2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Japanese quince is considered a heat-loving culture. But according to long-term observations, it winters well in the Middle Lane without much shelter, covered with snow. Does not require close daily attention. With minimal maintenance, it gives an excellent yield. How to plant your favorite bushes correctly?
Preferences
Japanese quince withstands both monthly floods and drought well. It can grow in places with close occurrence of soil horizons. Loves sunny open areas, preferably on the south side of buildings.
Any soil is suitable for Chaenomeles. According to the observations of scientists, quince bears fruit more actively on heavy soils, loosened with humus, sand, peat. Faster will begin to yield crops on sandy loam lands, but on a more modest scale. At the same time, its life expectancy decreases.
Landing
Bushes are planted during dormancy in autumn or spring. Annual plants take root equally well with both open and closed root systems. At an older age, it is better to choose bushes that are bare in the underground part. To assess the state of her development.
Dig holes 2-3 meters apart (taking into account the prospects for further growth). Depth 45 cm, diameter 50-80 cm, depending on the size of the seedling. A support is driven into the center, a clay layer is laid on the bottom.
1/3 part is covered with fertile soil mixed with a glass of ash, a matchbox of superphosphate. Set the bush in the middle, straighten the roots, sprinkle with a fertile mixture. The near-trunk zone is carefully tamped.
Spill with water until completely saturated. Add humus or peat after shrinkage to normal. Tie the seedling to the support.
Care
In early spring, the trunks are whitened with lime "milk". A matchbox of nitroammophos is scattered on the ground, gently mixing it with the ground. Before flowering, during the ripening of fruits, fertilizing is repeated in liquid form with a complex fertilizer "Zdraven", a tablespoon without a slide on a full bucket of water. At the end of the growing season, phosphorus-potassium components are added for successful preparation for wintering.
In the summer, trunks are regularly weeded, kept in a loose state. To reduce work, preserve moisture, mulch with peat, sawdust. It is rarely watered 4-5 times per season, but abundantly during long dry periods.
Young plantings require more frequent wetting at the initial stage of development. Lack of moisture at crucial moments of growth negatively affects the size of the fruits, the overall yield.
Pruning
The first formative pruning is carried out after planting the bush. The top is cut off, leaving 0.5 m from the ground with 8 buds for laying the skeletal frame of the lower tier. For the next season, 30-40 cm recede from the previous level, and a second layer of branches is formed. The central leader is shortened to the outer kidney. The lateral increments of the lower tier are left 0.5 meters long. In this case, shoots of the second order are formed.
In early spring, before the leaves bloom, branches broken by snow, dry, with signs of disease are cut off. Waste is burned at the stake to stop the spread of harmful factors. Anti-aging activities are carried out on old copies. Shoots are cut out, thickening the crown, competing with the leader, growing inward.
Harvesting, storage
Before frosts (October - early November), valuable fruits are removed from the branches in dry weather, trying not to violate their integrity. Unripe specimens are left under room conditions, the rest are stored in a refrigerator or cellar.
A month later, the "false apples" ripen, the dense consistency becomes softer. Without loss of quality, they are stored from 1 to 4 months, depending on the variety, storage conditions.
Preparing for winter
The superficial root system of chaenomeles suffers in the initial period of late autumn, when there is no snow cover, with a sharp cooling below -10 degrees. Therefore, it is better to take care of your pet in advance.
Trunk circles are covered with a 10-15 cm layer of peat or leaf litter. Warming is especially important in the northern regions. When snow falls, the plants are buried to the maximum.
Plant a few Japanese quince bushes on your plot to provide the whole family with a vitamin harvest! Please your loved ones with bright colors of flowering shoots.
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