Rules of planting and care for viburnum

The beauty Kalina is more and more often found in gardens, country houses and on city streets. The plant is unpretentious, does not require special care. In addition to decorative qualities, viburnum has many healing properties.

Features of planting viburnum in autumn

Planting and caring for the plant does not require any particular difficulties and difficulties. Viburnum grows well on neutral and weak acidity of the soil( pH 5.5-6.5).Sand, peat and podzolic soil are not suitable. The depth of the soil is not less than one meter.

Kalina prefers that the site of her location is well lit, but grows well in shady places. According to some experts, viburnum in the shade less attracts pests.

Viburnum is planted both in springtime, when the leaves did not appear, or in the fall, when the leaves have already fallen. Before planting, the earth is dug up and freed from weeds. Fertile soil does not require the application of organic fertilizers. It is necessary to fertilize poor soil only immediately before planting.

Before planting, a recess with a diameter of 60 cm and a depth of half a meter is dug out. The distance between the pits should be at least one and a half meters. The soil from the hole is mixed with organic and mineral fertilizers. One recess requires:

• humus or peat( 10 liters);
• potassium sulphate( 1/2 cup);
• superphosphate( 1 cup);
• dolomite flour( 1 cup);
• urea( 2 tbsp. L.)

Everything is thoroughly mixed and filled to 2/3 in the recess. Then the soil mixture is poured with 3-4 buckets of water. Within 6-7 days the hole is moistened. During planting, the remaining mixture is poured into the hole, so that a tubercle appears, the height of which should be 10-12 cm. A seedling is placed on the tubercle in an upright position, sprinkled with soil and compacted. Then a hole is made in the near-ground circle and watering is performed.

Mulching is carried out in late spring, when the soil is warm and moist. Mulch in the form of shredded tree bark, wood chips or peat is scattered around the bush.

Planting young sapling of viburnum

Advantages of autumn planting and transplanting in open ground

It is known that you can plant viburnum both in spring time( end of April - beginning of May) and in autumn( September).According to experienced gardeners, planting in the fall has some advantages:

• should be planted in early September, for seedlings to take root;
• in autumn the soil around the plant will settle, it will become dense;
• in the autumn period there is no strong heat, therefore, there is no need for frequent watering;
• is a sapling planted in autumn, it grows vegetative in spring, as the roots develop and the bud is asleep at this time, thanks to which the young shoots develop more actively;
• in the spring in the garden and the garden a lot to do, so in the fall, when there is more free time, you can start planting viburnum.

Care: how to plant and trim bushes?

It is also necessary to care for viburnum, as for other cultivated plants: destruction of weeds, regular watering, loosening of the soil in the near-stem circle, mulching, cutting and crown formation, fighting diseases and pests.

Spring flowering of viburnum

Watering

Watering is done in the evening, shedding 40 cm of soil. Adult bushes should be watered during the growing season and when the berries ripen.

Top dressings

Usually top dressings are produced in a dry form, in hot dry weather they are best dissolved in water. It is necessary to feed the plant several times:

1. In early spring, when young leaves bloom. Urea is introduced( 2 tbsp. L.);
2. Fertilizer is applied immediately before flowering. Spread wood ash( 1/2 liter) or potassium sulphate( 2 tbsp. L.);
3. Supplied after flowering. Introduced nitrophoska or nitroammofoska( 2 tbsp. L.).
4. Liquid feeding is applied in October, when the harvest has already been harvested. Potassium sulfate( 2 tablespoons) and superphosphate( 3 tablespoons) are added to ten liters of water. For each bush viburnum requires two buckets of fertilizer

Reproduction and cultivation

Propagation of viburnum can be dividing the bush, seeds, cuttings and layering. After breeding, shoots can be transplanted into open ground.

Reproduction by dividing the bush

Usually this method is used if the species of viburnum is valuable and you need to save or transplant the plant to another place. The plant is divided into several parts. At least 3 buds remain on each part. Separation and transfer are made in spring or autumn.

Fruiting viburnum in the summer cottage

Reproduction cuttings

In June or early July, when the branches are flexible, the cuttings begin. When cutting it is necessary to monitor the number of nodes, there should be at least three. The length of the planting material, about 10 cm. At the bottom of the cutting passes an oblique cut, the leaves are cut. Material desirable to hold the drugs to accelerate growth( Kornevina). Then place the cuttings in a greenhouse, deepening 2 cm into the ground. The soil mixture is prepared from equal parts of sand and peat. When rooting the greenhouse is covered with plastic wrap or glass.

Cuttings require constant watering. Before winter, rooted shoots are insulated. Sawdust, roofing material and peat are used as covering material. In the spring of planting material landed in a permanent place of residence.

How to propagate by layering?

Grooves break through near the bush of viburnum in spring. Young shoots bend from the bush and covered with soil and fastened with wire. The tip should remain on the surface. Slightly above the poured soil, an incision is made on the shoot. By the fall, the cuttings will give roots, young shoots will appear on the buds. The processes are separated from the adult plant and transplanted to a new place.

Propagation by seeds is not welcomed by gardeners, since a long period of time elapses before germination. The technology is somewhat more complicated. As you can see, viburnum can multiply in a variety of ways.

Pruning

Pruning can be done in the fall as well as in early spring. Kalina definitely need sanitary and anti-aging pruning. In addition, pruning forms the volume of the plant. Pruning in early spring each year limits the size of the bush and increases the illumination in the crown. It also removes weak diseased branches.

Next, the old 7-9-year-old branches are cut, which are already growing. Leave only strong, annuals. Shrubs with weak flowering are cut off completely. Hemp stays, protruding 15-20 cm above the ground. Dormant buds give young shoots and viburnum is restored very soon.

When the bush is not cut for a long time, it thickens, loses its beauty. Anti-aging pruning is done after waking up the kidneys. Old branches are cut or sawn with a secateur, small hemp five centimeters long remain. From hemp appear young shoots. Over the summer, weak branches are removed on the shoots.

Viburnum sprawling bush requiring pruning

Forming

Unlike other fruit shrubs, Kalina does not require frequent pruning of shoots. Usually remove the shoots once a year.

When a plant is formed by a bush, in the spring all branches are removed by 2-3 knots. Growth points pinch when reaching a length of 30 cm. Awakened buds will give young shoots. They will be the main component of the plant. In the subsequent years, systematic pruning of viburnum will form the desired size of the bush.

If you wish to see Kalina with a tree, at the beginning of the formation, you need to leave a vertical central trunk. The remaining side branches should be removed. Growth around the bush is also trimmed. In 2-3 years, a trunk will be formed with a height of about two meters. The crown is formed by pinching a growth point. The tip of the conductor is clipped and several buds appear at the cutoff site. Thanks to this procedure, the tree becomes branched.

Grow viburnum on your own site is easy. You need to competently be able to care for her. Then the plant will appreciate the magnificent flowers and beautiful healthy berries.