How to plant a gooseberry: useful tips

Gooseberry. Who does not know him? With spikes and without, red, black, green, sweet and sour ... Delicious and healthy delicacy. Grows in many regions, endures frosts down to -28 ° C. That's just not everywhere fruitful.

How to plant gooseberries? After all, it depends on the correct planting how many fragrant and juicy berries you get from one bush per season. And it is very important to plant the plant immediately to a permanent place, because there it will grow up to 35 years. Of course, if will receive the appropriate care.

How usually do? Stuck a stalk somewhere in the corner of the garden, pressed his foot. Once remembered, it will be poured, in the fall the leaves will be scrapped. But in the summer every now and then run to the unfortunate in anticipation of the harvest. Yes, and zhuryat that does not bear fruit. What did you want? Bedrazhka barely survives, what berries?

Let's figure it out together.

Location selection

Gooseberry loves the sun and freedom.It should be planted in such a place, bright and spacious. The groundwater level should be below one and a half meters. In the spring should not be long water. It is desirable that the place is not blown by a draft and cold winds.

With a sapling, think in perspective. Leave him free space with a diameter of approximately two meters. Even if the bush does not vymahaet to such size, then at least you will not wrap arms and attractive face, trying to wade to the berries. Yes, and gooseberry fruit is much better if all the branches have enough space and light.

Soil preparation

Many sources indicate the exact proportions of the size of the landing hole, up to a centimeter. It is good to wander around with a tape measure if you plant one cutting. And if you have to plant 10 or more pieces? For example, as a future hedge. How many will you climb into the pits with a tape measure?

We act easier. In depth - 2 bayonets standard shovel. Width and length are also measured with a shovel. 3 standard widths. All, and no additional measurements.

Some advise planting gooseberries in trenches. It is not recommended.Usually, the seedling root system is small, about 16-18 cm in all respects. Why the hell did you shovel tons of excess land? If only the power to go nowhere. Put in the pits, do not poke.

And further. Who teaches there to lay the topsoil separately, the bottom separately, go here. Show exactly the border between these layers! And explain the difference between them. And then go ... to the forest! In order not to stick with foolish ventures. Because a good host has fertile soil to a depth of 60 cm. And a bad one does not have 10 cm. And what's the point of sharing these layers of yours, if all the same a wagon of nutrients is added to the landing hole?

Gooseberry likes to eat well. Even at the smallest age. Therefore, a large amount of fertilizer must be applied to the pit. 8 kg of good leaf humus or fully mature fatty compost, complex mineral fertilizer, 200 grams, then another 500 grams of ash. All this is well mixed. And sprinkled on top of a layer of simple earth. About 10-15 cm. It is advisable to make a small mound in the center. Below you will find out why.

Everything, the pit for landing is ready. It is not watered, so as not to blur fertilizer.And it is better to cover it with boards or a piece of slate. Or cook just before planting.

Choosing a sapling

If you are going to buy a young gooseberry, pay attention to the following factors:

1. The root system should be fibrous and fluffy. At the same time large skeletal roots must be at least 14 cm in length.
2. The color of the roots is yellowish brown, without black or gray spots.
3. The seedling must have at least three well-developed shoots, at least 43 cm long. Also without spots and damage.
4. It is better to choose a sapling in the fall. So it will be clearly visible state of the foliage.
5. It should be a smooth color, without yellowness. Inspect the shrub for pests. Not enough even in the garden to drag infection.

In order to properly assess the condition of the bush, it is more convenient to purchase it in summer or autumn. In the spring, before bud breaks, it is difficult for an inexperienced breeder to understand the condition of the plant. And do not believe those who say that in the summer the gooseberries are not planted. All this nonsense. Even as they put. The main thing, then do not forget about it. And then he will take root and will grow.

And if you somehow poke him and wait for a miracle, then you are right at it, loafers!

CouncilSometimes the seedling is sold with a closed root system or in a clay mash. Then you have to believe the seller's word. Or refuse to purchase from this person.

Preparing for landing

So. Bought, brought home. Do not rush to immediately push the plant into the ground. Spend with him the procedures that will help him adapt to a new place and better embrace.

First, the roots are soaked in a solution of any root stimulator for 12 hours. Strictly according to the instructions! Then, without washing, thoroughly spray the entire sapling with any assistant adaptogen. Preferably, biological. This can be a mashed aloe leaf in water, epin, zircon. Before that, it is better to cut all branches to a height of 5-6 buds.

Wait for the branches to dry out and spray them a second time. After the stems are completely dried, the gooseberries are ready for planting. It is undesirable to dry the roots. They are also treated with an adaptogen, but covered with a film or polyethylene.

Landing process

How to plant gooseberries? For experienced gardeners this question is about nothing at all. But those who do for the first time will need:

• shovel or scoop
• simple watering can, 10 l
• gloves
• seedling
• prepared pit

Landing step by step. First, find a growth point in the bush. It can not be deepened. Otherwise, the gooseberry will fall ill, begin to rot and will develop poorly. Usually this is the place where the roots connect to the shoots. At the same time, this point too cannot be raised too high above the soil level. The sapling dries quickly. We'll have to find a middle ground.

Do not worry, with a neat landing you make it easy. Now in the middle of the prepared pit we find a mound. Or pour it. Height of not more than 9 cm. Carefully put a seedling on its top. Spread the root system with your fingers, evenly over the entire volume of the fossa bottom.

Then gradually fall asleep roots ground. You can do this with a shovel, but you can do it with your hands. Gloved anyway. In this case, periodically gently shake the seedling, but do not lift it. This will allow the clumps of soil to condense around the roots and leave excess air.

After about 9-11 cm to the top of the pit, it is necessary to carefully pour the soil out of the watering can with the spreader. That is, not a stream, but a shower. About two thirds of the liquid is poured. Was the water soaked in? Fill the rest of the earth, not reaching the edges of the hole 2 cm. Water it with the remaining water.

After the final absorption (about 12-14 minutes), you need to sprinkle dry gooseberry tree trunk with dry peat, torn moss or coarse sand. This will allow moisture to last longer in the soil.

Departure after landing

You can not just plant a gooseberry and forget about it. He still needs your little care. If there are hot sunny days, then shade the bush with a light cloth, at least for a week. It is still too weak to resist the insidious star normally.

Water a seedling once a week if planted in spring or summer. In the autumn, watering is needed only if there is a dry cold weather, and even that is rare.

Do not feed gooseberries for two years if enough fertilizer is poured into the planting pit. With further growth, the bush is generally fertilized twice a year. 1 - after blooming leaves, 2 - after harvesting. And fertilizers need a lot. A bucket of humus, plus a decent handful of mineral fertilizers.

If you are an opponent of chemistry in the garden, then properly feed the bush with green manure for the first time. The second portion of fertilizer can be infusion of mullein.Why so much? And to get up to 14 kg of berries from a bush is a lot? Of course. How much power will gooseberry need to grow such a crop! And they still need to take somewhere. So it turns out such a horse dose of fertilizer.

In the first year after planting, cover the young gooseberries for the winter with non-woven material or lapnik. In subsequent years, you can get by throwing snow right on the bush.

Valuable advice

1. Do not trample the soil around the plant after planting. Do not even press it with your palms. Any effort will squeeze thin delicate feeding roots. It will be very difficult for them to grow after tamping, and some may even die. The water added during planting will remarkably compact the soil to the necessary extent. That is quite enough.
2. Pristvolny circle fence the sides of the soil. So it will be easier for you to water gooseberries and fertilize. They will fall strictly for the intended purpose, and not scatter around the neighborhood.
3. It is preferable to plant gooseberries in the fall. This will not disturb the natural vegetative cycle of the plant. In the spring it will perky grow. If summer planting is inevitable, then simply create a seedling as comfortable as possible.And he will tolerate interference in his development.
4. If the soil for planting gooseberries is heavy or clayey, then it is dug up with sand, peat and good humus. It should be loose and breathable.
5. When preparing the soil for the bush, try to select all the roots of weeds, even the smallest. Then the gooseberry will grow - you will be tortured to weed. And with a chopper or a flat-cutter, you don’t turn around too much, because the gooseberry roots are too close to the surface.
6. Do not plant gooseberries where other trees and shrubs used to grow. Usually the land in such a place is very depleted. You will get fertilizer and organic carry wheelbarrows to restore soil fertility.
7. It is strictly forbidden to add fresh manure or un-burnt compost to the landing pit. The first will instantly burn thin roots, the second will take away the lion’s share of nitrogen.
8. Be sure to thoroughly spray the bushes three times a year and thoroughly pour the soil around the phytosporin solution. This is an excellent prevention of many diseases. First in early spring, immediately after the snow melts, but before the leaves bloom. The second time - immediately after harvest.The third and last time - in the autumn, after the foliage will fly off. By the way, it can not be left under a bush in the winter. In the litter, it is usually easy to overwinter so many insect pests, you never dreamed of! Completely scoop the dry fallen leaves and carry them beyond the limit of the plot. And only then water the soil with a solution.
9. It is even better to whiten the branches with lime, as is commonly done with trees. It is clear that the brush shoots are not particularly smear. But from a spray nozzle with a wide nozzle - completely. At the same time, the consumption of working fluid decreases several times, and the quality of the coating improves.

How to plant gooseberries? As you can see, this is a whole range of activities. Dont worry. Running them is easier than reading this article. Dare, you will succeed, and soon you will be able to taste the fruits of your labors.

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