Almost each person remembers how he tried to grow up small tree in the childhood, collecting seeds: acorns, stones from cherries or oranges. But in view of the children's carelessness it has turned out to finish business not at everyone. If you have solved dream of the childhood to make reality, then start its implementation.
It is required to you
- - acorns;
- - peat pots;
- - soil;
- - big flowerpot.
Instruction
1. Collect acorns. It is necessary to collect in their fall at once as soon as they have fallen - approximately after leaf fall. And here wintered it is necessary to look for after snow descent, otherwise they can go to the earth and begin to sprout not far from maternal tree. It is more chances to find acorns in fall, during the winter they can decay or rodents will regale on them, and respectively home it is possible to return without treasured seeds.
2. Fill the soil in peat pots. Put acorn horizontally and powder with the earth not more deeply than on 1 centimeter. You plant at once several plants as one acorn can not sprout. Water landings, and from above you can cover with cellophane, but it is optional. And now it is necessary to wait. At oak very strong root system therefore, backs, and already will develop at first then you will see green boring. On it 2-3 months can be required. Do not dig out acorn if to it to ascend - it will ascend and if is not present - it is not to change any more.
3. After shoots it is not necessary to do anything special. Provide young plant with sufficient lighting, and turn on daylight lamps in the winter. Carry out watering once a week, and if necessary two times in 7 days. When the sprout becomes slightly more, replace it in deep and big pot.
4. Fertilize tree mineral additives which can be bought in shop. But it is necessary to do it only in the early spring and late fall. In principle, the oak plant not whimsical and well grows both in house conditions, and on the street.
5. In several years plant to turn into the real tree unless small size. Houses the oak grows about 1-1.5 meters, but not above. If you want, then can give bizzare shape to krone, then the plant will be not only beautiful, but also exotic.
6. If you decide to replace oak to the street, then be careful, it can die. Especially often this fate overtakes plants which long time grew in house conditions.