Cultural plum. Planting in autumn: technology and method validity

Plum is one of the most loved and respected by our gardeners fruit crops. In many respects, this attitude to it has developed both because of the palatability of the fruit, and due to the universality of their application.

But you can get a good harvest only if you fully observe the agrotechnics. This is especially associated with the planting of this tree.

The plum itself, planted in autumn which is not often practiced by gardeners, will bear fruit well only if you have a good experience of growing it. "Guru" and do prefer to plant it only in the spring. The fact that the seedlings often do not have time to settle down well, and therefore freeze. But if there was such a need, it is quite real autumn planting.

Note that there is no need to prepare a pit for this in a month or two. It is necessary to dig out a seat for one or two weeks, and it should be done at the end of August.

And what is colder in your area, the faster you need to be. The diameter and depth are approximately equal to 0.6 × 0.6 m. After removing the soil, it should be thoroughly mixed with quality humus, and then fill the hole again with this composition.

Please note that the plum, the planting in the fall of which we are considering, is rather whimsical to the quality of the soil. Therefore pay special attention to the choice of quality humus.

After this, the landing peg is exactly poked into the center of the pit. Then you can proceed to disembark. Seedling must be located on the north side of the stick. It is better to pour the earth on your hands, making sure that the soil tightly covers all the voids between the roots. The root neck should be located 5-7 cm above the ground surface. Since the plum, planting in the fall of which - the lot of experienced gardeners, is very sensitive to farming (as we have already mentioned), then it is necessary to maintain this distance as strictly as possible.

After completion of the landing in the soil, the seedling should be watered as much as possible, and the soil surface around it should be covered with peat or with the same humus.

Here are a couple of points to which you need to pay increased attention.

First, in the pit itself, one should never lay down any mineral fertilizers, since the reaction of the tree can be unpredictable. In particular, such a plum planting in autumn is fraught with the fact that you simply burn the entire root system. The fact is that the vegetative processes at this time are very weak, and therefore the tree is simply unable to fully utilize the nutrients.

If you do not know where the mentioned point of growth is, then try not to at least deepen the seedling strongly in the ground. Such a plantation is much more harmful for drains, since there is a strong rotting of the cortical layer, which leads to the death of the tree.

Please note that planting a yellow plum in the form of tall forms provides for binding it to the landing peg for a couple of years. In this case, a distance of at least 15 cm should remain between it and the trunk of the seedling.

Of course, that for fastening it is necessary to use only soft and highly stretchable materials. The wire can not be used in any way, since it simply cuts the bark. That is why during a couple of years, periodically check to see if the twine cut into the wood.

This is how the plum takes root. Planting this crop in the fall is a troublesome business, but it's quite feasible.