How to plant and care for the irga

Irga, planting and caring for which does not cause any particular difficulties, is deservedly popular with summer residents and gardeners.

The plant has excellent decorative properties. Berries have not only an excellent sweet and sour taste, but also have many healing properties.

Plant Variety

Canadian Irga has proven itself for the Moscow region. This variety is a long-lived shrub that in this area begins to bear fruit and delight gardeners earlier than other cultivated plants.

With the proper planting and care of an irgi Canadian photo, it can confirm the beauty of the plant and the ability to bear much fruit.

Fruits of the Canadian shadberry of a large size, beautiful coloring, juicy, possessing a high degree of taste. Irish canadian begins to bloom in May, to bear fruit in the middle of summer, leaves change color in September. In early October, they begin to fall off.

Choosing a place to plant

Thanks to its unpretentiousness, an irga gets not the best places in the garden plot. Planted in the shadow areas, the plant begins to reach for the sun's rays, which leads to its enhanced growth. The shrub begins to resemble a tree, on which all the largest and ripe berries are at the top to the delight of the birds that fly.

Transplanting an adult plant is very difficult due to the well-developed root system, which goes several meters deep.

Shrub it is possible to find a sunny or slightly shaded area. Despite the fact that irga is unpretentious to the soil, it is desirable that it be fertile. Then the roots of the plant will be able to get good nutrition, and not to spread far away the root growth.

When planting a number of shrubs should be sufficient distance between them. Irga is a fast growing plant. At close planting, the foliage of neighboring shrubs will begin to shade each other, which leads to a decrease in the number of fruits. For the root system there will not be enough nutrients and it will have to scatter its branches far away. This will lead to the fact that the place near the bushes will become unsuitable for planting other plants.

The distance between the shrubberry and other plantations should be between 2 and 5 meters.

If you wish to use shrubs of irgi as a hedge, you can plant bushes in a checkerboard pattern.

Planting

In nature, there are about two dozen species of irgi. In the suburbs landing and care Irgi Canadian gives the best results. Shrub begins to bloom in May. The leaf color varies from white to purple-red. The fruits are large and juicy.

You can plant irgu in spring and autumn. More preferred is the autumn planting. During this period, the soil will gain a lot of nutrients. There will be enough time for the plant to take root.

Sapling for planting should be 1-2 years old.

Planting and care of an irgi in the Moscow region due to soil characteristics requires preparatory work:

1. The area intended for planting should be cleared of weeds.
2. Add fertilizers to the upper soil layer: organic - 3-4 kg, superphosphate - 0.5 kg, potash salt - 200 g. Ash is an excellent potassium fertilizer.
3. To dig a layer of soil on the "spade bayonet", to a depth of 20-22 cm.
4. If the soil is acidic, you should add lime.
5. Dig a landing hole 50-80 cm wide, 30-40 cm deep.

Landing:

1. Lower the seedling into the dug pit so that the entire root system is below ground level.
2. Stick a seedling, slightly tilted from the sunny side, dug with earth and carefully tamped.
3. Pour heavily.
4. When the soil has settled, add land so that the landing area is level with the surface.
5. Top coat with mulch.
6. Shorten the upper part of the shoot, ensuring that a sufficient number of well-developed buds remain.

Planting irgi in the open field and caring for it in spring and autumn practically do not differ. If the winter is to be harsh, then during the autumn planting it is better to leave the shortened part on the surface. This will also protect the plant from strong gusts of wind. The landing site can be covered with spruce branches.

Planting spring irgi has its advantages:

• plants are no longer afraid of cold and frost - the possibility of his death becomes minimal;
• at this time gardeners are more often visited by summer residents who can provide care and assistance to the plant in time;
• watering will be carried out regularly;
• will be taken if there is visible evidence of illness.

Despite the unpretentiousness of the plant, it is necessary to give it the necessary attention.

Cultivation and care

Despite the unpretentiousness of a plant, it is impossible to completely ignore it. Cultivation of irgi and care for it can be reduced to the following points:

• top dressing;
• weeding;
• soil loosening;
• watering;
• pruning;
• pest control.

Top dressing should be done in summer. It should have a liquid consistency. Feed should be closer to the night time. The effect will be better if it is done after a heavy rain or full watering.

Organic fertilizers, such as bird droppings, can be used for feeding. Under each bush make 4-6 kg. Compost and ash are good fertilizers. In the course can go mowed grass. It should be poured into a suitable container with water, closed from the light and kept for a week.

After planting, superphosphate, ammonium nitrate, and potassium sulfate should be regularly introduced under the bush.

When the bush begins to bear fruit, the branches that have not yet become strong may not withstand the severity of the crop and break off. To avoid this, you should make the strapping with suitable materials. Over time, the branches will become thicker, and the need for strapping will disappear.

To form a bush follows from strong root shoots. The weak should be cut so that they do not take away the strength of the more fruitful. In the autumn after harvesting the soil around the bush should be dug. At the same time, the depth should not be too large so as not to damage the root system.

The root system of an irgi goes deep into where it finds for itself the necessary amount of moisture. Therefore, it is necessary to water it only in case of severe drought.

Birds are great lovers of irgi berries. If you do not take action, then they will get the best harvest, because the first and largest berries appear on the upper branches.

Despite the fact that the irga is resistant to the adverse effects of the external environment, it can not always cope with garden pests and get sick. Proper planting and caring for an irga include pest control.

The main pests are:

• fruit rot;
• mol;
• irg seed;
• Hawthorn;
• leafworm;
• wrinkled capillary.

For pest control help: thinning the bush, timely harvesting, moderate watering. To destroy harmful caterpillars and beetles, shad irgi, before the onset of the appearance of berries or after harvesting, spray with means specially intended for this.

Diseases to which shrubs irgi:

1. Tuberculosis. The leaves begin to grow brown, dry out and fall off. Then the branches on which reddish tubercles appear are drying out. Affected branches must be cut. Shrub spray with blue vitriol. In the spring spraying can be done as a preventive measure.
2. Rust. The leaves are covered with brown spots and fade. The plant is treated with Bordeaux liquid.
3. Gray rot. Yellowed leaves are covered with gray mold. The reason most often is an excess of moisture, so you need to reduce watering.
4. Defeat by the moth-eater. With this pest struggling with the use of karbofos.

In order not to spread pests on the garden plot, cut diseased branches and fallen leaves should be burned next to the bush.

How to properly trim the irga in the spring

Pruning the irgi in the spring is a must-care activity.

A few years after planting, should begin rejuvenation of the bush:

• thinning;
• pruning elongated branches, giving the bush a regular shape;
• cutting root stems.

Proper planting and caring for an irga will present a good harvest of berries with powerful healing properties.

When thinning, all weak branches and bent inwards are cut. It helps to survive and become stronger healthy. They get more air and sunlight. Should remain only strong shoots that will form a rich harvest.

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