Blue spruce: planting and care

Blue spruce (photo is shown below) - beautiful ornamental trees, named so for good. Its needles are covered with a waxy coating, giving the plant a peculiar shade. Thanks to this color, the spruce got its name. To the beauty of the tree opened up to the full, it needs special care throughout the year.

This relatively unpretentious plant is suitable for growing in our climatic zone. To a tree grows well and develops, it needs the appropriate soil. It happens that the land in which it was planted is infected with a fungus. The blue spruce, planting and care of which was carried out at the site of the growth of agricultural crops, may feel bad.

If the needles changed their color to red, this is a sure sign that the plant is infected. In natural conditions, the land on which these trees grow contains the fungi necessary for growth. Timely soil analysis carried out by specialists will help in time to identify all the problems and correct its composition by introducing the necessary components (clay or sand, humus or mineral fertilizers, manure or compost).

Blue spruce: planting and grooming in the valley and on the hill

For trees growing in dry places, additional watering is necessary. For a spruce planted in a low place, on the contrary, a good drainage is necessary, which will protect it from excess moisture and will not allow the roots to rot. The soil near the trunk must be periodically loosened, weeded, mulched with peat or crushed bark. If the tree needs additional nutrition, it is necessary to feed mineral fertilizers. From time to time, the trunk must be laundered from dust, especially in young trees.

Blue spruce: planting and caring for newly transplanted trees

Such plants need careful care. In the first year after their transplantation to a new location, special attention should be paid to the development of the root system. While the tree is not fully adopted, it needs additional watering. Water should not be cold. The optimum temperature for watering is 15-22 degrees. Recently transplanted plants require support in the form of special stretch marks. They need to be checked from time to time and, if necessary, corrected and strengthened again.

Blue spruce: planting and caring for seeds obtained from seeds

The initial stage of growing plants in this way begins in early spring. Best of all, when emergence coincides with the end of frosts. Seeds are fir blue for a day left in the water. Then planted plants cover with sawdust 2-3 cm layer. On the 20th-25th day shoots appear. Young trees grow slowly, very hard to tolerate soil compaction, do not like the neighborhood with groundwater and open wind. While the Christmas trees are small, they must be carefully weeded to exclude the darkening of the soil. Due to the superficial location of the root system, deep tillage can not be carried out. When plants reach half a meter, they can be planted in a permanent place.