ALL THE TRUTH ABOUT WINTER-HARDIENT APPLE TREES

When choosing an apple tree for your site, one of the important criteria that you should pay attention to is the winter hardiness of the variety.

Do not confuse with frost resistance! It means the critical temperature that the buds of this variety can withstand. But winter hardiness is a rather complicated concept, which includes complex resistance to all adverse winter factors.

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First of all, this is the ability of plants to timely autumn hardening, the ability to maintain this very hardening, especially during thaws, and restore it. An important factor is the ability to recover from frost damage, as well as the resistance of buds, flowers and ovaries to recurrent cold weather.

In the conditions of the middle zone, the apple tree must withstand early frosts up to -30 degrees, have maximum frost resistance in the middle of winter at -40 degrees, and not be damaged during repeated frosts after thaws at a temperature of -25-28 degrees.

THE RIGHT CHOICE OF A WINTER-HARDIENT APPLE TREE

How realistic is it to find such an apple tree? There is a choice: for example, good winter hardiness in apple trees of the varieties Antonovka ordinary, Cinnamon striped, Moscow Grushovka, Imrus, Bolotovskoye, Freshness, Memory Syubarova, Belarusian sweet, Verbnoe. In fact, if you plant any apple trees zoned in your region and correctly follow the growing technology recommended for a particular variety, you will get an excellent result.

WHAT NEGATIVELY INFLUENCES AGING AND HARDENING OF TREES

Increased fertilization, abundant watering in late summer, pruning in early autumn cause a second wave of growth, which leads to a weakening of protective mechanisms.

Depletion of trees by a bountiful harvest.

Premature fall of leaves due to damage by pests and diseases.

Planting trees in very wet areas, in lowlands.

DID YOU KNOW? THE MOST WINTER-RESISTANT CULTURE IN OUR GARDENS IS THE APPLE TREE. IT IS FOLLOWED BY CHERRY, PLUM, PEAR, CHERRY, APRICOT, PEACH, GRAPES.

Reference by topic: Frost resistance and winter hardiness - the difference + shelters for plants taking into account them - the specialist advises