Picea glauca conic is better known as spruce Canadian or sisaya. It was widely distributed in the middle belt, due to the similarity of climatic conditions. It is only slightly inferior to the traditional spiny spruce, which is most often found in our latitudes.
Fir pizza conic - description
Pitsa glauka konika grows to 20-30 meters, has a dense crown of a cone-shaped shape, reaching 120 cm in diameter. Life expectancy is 300-500 years. The branches of the young tree are usually directed upwards, the old ones are looking down. Needles are bluish-green, which follows from the name, has a scent with a touch of blackcurrant leaf.
At present, about 20 species of the pizza plant are known, the main ones of which are obtained mainly through selection studies, as well as by natural mutations.
Care of a pizza at home
The felled and decorated spruce in the house on New Year's holidays has long become a mauveton, because it's just barbarity in relation to plants, and besides, it is not environmentally friendly and simply impractical. That is why in recent years, more and more actuality is acquired by young trees in tubs, which can be dressed for holidays, and in spring they can be planted on a plot. Thus, two rabbits are killed at once: the festive atmosphere in the house is created, and the plot is landscaped.
If you bought a tree for the New Year, then it will not take long to keep the pizza at home - until warming. But it is important to ensure it maximum comfort. So, for sale, they are planted in pots with an earthen lump based on coke fiber. After the holidays, it should be transplanted into a more comfortable container in size, and placed in a cool place. During this time, she will grow up and get strong enough, and in about May you can land on the open ground.
How can I care for the glaucus pee-pee by a conic on the site?
In order for spruce to grow well, a number of conditions must be observed:
- pizza tenevynosliva, but it is better to choose a place for it with sufficient light, then it will develop quickly enough and evenly;
- important is the moisture and fertility of the soil. The best spruce grows in peat soils and loam. Rooting of the plant directly depends on soil quality;
- polluted air affects the plant extremely negatively, so it is worth abandoning the idea of planting it on a site within the city;
- choose a place for planting should be carefully, so that you do not have to re-plant the spruce, because the transplant is a serious stress for her;
- should avoid the proximity of groundwater;
- it is highly undesirable to trample and compact the soil, so it is better to choose the area of the site where no one walks;
- it is not necessary to fertilize pizza - it is enough to make fertilizing at the time of planting;
- a young tree should be watered regularly - at least once a week in a volume of 10-12 liters;
- The soil around the young plant should be periodically loosened deep into 5-7 cm.
Shelter for the winter
Despite the fact that the pizza is hardy enough and frost-resistant, the owners of such trees prefer to shelter them for the winter, but not to save them from the cold, but in order to avoid sunburn of the crown at the end of winter - early spring, when solar activity rises. To do this, you can use burlap, paper or wooden shields. Lapnik will do, but when preparing it, one should not take branches with small green formations in order not to infect the tree with parasites. Underneath the pizza is not sheltered and not pritenyayut to avoid getting out.
In general, it should be noted that in the most careful and attentive care of the pizza only the first 2-3 years is needed, then it acquires its natural endurance and gives joy, without causing problems.