Khosta – one of the most popular garden plants. It is difficult to imagine garden in which there are no surprisingly beautiful leaves hosts or its gentle kolokolchaty flowers. The popularity hosts at landscape designers is caused by its high decorative effect and unpretentiousness. Khosta is almost not subject to diseases. But, that the queen of shadow has proved to be in all beauty, it is necessary to follow rules of agrotechnology, and first of all landing conditions.
It is required to you
- Healthy plant with the opened or closed root system, garden shovel, sand or local peat depending on type of your soil, mineral fertilizers, mulch.
Instruction
1. The choice mestaimenno depends on the choice of the place as quickly yours of host will prove in all beauty. Different grades host can exist in the different range of illumination: from deep shadow to bright sun. And still host prefers the easy sliding shadow what happens under crowns. The thinner leaves at hosts, the less sun in day is necessary for it. Are especially sensitive to grade sunlight with blue leaves. Pay attention also to climate of your area: the daily average temperature is higher in the summer, the more shadow will be necessary for plants. Hosts are undemanding to the soil, only boggy, heavy loams are not suitable for cultivation of this wonderful plant.
2. Preparation to landing yamypodgotovta the place for hosts in advance. Dig out rather big hole and fill it with suitable substrate. Sandy soils improve introduction of not sour peat, and heavy loams should be diluted with sand. Introduce mineral fertilizers in landing hole, mix of ammonium nitrate, superphosphate and sulfate potassium (1-4-1) will approach. You should not bring chicken dung, and be careful with others organic fertilizers. The excess of nitrogen will lead to the fact that leaves hosts will lose the decorative effect. Leave the landing hole filled with substrate for 1-2 days that soil has a little accumulated.
3. By PosadkaNeposredstvenno before landing make pole by the plant size. For landing of plants with opening root system make at the bottom the hill in the form of cone. Put plant on cone top, and accurately straighten backs on its slopes. Holding host with hand, pour the earth, to neck level. You watch that the neck of plant has not been buried. Well water, and when the earth sinks, soil dosypta. Zamulchiruyte plant. For mulch it is better to use pine spill or bark. Keen edges of this mulch will protect plant from slugs. Hosts grow very slowly, and the first 4-5 years you should not disturb plants changes or division.