PLANTING ACACIA - HOW TO PLANT A TREE AND WHEN?

Delicate fragrance emanating from the blooming acacia, attracts the attention of not only visitors to city parks. Many dacha owners seek to grow this plant in their private area.

Planting young seedlings or sowing acacia seeds poses no difficulty for experienced gardeners. For those who have just started to implement their summer ideas, we will try to describe this process in more detail.

How to plant acacia?

Important factors in the cultivation of acacia is the correct choice of location, light / heat conditions and soil.

How to choose a place for landing?

First of all, you should inspect your site to identify a flat glade, well open to the sun's rays and protected from winds.

Low relief contributes stagnation of cold massesthat can badly affect the development of roots of seedlings in the soil and the preparation of the plant for wintering. The high degree of soil moisture in some areas also does not contribute to the normal development of acacia. If you choose a place inaccessible to high winds, you can ensure the integrity of the crown and spring buds.

In addition to climatic factors should be considered and the love of bees to honey plant. In this regard, do not plant acacia in the place where the playground is broken. Do not place it near the fruit trees. The acacia root system is so strong that it can suppress the nearby roots of neighboring plants.

Light - thermal mode

At its core, acacia is considered a southern plant, therefore a large amount of light and solar heat will only benefit her. However, during a drought, young seedlings should be watered. This is required for better rooting of future trees. In the first three years you need to help the plant to prepare for the winter. To do this, it is necessary to warm its roots with the help of a peat layer or fallen leaves. Shelter thickness must be at least 10 centimeters.

To create an optimal thermal regime, you can also wrap the stem of the plant with ordinary sacking.

Soil for acacia

Lightness and looseness - these are the main characteristics that the ground mixture for acacia planting should possess. If the suburban area is located on a poor, sandy soil, the plant itself will enrich it with nitrogen. With dense clay soil, on which it is supposed to plant young saplings of acacia, it should be well loosened with a shovel a small piece of land. At the same time it is necessary to arrange a drainage of a 15 centimeter layer of rubble. For the soil mixture is taken turf soil and compost, which is mixed with sand. This composition in proportion 6: 4: 4 mixed with pre-selected topsoil.

When is the best time to plant acacia?

Experienced gardeners recommend planting all sorts of acacia in the spring.

Young seedlings need to be determined in the ground before buds bud on them.

Acacia planting in autumn

Planting in the fall should be carried out before the onset of seasonal rains and colds. If it is a little late, the tender roots of acacia will not have time to develop normally and can easily rot.

How to plant acacia seeds - step by step instructions

Acacia seeds can be purchased at a specialty store, and you can collect mature beans yourself in late autumn.

Prior to sowing, which should be produced in the third decade of March or in early April, seed should be stored in the refrigerator. Due to the dense skin of the bean, the seeds in such a vault will not germinate. As soon as spring warmth touches the twigs grown plants, and sprouting buds will start to appear, you can prepare acacia beans for sowing. Further actions are presented in stages:

Seeds immersed in boiling water for a few seconds and then move to a bowl filled with cold water. Here they will stay for 12 hours, after which they will be fully prepared for landing in the ground.
The loose nutritious soil mixed with ashes is filled up in the seedling boxes or individual pots.

Seeds are planted to a depth of 1-2 centimeters.

When they appear in a week - one and a half thin seedlings, they should be provided with proper heat and light content. At this stage, the air temperature should equal to 20-25 ̊ C.
With the onset of the last month of spring, the seedlings are transferred to a greenhouse, and after a while they are planted in open ground. at a distance of 25 centimeters from each other.

After a year, when the acacia seedlings grow to half a meter, they are moved to a permanent place of growth.

Acacia saplings - when and how to plant properly

Planting a young plant material is appropriate in the spring, when the last frosts end. At any suitable time, be it spring or autumn, you can plant seedlings that are in special containers. Indeed, in this case, the root system of young acacias is closed, and, therefore, protected from excessive soil moisture.

Pits follows shallow shallow so that the root system does not kick out. In this case, the root neck should be located slightly above the ground or at the same level with it. The planting mixture is prepared from the soil taken in the pit, mixed with ash, crushed lime or dolomite flour. Nitroammophosphate (70 g) can also be used as an additional fertilizer.

Departure after landing

With the right choice of location and landing method special care for a young plant is not required. As the tree grows, reduce the frequency of watering. After three years, the root system of a flowering tree can already be fed with mineral fertilizers. To stop growing shoots and acceleration of their lignification at the end of the summer should include potash composition under acacia.

While the young tree will grow, around it can be planted as annual plants, and perennials, but not bulbous flowers. After all, the latter need deep soil treatment, which is unacceptable for acacia roots.