The owners of a private house, a personal plot, settling down, must break a garden, trying to plant a variety of fruit trees. Naturally, apple trees will occupy an honorable place in it.
Basic landing rules
Before you
plant a tree in the garden
, you should think not only about its variety, but also about the breed. For example, if there is not enough free space in the yard or on the plot, dwarf and semi-dwarf rocks will be the best option. Unfortunately, they live slightly less than ordinary trees, but they are much more convenient to care for and to harvest. Not to mention the compactness and benefits associated with this. You do not know which apple tree is suitable for you - photos and detailed descriptions can be found in special editions on gardening, to orient, to sort it out.
What else, in addition to the size of the tree and its fruitful characteristics, you need to pay attention to when breaking down the garden, is the correspondence of the breed to the local climate and the degree of resistance of the apple tree to diseases and pests. It is advisable to choose varieties that do not succumb to scab. But to protect them from caterpillars and worms is the task of amateur gardeners themselves.
When planning where and how to plant an apple tree in spring, on the one hand, try to provide good drainage to the young tree, and on the other hand, place “new settlers” on the sunny side, but not on the south. The fact is that on the south side, of course, it is warmer, therefore, the tree may begin to bloom earlier. And late frosts, quite possible in our unstable climate, will ruin both color and future harvest.
Another important rule of how to plant an apple tree in spring: seedlings should be at rest until the sap flow processes have begun in the tree. Usually this is mid-late March. In cold climates or prolonged frosts, the period is somewhat extended. And it is during spring planting that the fruit trees take root better.
Preparatory Activities
Before planting an apple tree in the spring, the seedling should be well prepared: cut dead roots, rotten, broken off, affected by diseases. It would be nice to put the tree in a container of water for two or three days before planting, so that the roots are completely submerged.
A pit for planting is dug up at least a week before the seedling is placed in it. The ideal period is 21 days. Its depth is 60-70 centimeters. Width - from 80 centimeters to 1 meter. The fertile layer is stored in a bucket, and drainage is placed at the bottom of the pit: stones, other improvised materials. This is important to do before planting an apple tree. In the spring it often rains, and therefore it is necessary to try to avoid stagnation of moisture and waterlogging of the soil. And on the drainage, a special nutrient mixture is laid out from chernozem, mineral fertilizers, which managed to re-manure, well mixed (there should be a bucket of land, no less). As fertilizer, by the way, you can take wood ash (about 1 kg).
Tree planting
In the prepared pit, you should first drive in the number of support for the seedling. Then a tree is tied to it, placing it so that the root system is in the middle of the pit and is well spread. Then the pit is carefully poured to a height of 30 centimeters above the root level. Around the trunk is a small mound, rammed, carefully watered. Earth and water are also added. How to understand whether a tree has begun? If his kidneys are alive, the leaves will bloom - then everything is in order, your garden is safely laid.