Apricot – the representative of family of rose family whose homeland Asia is considered. This plant differs in quite short dormant period therefore cultivation of apricots in midland of Russia is complicated, but it is possible. The plants which are grown up from seeds can keep signs of grade, and can not keep. In this case for improvement of productivity the apricots impart.
It is required to you
- - stones of apricots;
- - bank sand;
- - garden var;
- - humus;
- - wood ashes;
- - chernozem.
Instruction
1. Stones of apricots sow to the earth late fall. For receiving seeds find several ripe fruits. It is the best of all to take apricots of that grade which grows in your area. Before crops wet stones for day in water.
2. Choose the site of fertile soil protected from cold winds, it is desirable, on the height. Seeds of apricot are closed up to the earth on depth about six centimeters. The distance between separate stones has to be not less than ten centimeters.
3. Pretreated seeds of apricot can be sowed to the open ground and in the spring. For this purpose in three months prior to crops wet stones for ten days in water. Water should be changed every day.
4. On bottom of deep pot fill layer of the damp washed-out bank sand. On sand put layer of seeds and powder them with the same damp sand. From above put still layer of seeds and again powder them with sand. Place pot in plastic bag and put to the place with temperature from zero to five degrees. Sand has to be damp within all three months of processing of seeds.
5. The next year, in the early spring annual seedlings it is necessary to cut off. Remove the frozen slightly parts of branches, truncate strongly extended escapes. Cover the place of cut with the garden thief.
6. Two-year seedlings can be replaced to the constant place. It becomes in the spring, but landing holes should be prepared since fall. At distance not less than two meters from each other make landing holes of sixty centimeters in depth and with a diameter about eighty centimeters. Half fill up hole with mix of humus, wood ashes and the fertile layer removed from surface.
7. Replace apricots in the prepared landing holes in the spring. Straighten plant roots, powder them with in advance prepared chernozem and stamp the earth. Create around hole side from the earth.
8. Water apricots at the rate of twenty liters of water on one plant. After watering the earth will settle in landing hole therefore to dosypta in it the chernozem. During the summer water saplings two-three more times with interval in fifteen days. Every time after watering powder the soil with sawdust.