When can you replant a Christmas tree? Tips and a description of the process on how to transplant a spruce from the forest to a plot yourself. When is the best time to transplant a Christmas tree?

Probably every gardener would like to plant something original on their plot. Moreover, plant it not for a season, but so that the new green pet settles into its place and pleases the eye for many years. This also applies to all kinds of spruce. This coniferous beauty can not often be found on plots - people do not dare to plant it due to small plot, where it will look strange, perhaps due to superstition. However, those who have already done this assure that the spruce planting was the right decision. For those who have doubts or are seriously considering acquiring a thorny and fragrant tree on their acres, we will tell you a way to securely plant them.

Simplicity and beauty (video)

In fact, planting a Christmas tree on your property is hardly more difficult than any other tree. It is only important to follow the rules and do everything with love, then the result will come. Not only will the spruce grow into a real beauty with proper care, but also with its aroma it will cleanse the air of toxins and microbes, making your stay summer cottage even nicer. This will especially please those who love to walk through forests, but do not have the opportunity to get out there often.

Christmas tree under the snow in winter. So what do you think? At least for this alone it is worth planting this green joy on the site

For this method we need a two-year-old Christmas tree seedling, organic fertilizers, dry as mulch, sand as drainage material, stake and rope. There is no point in mentioning a shovel and a watering can - this should be the default.

Landing method

So let's get started:

1. First you need to find a two-year-old Christmas tree seedling. The easiest way is where the business is on a grand scale and the reputation is impeccable. Typically, large nurseries with many years of experience are a reliable place to buy. If you do not want to spend money on a seedling, but among your friends or acquaintances there are gardeners or foresters, ask them for help - they will tell you where it is best to look for and dig up the tree of interest. And the forester will also dig it up himself, following all the rules.

Fortunately, the spruce is quite unpretentious plant, and in our latitudes you can grow both regular spruce and Canadian, blue and others.

1. When purchasing or digging up a seedling, it must have a clod of earth. A plant with a root system in a container is just what you need. If the roots are freed from the soil, check them - white tips indicate that everything is in order with the plant.
2. End of April – beginning of May – best time spruce for planting. At this time, its buds are still in a dormant state, and the tree will tolerate the transplantation process much easier. Spruce trees are also often planted in late August - early September, when their roots are actively growing.

There is an opinion that blue spruce It is better to plant in winter for the best adaptation of its root system to a new place, however, the time given in this article is suitable for transplanting any type of spruce, be it blue, Canadian or some other.

1. The hole for planting the seedling needs to be prepared another two weeks. For a two-year-old seedling, it is usually a meter deep and 60-70 cm in diameter. A mixture of compost and humus along with bone meal and pine needles should be poured into the hole. Many gardeners recommend applying mineral fertilizers in the spring, when the tree is already well rooted.
2. Place the seedling on top of the fertile soil poured into the hole. The root ball should fit freely in the hole. It is recommended to carefully straighten the roots before filling the soil. Before backfilling, the tree is raised a little and the hole begins to be filled with earth. It is important to compact the soil well so that when it settles and compacts, the seedling does not settle with it. The root collar of the seedling should always be located at ground level.
3. After the Christmas tree is planted, it is recommended to dig a peg next to it and tie the plant to it. You need to create an earthen ridge around the seedling and fill the internal space with sawdust. The tree needs to be watered well - this is done not only to quench the thirst of the plant, but also to get rid of air cavities in the ground after planting.

Although a planted Christmas tree requires a lot of moisture, you should not overdo it - if the soil is clayey, it should be mixed with sand or simply drained from sand so that water does not stagnate in the roots.

How to water and care

If in the first weeks after planting the spruce needs abundant watering, then in winter the situation is different - Mother Nature will do everything for you. In summer, the Christmas tree needs to be watered like any other plant, especially in hot, dry weather.

The height of the tree can be limited according to your wishes. This is done due to the impact on its top. The upper shoots are twisted out as they emerge, and the entire stock nutrients distributed over the remaining crown. This way the Christmas tree will be slender and fluffy and will stop shedding needles from the lower branches.

Just like other conifers, spruce can be pruned at your discretion if you want to achieve an unusual shape

Subtleties of transplantation

If you want to shade some part of the site, you are unlikely to find anything better than spruce

There are some interesting points, which should be taken into account when planting a Christmas tree on your site:

If the spruce is small and decorative, it can be planted not far from the house. But if we are talking about common spruce, then you need to remember about its superficial root system, which will take moisture from other plants. It is better to plant such a tree outside the site. However, if you want to see the Christmas tree closer to the house, you will have to trim its roots every year;

If you want to increase the chance of a tree surviving, then when digging it up in the forest, orient yourself to the cardinal points and plant the spruce on your site in accordance with them.

One way to get a Christmas tree on your site is to dig it up in the forest, the main thing is to do it carefully

Landing place

Before choosing a planting site, discuss this issue with your neighbors. The spruce will grow over time and should be kept safe distance from the neighbor's house and not cause any inconvenience to anyone.

Try to place the spruce away from the house, unless of course it is low-growing variety, performing decorative tasks on the site. An ordinary Christmas tree is a solid tree; it grows in its place for up to 250-300 years and can grow up to 20 meters in height. Considering that this tree is one of the windfall trees, largely due to its shallow root system, the planting site should be chosen no closer than twenty meters from the house.

The coniferous beauty loves illuminated places, so open space, fully illuminated by the sun, it will show itself in all its glory. However, this can play a cruel joke on other plants that may fall into its shadow. Therefore, when choosing a location, pay close attention to such details as the direction of the sun and the location of the tree relative to other fruit and vegetable crops.

Canadian spruce

How quickly and well the seedling takes root on the site will depend on your actions and efforts. But the quality of planting material is also important, as well as climatic conditions and how fertile the soil is (it should be slightly acidic or have a neutral reaction) at the planting site. If all conditions are met, a new green resident will appear on your site, who will delight you with its pine needles and pleasant forest aroma for many years.

Coniferous plants will truly decorate any garden. But at the same time, in a dozen or two years they can easily displace their owners from own plot, because, growing slowly in the first years, in the future they will begin to grow 1 m per year, growing in all directions. So keep that in mind.

The first question asked by gardeners who are thinking of planting a spruce tree on their property is: where will it be most suitable? the best place? You can plant spruce trees along the fence as a green fence. It will hide you from the eyes of people who drive or walk along the streets of your garden. Spruce trees should not be planted on the south side, as they will provide a lot of shade, although, in principle, this can also be done if you regularly shorten their tops, not allowing them to reach too far. high altitude. But it is better to plant them outside the site, on the north side, behind a ditch at the very edge of the road that passes by your site. In addition, such a living fence will perfectly protect your garden from the north wind.

On a note

If you plant spruce trees as a green fence, then they need to be planted at a distance of 1.5 m from each other.

Spruce has one peculiarity: if it is allowed to grow upward freely, it will begin to shed needles from the lower tiers if it does not have sufficient space for development. If you want your spruce to be lush from top to bottom, then you must cut off the top of the spruce at some point. Let's say you let it grow to a height of 2.5 m. In the spring a young and green shoot will appear, the top begins to grow further, and you simply twist this shoot out; While the needles on it are still very soft, this is very easy to do. For spruce this operation is quite harmless. You break it off no matter how high it grows. Once you destroy apical point growth, the nearest dormant buds at the base of the broken sprout will immediately begin to grow. One of these shoots will try to replace the top and begin to grow vertically, and you will break it off again. You will stop all attempts by the spruce tree to grow a new top every spring. If you constantly break off the young and green shoot at the top of the spruce tree, then it will become thicker, the branches will become very fluffy and green, the needles will not fall off from the lower branches, and they will not dry out. But you should not trim the ends of the branches, since, as a rule, this leads to drying out of the entire branch.

Spruce trees should not be planted along the border with neighbors. Trees will provide shade to neighbors and interfere with neighboring plants.

In general, it is not recommended to plant spruce on the site, because its root system is superficial and therefore very extensive, and it will spread in breadth and interfere with your garden plants, which will be located even 10-15 m from the spruce.

Spruce has a very interesting feature: it does not like the proximity of other plants and will try to survive them from the adjacent territory. You can, of course, plant a spruce on the site, but then you must definitely limit it root system. You can mark out some area and every year chop off its roots with a shovel, trying to go beyond the designated boundaries. Since spruce has a shallow root system, you don’t have to dig deep, but it’s still tedious work, and you can skip a couple of times, but it will very quickly extend its tentacles-roots to all your plants. It’s easier to do this: if you have an old concrete ring, for some reason not used to create a well, you can bury it to 90-100 cm. If there is no ring, then you can dig a hole, make formwork and pour a concrete square box without bottom. You can also bury the slate, but the spruce roots will gradually destroy it. If you try to bury iron, it will rot in 8-10 years, and the roots will stretch further.

The planting hole should be square, approximately 1 x 1 m. You can add back the soil that you dug, you do not need particularly fertile soil, you need the spruce to grow slowly, in poor soil. And it will grow, don't worry. Spruce is very hardy and also shade-tolerant. Therefore, if you have 4 apple trees, then you can only plant a spruce in the center to a limited extent. With its rather pungent smell, it will successfully protect your apple trees from flying pests of apple trees, since the spruce smell will disorient them: they seem to be flying towards the smell of their nurse - the apple tree, but then some other suspicious smell is mixed in. Fearing to leave their offspring on such an apple tree, pests, as a rule, fly past.

But if you want to plant a blue spruce on your site, then it will need a sunny place. Blue spruce grows much slower than ordinary spruce, but its root system will have to be limited or planted in a place where it will not interfere with the rest of the inhabitants of your garden. By the way, you should not pluck out the top of a blue spruce, since its lower branches do not dry out.

Spruce trees cannot be planted in the fall, as they usually die.

You can propagate spruce from seeds. To do this, you need to collect cones that have not yet opened in the fall. At home, you need to put them on a sheet of paper; they will dry out quite quickly, open up, and seeds will spill out of them. Spruce seeds are small, but with an impeller. You will plant these seeds before winter. You need to find a special place for planting and be sure to check that there are no weeds, and for this you need to prepare the soil specially.

Mix a bucket of peat and half a bucket of sand, add a liter jar of ash. Mix all this, pour the mixture completely into the prepared hole, moisten the seeds, add a layer of regular soil on top, about 1 cm of pine cones - and that’s it. These seeds will undergo natural winter stratification and will sprout in the spring. True, it happens that they don’t sprout in the first year, don’t worry - they will sprout in a year.

First, one small, thin needle emerges; it is very clearly visible, as it is different from anything else. You can’t touch it, wait a year or two: the tree must grow. When the tree has a small stem with three or five needles, you can replant it in the spring. That is, it will be in two years. But you shouldn’t keep it for more than two years; you need to replant it. You can use the bayonet of a shovel to pry the plant and replant it. The main thing is that you carefully plant the stems; you need to plant them at the level of the root collar.

But simple Christmas trees should not be planted using seeds this way. It’s easier to dig up a very small Christmas tree in the forest. You take a lump of earth on the bayonet of a shovel, take out the tree along with the soil, put it on a cloth and transport it.

And also remember this point: when the tree is small, there is no need to orient it according to the sun. If you dig big spruce, about 1.5 m or more, then when transplanting you need to maintain the orientation towards the sun, because such a Christmas tree has already adapted to a certain location. From the south, its needle is more resistant to falling off from sunburn, the trunk already has annual rings - narrower from the north, and wider from the south. Do the following: just tie a cloth on the south side, and when you plant it in place, leave the cloth on the south side so that it is oriented to the south.

By using seed propagation Blue or silver spruces are most often grown because of their high cost. Blue spruces are very capricious. In St. Petersburg, in the Primorsky Park, there is an alley of blue spruces, you can look for a Christmas tree there, take its cone and try to grow it from seeds. But keep in mind that blue spruce has a peculiarity: its seeds can produce some blue spruces, and some ordinary ones. They will be visible immediately; already the first needle of the sprout that appears will be blue, silver or ordinary green. Therefore, you can immediately reject them and throw away the unnecessary ones.

Regular Christmas trees grow very quickly. The first two or three years they are small, and then they begin to grow out very quickly. You let them grow to whatever height you want. Christmas trees can be shaped in very funny ways, they can be made almost round, for this you need every time in the spring goes green, a young shoot, break it out both at the top and at the ends of the branches. Then the tree will fluff up and turn into a ball.

There is one more interesting way landings. In the spring, you bury the entire cone to a depth of 5-7 cm. In the fall, a lot of shoots will come out of it, and they will immediately form a very funny hedgehog. Sometimes they are sold as bush spruce - this is nonsense, there are no bush spruce trees. Spruces grown from cones do not last long, as they begin to crowd each other, and after three to four years they begin to die. But they look very beautiful on a rocky hill or in a group of coniferous plants.

You should know that many spruces (except blue and common) can get very burnt in the sun. So I don’t advise you to have any exotic spruce brought from somewhere. These are very expensive plants, there is a lot of fuss with them, and, to be honest, they are special decorative properties they don't have. They are usually less decorative than regular trees from the forest. Just exotic - and nothing more.

So don't aim for that dear planting material. If, of course, you have enough money, then please, you can purchase this expensive exotic with the help of a gardener or own strength babysit her. It is your right. When in February-March, after a long winter, a very bright sun suddenly appears and there is still snow, a needle burn occurs. The needles turn yellow and sometimes die completely. Koniks are the most susceptible to spring sunburn. By the way, not only spruce trees get burns, but also other conifers, such as junipers. To protect conifers from burns, you can cover them with sheets or old dressing gowns (transparent lutrasil or spunbond are not suitable for this) and you will “admire” this for almost two months.

Against sunburn plants there is one interesting homeopathic preparation, it is called “Ecoberine”. Most in early spring Shake two grains of the drug until completely dissolved in 100 g of water, add water to 1 liter, stir well and spray the plant from the south side.

Spruce, like all conifers, is best replanted in early spring, somewhere from late April to mid-May. However, conifers can be replanted at any time if you transship them. This is done as follows: they dug up the spruce, laid it on its side, laid an old sheet under the root system, threw it with a lump of earth onto this sheet, tied the ends crosswise in a knot and transported it to the site. You plant the plant in a pre-prepared hole without untying the knot, and cover it all with soil.

The most important thing is watering. Christmas trees are very moisture-loving crops. True, you can protect your life if you add hydrogel under the root system of the tree. You need to add a lot of it, at least 1 liter. You dissolve it in water, you get something similar to jelly or jelly. Then this will protect you: the roots will have moisture, and the tree will take root very well, no matter which one, from the forest or bought somewhere.

Any plant will take root even better if you water it after replanting with Kornevin and plant it with Aquadon. Thus, any plant, including spruce, can be replanted at any time of the year, but spruce tolerates replanting most easily in early spring, as soon as the soil thaws.

In this article we will look at how to properly plant or replant a spruce on a site. Let's find out which place to choose for landing. Let's look at the step-by-step instructions.

Many summer residents successfully grow not only garden crops on their plots, but also ornamental trees. Coniferous plants are especially popular; they are not only beautiful at any time of the year, but also useful, thanks to their phytoncides. Traditional “Christmas trees” are universally loved, as “Spruce” is affectionately called.

Tip #1. Spruce trees with a lump are planted from 0.5 m to 3 m in size. Trees with bare roots, it is better to take smaller ones; the younger it is, the better it takes root. If you plan to move the plant by hand, it should not exceed 1 m in height.

Choosing the optimal place on the site for spruce

To correctly determine where it is best to plant a spruce, you need to know exactly its final dimensions. For example, the “ordinary” and “spiny” species grow up to 40 m. This must be taken into account when digging a “small Christmas tree” in the forest. She will definitely grow to that height someday.

Selected varieties are more suitable for small plots different sizes and coloring. Among them you can choose real little ones 30–50 cm in adulthood, and medium-sized trees 3–8 m.

The following forms are popular on sale:

In addition to the size of the spruce, it is important to consider the environmental conditions for its successful growth:

• Needs to good lighting, but cannot stand the scorching sun. Prefers light shade, especially in the afternoon. Varieties with a traditional dark green color are classified as shade-tolerant plants. Forms with “colored” needles require more light;
• Wind-resistant, but suffers from drafts; do not plant in the path of the prevailing wind;
• Does not tolerate gas pollution and smoke.

Based on this, a place for spruce is chosen in light partial shade, away from the road and open fire, protected from strong winds.

Optimization of natural soil and preparation of soil mixture

In nature, spruce trees create an acidic soil reaction, pH – 5 – 6.5, from moderately acidic to close to neutral. Varietal forms grow at a pH of 6.5. Soil structure – light or medium loam, high fertility. Spruce does not tolerate flooding, so it goes to the bottom landing pit Place drainage made of crushed stone or broken brick.

If the natural soil on the site is sandy or clayey, it is better to prepare a special mixture that is optimal for spruce. It consists:

• Turf land;
• Leaf soil (preferably rotted pine needles);
• Sand;
• Lowland peat. The components are mixed in a ratio of 2:2:1:1.

For seedlings small size prepare a landing pit 0.5 x 0.5 m. Larger specimens will need 1 x 1 m. For larger specimens, prepare a landing site with a volume 2 times larger than the size of the coma.

Step-by-step plan for planting spruce

The table describes the work for planting spruce:

Tip #2. Note! Spruce trees from 1.5 m in height require strengthening, best support consists of three stretch marks at an angle of 120 0.

1. When choosing a spruce in the forest, you should not try on big trees. It is better to focus on specimens up to 1 m in height;
2. Carefully inspect the crown and trunk of the tree for damage by diseases and pests. Plants with cracks in the trunk or mechanical damage are not suitable;
3. The crown is carefully tied with a cord. It looks as if a tree is being moved from the Christmas tree market for the New Year's holiday;
4. They retreat 20–25 cm from the trunk, dig in, forming a lump. Roots that protrude beyond its limits must be carefully trimmed with pruning shears;
5. Whom is wrapped in durable fabric, for example, in burlap, tightly tied with a cord and raised to the surface;
6. Moved manually or on a trolley to the landing site;
7. By this time, the landing pit should be ready;
8. The lump is placed in the hole so that the root collar is flush with the edge of the hole. It is advisable to turn the tree to the cardinal directions the way it grew in the forest, otherwise survival will be problematic and may even lead to death;
9. After this, the fabric around the lump is untied, but not removed. Over time, the fabric will rot, and at first it will help retain water when watering. This will not affect root regrowth;
10. The lump is covered with earth and formed trunk circle, watered.

Differences between planting in spring, summer, autumn, winter

Bare-root spruce trees are strictly limited in terms of planting time. They can be moved from place to place only in early spring, or at the end of August, beginning of September. At other times, you don’t have to worry, the tree is unlikely to take root. This recommendation also applies to plants brought from the forest.

The exception is spruce grown in nurseries. Such trees have undergone adaptation within the coma, that is, they have grown new roots and survived at least one winter in the package. This technology allows plants to tolerate transplantation with minimal stress.

Trees with a lump can be planted even in winter. This is especially true for larger sizes than older plant, the better it takes root if it is transferred to a new place in a state of “hibernation”.

Caring for the spruce after planting

Once the tree is planted and watered, it is best to mulch it. A layer of 8–10 cm of dry pine needles, bark, wood chips, and sawdust is poured into the tree trunk hole. It is important to make sure that the material does not have mold or other damage. One of the common types of spruce trees found in landscape design is the Konika spruce (see →). In the future, the planted (transplanted) spruce trees are cared for as follows:

How to properly plant or replant a spruce on a site: Questions and answers

Question No. 1. How to plant a spruce on a plot with high occurrence groundwater?

Answer: Spruce trees do not tolerate flooding, so you need to take care of water drainage in advance. There are two ways out of the problem situation:

1. Construction drainage system on the site where it is planned to plant the spruce. We are talking about large varieties, over 2 m tall. When planting dwarf forms, drainage from crushed stone or expanded clay is needed at the bottom of each planting hole;
2. Construction retaining wall , 0.5 - 1 m high, for bulk soil.

Question No. 2. What vegetables can be planted next to the spruce?

Answer: Spruce waste products acidify the soil. Garden crops a neutral environment is needed. Spruce trees do not like the sun, which is needed to ripen vegetables. The spruce tree and the vegetable garden do not have common “points of contact”, so it is better to plant them separately. The exception is dwarf forms spruce trees, which are planted in landscape design not only in flower beds, but also in ornamental vegetable gardens.

Question No. 3. Which fruit trees place it next to a spruce tree?

Answer: Fruit trees require a lot of nutrition and lighting. They grow in rich, slightly acidic and neutral soil and in a well-lit place. Such conditions are radically different from the “wishes” of spruce, which grows in acidic soil and requires light shading. This is why fruit trees and berry bushes It is better not to plant next to spruce trees.

Serious mistakes gardeners make when planting and replanting spruce

1. The location of the spruce tree is close to buildings and structures.

It is important to consider how large the spruce grows. This is especially true for trees brought from the forest. Often when planting a “small Christmas tree,” they forget that it can reach 30–40 m in height and 5–8 m in diameter.

On the eve of the New Year and Christmas holidays, we all think about where we can get our Christmas tree this year. This is especially true for families with children; it is under it that the wizard Santa Claus leaves gifts. If you live in a private house, the solution to your problem can be one-time and for many years - planting a spruce. This will allow you not only to significantly save money, but also to save nature by abandoning cut down trees. Where can I get it? Remember the song - “...we took a Christmas tree home from the forest!” You will learn how to transplant a Christmas tree from the forest to a plot of land in this article.

Everyone who is connected with the land knows that replanting trees and shrubs is carried out in autumn or spring time, since active co-circulation stops, all processes slow down, the plants seem to fall asleep. In addition, it is in autumn and winter that the soil is soft, and it is easy to dig up a tree without damaging the roots of the plant. Of course, you can dig in the summer, but then the roots must be removed along with the earthen clod, and the transplanted tree is fed. The soil should be moist at any time of the year. Dig after rain or yourself, water it thoroughly a few hours before removing the tree from the soil.

One more important point is to allocate space for a tree. When planning, keep in mind that spruce is a large tree that can grow up to 10 meters and higher, and the crown of the tree extends on average 4-5 meters. In addition, spruce greatly depletes and dehydrates the soil, and the needles that scatter under the tree oxidize the soil. Fruit-bearing trees will not survive next to spruce, especially cherries. Apple and plum trees may coexist with their coniferous counterparts for some time, but in the end, the spruce will “win” and the “undesirable neighbor” will die.

How to transplant a spruce correctly?

For example, you have enough space on your site, and you can easily place a spruce tree on it, and maybe more than one. Then you need to start choosing a seedling. How to choose a Christmas tree for transplanting? First, examine their habitat and select several small trees. Trees up to 1.5 meters in height take root most well. If there are half-meter trees, choose one of them, then the possibility of further growth and development reaches 100%. Those trees that grow not in the thicket of the forest, but on its outskirts or far from the main forest area, take root better.

If you do not have a large plot of land, but want to place a forest beauty on it, dig a concrete ring into the ground or fill it with mortar around the pit to a depth of up to a meter. The main roots will go deeper and not spread throughout the entire area.

About roots. The total length of the tree roots can reach two kilometers, and the spreading diameter can be up to 20 meters. The root system of spruce is mostly superficial, and because of this, a concrete barrier can allow you to plant and grow a tree, and not destroy other trees (the distance to the spruce should be at least 5 meters).

Ideal place for spruce small area– perimeter. Some summer residents and cottage owners even plant hedges of spruce and other coniferous trees and shrubs (fir, juniper, boxwood, etc.). Think carefully about where and how to place the Christmas tree on the site, consult with experienced gardeners, designers, forestry specialists.

If in winter the owners are of little concern that nothing grows under the tree, then in spring and summer not everyone will like to see the bare soil under the tree. Every year this piece will become larger and larger, so take note of which plants can take root under the crown of your coniferous diva.

You can drop off:

1. bulbous, shade-loving (forget-me-not, primrose, tulip, hyacinth, hellebore, daffodils, irises, cyclamens;
2. ferns, mosses;
3. annuals (begonias, petunias, ageratums, salvias, mattricarias, marigolds;
4. forest - ozhika (snow, forest), holocust, phegopteris, wood sorrel, turf, onoclea;

Preparatory work

For transplanting and digging you will need:

• a piece of fabric for tying the roots;
• blue and red ropes or ribbons;
• shovel;
• a bucket and a bag for the “native” soil;
• wheelbarrow for transportation;
• fertilizer type "Kornevin".

We dig a hole in the area that corresponds to the size of the root ball of the tree we like. If necessary, we build a barrier for the roots from concrete ring or mortar formwork.

The next stage is digging

How to dig up a Christmas tree? Under the spruce (if it is young), we dig a circle with a diameter that matches the diameter of the lower branches, and at least 30-50 cm in depth. Carefully pull the roots out of the ground, without shaking anything off, place them on a cloth, and pack them. Here it’s as convenient as you like, but often the rag is simply folded into an envelope and the corners are tied together diagonally. It is important to remember which side the spruce grew on. Mark north and south in some convenient way on fabric or wood. You can take ropes or ribbons in blue (indicating north) and red (indicating south) colors. This knowledge and marks will help you to place it correctly and thus help you adapt faster.

Also take care of the soil. Even if you live near a forest or forest, the soil is still different, and this can negatively affect the process of tree engraftment - it will hurt and wither, take a long time to adapt, or simply die. Just a couple of buckets of soil from the place where the tree grew and developed before your invasion will help you prevent this.

We load the spruce tree and a bag of soil onto a wheelbarrow, and carefully, without shaking or breaking, we bring it to the site.

Direct landing

Place the seedling in the prepared hole without unfolding the roots, check whether there is enough space for it and whether the roots will wrinkle, curl or break. If the hole is too small, use a shovel to widen it. Untie the knots and remove the fabric. Pour in some soil that you took from the forest and lower the Christmas tree into the hole.

Calculate the cardinal directions, according to the marks on the tree (ribbons) position the tree along the north-south orientation. Cover the roots with the rest of the “forest” soil, and then with your soil that you selected from the hole. Water the Christmas tree thoroughly with water and feed it with fertilizer. Carefully monitor the transplanted tree; the ground under it should not dry out.

Alternative methods of breeding conifers

If you don’t want to dig up a tree in the forest because you’re worried about losing it, but you still want a Christmas tree, you can resort to two other methods - planting shoots and growing a tree from seeds.

• The shoots for planting should not be cut off with pruners or a knife, but should be broken so that a piece of the trunk remains with the branch. Place the twig in water to form roots. Then plant it in soil that is prepared and similar to forest soil (or taken from there), make a greenhouse, water it, fertilize it, feed it.
• Yes, this path is much longer. In order to grow conifer tree from the seeds you need to collect ripe cones in the forest, park, square, where the trees you like (including blue spruces) grow. Dry naturally, collect the seeds that will fall out of the open fruits. Sow seeds in soil or damp sand in small containers. In spring the seedlings can be planted. Please note: if you propagate blue spruce, make sure that there are no green needles on the seedlings, leave only blue ones, and mercilessly throw away the green ones.

Spruce grows quite slowly in the first five years, but this slowness is compensated for later - after five years, the trees rapidly reach towards the sun (up to a meter per year). If you want your beauty to stop growing, pin the top. Under no circumstances should horizontal branches be trimmed - they will disappear.

If you don’t have time and you don’t know where to dig up a spruce, contact a nursery or breeder, they will provide you with seedlings of any age and size you want. Naturally, their services will cost money (and a lot of it), but they guarantee that the seedling will take root, higher than with all other options.

We really hope that all the tips that have been published will be of benefit to you, and you will soon be decorating your own Christmas tree in the yard of your house, and all the questions like “How to transplant a Christmas tree from the forest to a plot?”, “Where to place a coniferous tree?” , “How to make a tree take root?” - will remain a thing of the past. Let this one New Year will bring happiness, prosperity and harmony to your home.

Are the pride of anyone personal plot, especially their beauty stands out clearly against the background winter snow. Almost every gardener would like to have a green beauty on his territory that would delight others with a neat decorative look. How to plant a spruce on the site so that it takes root successfully and delights everyone with its beauty for a long time? There are a few worth knowing important rules planting and growing that require a special approach; In any case, caring for Christmas trees, which can even be called elite, is always interesting and brings a lot of joy.

Proper seedling preparation

Spruce, the care of which has a number of specific features, has a tap root that grows deeper during 10-15 years of life. Over time, it dies, causing increased growth of lateral roots in width. Based on this principle, in order not to damage its root system when digging up a tree, you should choose for planting young plant small in size, which is easier to dig and easier to transport. How to plant a spruce on the site? What subtleties do you need to know in caring for a coniferous tree?

It is worth remembering that a coniferous tree is dug up with a solid lump of earth, which can be wrapped in burlap. By the way, maintaining a clod of earth on the roots of a plant is important factor its future development, because symbiont fungi live on the roots, facilitating the optimal absorption of beneficial microelements from the soil by the tree. The roots of the spruce must be active, that is, have white tips. Bare ones can be compared to an open wound: the longer they remain open, the less chance the plant has of survival.

Subtleties of spruce planting

The price of which is considerable (from 3,000 to 10,000 rubles, depending on the age of the tree), and is sold in nurseries; When purchasing it, you should take into account the above tips, then the guarantee of tree survival will be quite high. You can, of course, try to grow coniferous beauty from seeds yourself, but this is such a difficult and painstaking process, stretching over more than one year, that it will be easier to take advantage of the fruits of someone else’s labor and buy a ready-made seedling.

Planting spruce on garden plot It is recommended to produce in late April - early May (the period when the buds are still dormant, the earth is warm, but not too hot); This is exactly the moment when the tree will receive the least stress, which is replanting for it.

Preparing the planting hole

How to plant a spruce on the site? The hole for planting should be prepared in advance, at least a couple of weeks in advance. For a large specimen, its diameter is usually 1 meter and its depth is 60-70 cm. Optimal for planting will be soil from the site planned for this purpose, mixed in half with soil from the place where the Christmas tree grew before transplanting. The hole should be filled with a mixture of humus and compost, it is also recommended to add pine needles here, and put drainage at the bottom (15-centimeter layer of broken bricks). Some gardeners with the best intentions add more mineral fertilizers, however, it is better to use them in the spring, when it really becomes clear that the spruce has begun to grow and become stronger.

If you plan to plant several trees, then the distance between them should not be less than 2-2.5 meters.

Landing process: description

A consistent description of how to plant a spruce on a site, correctly and in accordance with all its features:

Watering rules

Spruce in a summer cottage should be watered very well: the first time when planting, then regularly 1-2 times a week. Watering is carried out at the root until the soil stops absorbing moisture. After each moistening, it is recommended to loosen or mulch the soil. Do not use sprinklers; their action can provoke the shedding of needles even in an adult, long-rooted plant. In the winter-spring period, watering is not necessary for the planted spruce; natural precipitation is sufficient for its growth. The first sign of a living seedling is the appearance of new growth. Eg, annual growth blue spruce is 10-30 cm.

The best survival rate of the plant will be determined by its shading in the summer, which can be organized using the most basic gauze canopy.

It is not recommended to plant Christmas trees near other plants, because the roots gradually growing to the sides will begin to take moisture from other representatives of the flora. It is also not recommended to plant spruce near the house, because it is characterized by poor resistance to winds and at one unfavorable moment it can simply fall on the house.

Pruning and shaping the tree crown

Blue spruce, the price of which is relatively high in nurseries, requires quality care behind the crown. In spring and autumn, the tree needs to be rid of diseased, dry and broken branches. When growing spruce for decorative purposes, you can start shaping its crown by cutting branches by 10-15 cm. The first trimming is done in the year the tree is planted, subsequent ones - with a break of 2-3 years.

Spruce trees planted along roads or at the border of a site look very beautiful and neat. By closing the house from prying eyes, they enliven the area with their pine needles. Many people try to grow spruce at home in a pot, but this is wrong: the plant requires natural conditions with winter frosts and warm sun. The survival rate of spruce during planting is relatively low, but when positive result the coniferous tree will deliver to both its owners and their guests.