People often say: "As you begin, it will." Any business needs to be started consciously and correctly. After the winter, fruit trees or berry bushes may suffer in your personal plot, or even die. Or maybe you just want to equip your plot with a good garden, the fruits of which you will enjoy all winter? Then you need to purchase high-quality seedlings of bushes or trees.
What it is?
First you need to understand what a seedling is, how to choose, plant and care for it. From many sources or dictionaries, you can learn that seedlings are young plants of trees or shrubs that were grown from cuttings or seedlings. Subsequently, they are used for landing on a permanent residence. This place may be a garden, park, etc.
Which are there?
In turn, in addition to the fact that seedlings are trees, but very young, there is their classification:
- Seedlings with bare roots. They are dug up and transported for sale without soil. So that the root system does not dry out, it is wrapped in a wet rag. Such trees take root very well, but for planting you need to choose the period October or November.
- Saplings, where the roots are immersed in an earthen lump. When a seedling is dug up by this method, its root system is not disturbed. It is necessary to pay special attention to whom around the roots, it should not collapse and expose the roots, the earth should not dry out. Such seedlings are planted in the period September-October or April-May.
- Seedlings in the container. This is the best option for young animals. It is grown from seed in a pot, and then planted in a container. You can plant such seedlings at a convenient time for the buyer. Gardeners can acquire such planting material throughout the year.
- Seedlings in the package. Such packaging material may include plastic bags or cardboard boxes. The root system of young animals is sprinkled with wet peat. You need to plant seedlings in October or March.
Sale of seedlings
There are two types of material on sale in nurseries or on garden markets: ACS and ACS. Each buyer can choose an option that suits him. To begin with, consider the seedlings ZKS and OKS. What is it and how to plant them? Which are preferable to buy and how should they look.?
- ZKS seedlings - a plant with a closed root system. Such material costs decent money, but it has a number of advantages. Seedlings have a good and not damaged root system. Such planting material has a large time period of planting.
- ACS seedlings are young plants with an open root system. When choosing such seedlings, you can study the roots well. But the landing of such material has a limited period of up to two weeks.
If you purchase a plant with ACS in the fall, then it should be devoid of leaves. This procedure is carried out in nurseries before planting material is removed from the ground. If this plant is with ZKS, then it does not lose foliage. It is not necessary.
How to choose the right seedlings
In order to grow a good tree, and subsequently get an excellent harvest, you need to choose the right planting material. Here are a few rules when choosing seedlings:
- Seedlings of a one-year or two-year-old should be bought. Such trees will take root better and will be able to winter without much damage.
- Particular attention must be paid to the proportionality of the crown and root. If the crown is large and the root system is small, then most likely you want to sell an adult tree with chopped roots.
- Standard seedling size. A two-year-old plant has a root system length of at least 30 cm. It also has a central conductor, from which three branches depart.
And, of course, do not forget to ask the seller questions to which he must give a detailed answer. Feel free to consider your purchase, touch the trunk and touch the ground. Externally, the seedlings should be healthy, the root system - not dried, but the crown - whole.
A new method of obtaining seedlings
We have already considered that seedlings are young plants that are grown from a seed or from a stalk. But recently, a new method of growing planting material has begun to gain popularity.
Own seedlings are young plants that can be obtained by rooting cuttings or root shoots. Such trees have two advantages. Firstly, you can grow such seedlings in your area without vaccination. Secondly, if the tree did not overwinter winter and froze to ground level, it can be revived from the root system.
Whatever planting material you choose, you need to plant it correctly. To get started, learn all about the culture that you will plant, you need to familiarize yourself with all the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages. Then select the area where the landing will be made. We must not forget that young animals cannot be planted in the place of an old tree. It must take at least three years. If the soil on the plot is acidic, add dolomite flour to the planting pit. Seedlings are planted in spring or autumn, taking into account your climate and tree variety.
Following all the rules and approaching such work with the soul, you can grow a beautiful garden and enjoy its gifts.