Spruce, like other trees, is planted in spring or autumn. If you also decided to decorate your garden with a new "resident" in the most sad season, we recommend you read the rules how to plant a spruce on the plot.
How to plant a fir at home: choosing the time, seedlings and places
Before planting a fir in the fall, decide on the optimal time for this action. It is best to tolerate the planting late in the autumn, when frosts already appear in the morning. Seedling is recommended to buy in the horticulture: the trees from there are well adapted to the new conditions. For planting spruce, give preference to a two-year-old seedlings with evenly distributed branches, a well-developed root system (the ends of the roots must be white), and a large earthen lump.
In how to properly plant a spruce, it is important to choose the right soil. Wood prefers acid soil. If there is not one in your area, just try to bring the land out of the fir grove. In addition, you should not plant spruce in the garden, it is suitable for a place in the garden, it is possible near the birch or other spruce.
How to plant a fir in autumn?
For the seedling, a deep pit is made-a diameter of 1 m and a depth of 0.7-1 m. A drainage layer of sand and stones 15 cm high is placed on the bottom of the pit. Then a layer of a mixture of sod and leaf land and sand together with humus or inorganic fertilizers 120 g of nitroammophosco). Put a seedling in the pit, straighten the roots carefully and cover with earth, periodically ramming it. Pay attention to the root neck of the barrel at the level of the surface of the earth. At the end, pour a herringbone into a bucket of warm water and cover the tree with a peat.
If you talk about how to plant a spruce from the forest, then choose in the spruce forest a small tree with a good crown. After digging the tree, gently place its roots on the blanket of natural fabric. Tie the ends of the bedspread around the bottom of the trunk, completely covering the roots. Spruce is planted with the cloth, without removing.
As to how to plant a spruce from seeds , then in the autumn this procedure is not performed. Seed seedlings are cultivated throughout spring and summer.