Grow yourself useful and delicious sea-buckthorn is not difficult. The main thing is to create suitable conditions for her for growth and fruiting, as well as to know the subtleties of care for sea-buckthorn. Many gardeners, having tried to grow seabuckthorn on their plot, are disappointed if the tree suddenly dies. After all, not everyone knows that the root system of sea-buckthorn is very close to the surface of the soil and stretches a few meters from the tree. Therefore, planting sea buckthorn in the garden, during the digging of the soil, the roots are regularly traumatized, which leads to the death of the plant.
Therefore, the best place for planting sea-buckthorn will be sunny places on the roadside or in the wasteland where excavations are not carried out. Also, a tree is suitable for a place on a green lawn or in a garden next to other trees, the main thing is that there is no deep loosening of the soil.
If the site is small, it is better to choose low-growing varieties, because tall ones will occupy a lot of space, especially since the plant needs to be planted for mating in a couple. Fortunately, if neighbors grow behind such a fence, then you do not have to borrow extra precious meters. If there is no possibility to plant a man's tree, then from it you can cut several flowering branches, put in a bottle of water and tie it somewhere in the crown of a female plant. Thus, pollen with the help of wind will fall on female flowers and it will be possible to get a crop.
Seabuckthorn: cultivation and care
Planting and caring for sea-buckthorn does not require hard work. To plant a seedling, you should choose a well-lit place, on which there will be loamy soil, but excluding stagnation of water. If the soil is too heavy and prone to blockage, then the landing site should be prepared by lining the bottom of the pit with a layer of sand and fine gravel. After that, a nitrogen containing fertilizer should be put in the pit.
Select and plant seedlings should be in early spring. Then for spring and summer the plant will have time to build up a good root system and calmly survive the winter. Autumn planting is not the best option. Saplings are sold in pots with a closed root system and without them. When the root system is closed, if the plant is planted in the pot for a long time, the risk of damaging the tender roots is minimal. The best for planting will be biennial seedlings.
Do not put so-called "tops", or root shoots, even from a varietal tree. After all, most likely, the new plant will not inherit the good qualities of the parent. It is better to buy a stem of a high-quality tree than to plant a poor-quality planting stock and wait for a harvest from it.
Care for seabuckthorn begins in the spring. It consists in cutting out all unnecessary dried branches and clearing the crown. If the tree is tall and hard to get to its top, then such a tree is cut to a comfortable height to have easy access when harvesting berries. It is also practiced pruning branches with berries, because it is difficult to collect them, especially from high branches. Once a year you can feed the tree with nitrogen fertilizer. But do not get too carried away with feeding. Even at the stage of planting, a wide range of trees should be made
Thus, it will not be necessary to loosen the soil after each irrigation, and this in turn will protect the roots from injury.
The largest yield of sea-buckthorn yields between the ages of eight and twelve. In these years, from one tree, depending on its size, you can collect up to forty kilograms of berries. But after this period, the tree should be cut to a stump, which will soon overgrow with new shoots, which in a couple of years will again bear fruit.
From sea buckthorn cook wonderful vitamin purees, compotes and jams, and also at home you can prepare healing sea-buckthorn oil from the seeds of sea-buckthorn.