Even experienced gardeners often argue, what time is the apple trees for the cage better: spring and autumn. Both dates of landing have their pros and cons, but today we will tell you how to plant an apple tree in the fall.
How to plant an apple tree in the fall - choice of place
Place for the future apple tree Choose a quiet and sunny. Windy place will be destructive for an apple tree: a young seedling will be subject to constant swing - it will lead to the fact that the roots of the tree will grow badly. The apple tree is best fruitful in the sun, so be sure to consider this moment. If you already grow other fruit trees on the site, then for the beginner, plan a place for no less than 5-6 meters from the old apple tree, pears or cherries.
How to plant an apple tree in the fall - preparation of landing pit
Start a pit for apple trees back in June. Drop it with a size of 100 cm in width and 80-100 cm in depth. I will definitely fake fertilizers. To do this, take two buckets of humus, floor of wood ash, 1.5 glasses of superphosphate, 4 large spoons without potassium sulfate. All this wealth is mixed with one bucket of the Earth, which you have left after the pokes of the pit. Pour the pit with the resulting mixture and sink it a little. From above, pour another bucket of the ordinary earth and cover the pit with a wooden shield. Until autumn, all fertilizers will have to decompose, the soil will become very fertile.
How to plant an apple tree in the fall - seedlings
Seedling buy or in a specialized nursery, or from an experienced gardener. Look, that the young tree has well-developed roots, the place of vaccination is without visible bark disorders. Also pay attention to the leaves - they can be sluggish, but without suspicious spots and other damage.
How to plant an apple tree in autumn - process technology
Depending on which climatic zone you live, the dates of planting fruit trees can vary. In the southern regions it is recommended to do in October, in more northern - in September.
- Saplings have a little cut the roots - literally by 5 mm.
- Lower the roots of the seedling into the water and hold it there for 1-2 hours.
- In the prepared pit, remove the top layer of the Earth.
- From the fertile land, which you filled the pit, form a hill.
- On the side of the slide to drive a strong wooden peg tall 70-100 cm - you then lend a young seedling.
- Install the seedling in the pit in such a way that the roots are freely located along the side surfaces of the slide. Seedling place at such an altitude so that the vaccination place is 5x above the ground level in the garden. Watch that the vaccination place is drawn to the south.
- Sprinkle the roots with a small amount from the Earth's pit.
- Tie a seedling to a peg. Make a loop in the form of the eight.
- Fill 2-3 buckets of water into a pit.
- When the liquid is completely absorbed into the ground, pour the pit to the top of the dry ground.
- I will confuse a little a little and if it is too delishet, then squeeze the soil.
In the landing of the apple tree, there is nothing complicated in the fall. Make everything carefully and carefully and then the spring tree will delight you with green foliage. In the first year of flowering, we wrap all the flowers with a young apple tree - it is necessary to actively build up the root system. If this is not done, then all the forces of the tree will spend on the formation of fruits, and it may not be enough for the growing roots of the roots. For those who are going to plant an apple tree in the spring, we picked up an instructive video.