. Therefore, I advise you to dig up the soil a little and find the place of grafting accretion near the stem. After that, feel free to cut out the extra trunk (in early spring). Just do not forget to cover it at the end of the work with garden varnish or paint.

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  4. Alla Prudnikovich, Kolomna

    An apple tree and a mulberry tree have grown at the very border of our site. The neighbors do not like the fact that parts of the crowns of plants every year more and more capture their territory. And we feel sorry for cutting down trees. Is it possible to cut them in one plane so that all branches are parallel to the fence and on our land? Loss in the crop doesn't bother me.

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - To prevent the crowns from hanging over the neighbors' plot, cut off the branches from their side every year. At the same time, do not forget to form and thin out the crowns from your side. It is better to do this in early spring before the buds swell.

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  5. Anna Popovskaya. Arkhangelsk region

    In the spring we want to plant an apple tree in the place where the old red currant grew three years ago. The bush was always sick, and there were enough pests. What is the best way to disinfect the soil now?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - The best way to disinfect the soil is to uproot the old currant bush and burn it, and not plant anything in this place for the next 3-4 years.
      The soils of the northwestern part of Russia, as a rule, do not have high fertility. Therefore, for planting in the fall, dig holes with a diameter of at least 1 m and a depth of 80-100 cm.Scatter the selected soil over the garden area, and fill the holes themselves with a pre-prepared nutrient mixture of the top layer soil, rotted manure, peat, compost (2: 2: 2 :1). In the spring, after the ground thaws, you just have to dig a small hole and plant a seedling.

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  6. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    At the dacha, between the old apple trees, we put a canopy under which we tea. We trample the earth during the season. It is completely dry as a stone. I'm afraid the apple trees are suffering. But when watering near-trunk circles, everything around turns to mud. Maybe you should dig in the old leaky hoses to a depth of 10-15 cm in order to water the apple trees through them?
    Nikolay Parkhomov, Moscow region

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - Do not worry: the root system of old apple trees has long gone into the lower layers of the soil, in which there is enough moisture.
      My advice to you: in the fall, when weather conditions no longer allow you to tea, dig up the soil in the trunks under the crowns of apple trees, water well (200-300 liters of water) and mulch with organic matter (about 50 kg of humus per tree).

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