Other name of quince Japanese — henomelis. Its homeland — Southeast Asia, mountainous areas of Japan and China. The plant cannot often be met in our gardens as it is considered that henomelis badly grows in severe climate, but at the correct leaving the quince Japanese perfectly grows even in regions with hard winters.
Features of landing of quince Japanese
Pick up the suitable place for landing of henomelis. The plant very badly develops in shadows therefore choose the open solar place. Quince — the ornamental plant blossoming at the end of spring therefore she can quite be put both in flower bed, and on lawn as soliter.
The bush is unpretentious and grows even on sour soils, but best of all the plant suits the substrate consisting of sheet humus, compost and sand in the ratio 2:2:1. When landing introduce in prepared pochvosmes organic and mineral fertilizers. For landing of one bush take:
- 30 g of potash saltpeter; - 200 g of superphosphate; - big bucket of manure.
Mix all ingredients for nutritious mix, dig out pole of 50х50 cm and fill it with substrate. Plant in it quince sapling, trying not to bury root neck. The best time for landing of plant — spring, but it is possible to put him and in early autumn. At the same time it needs to be hilled that the young quince has well transferred winter. Consider that the bushes of quince cross pollinated therefore if you, except beautiful blossoming, want to receive also fruits, then it is necessary to plant at least two saplings. The distance between them has to be not less than one meter.
Care for quince Japanese
During the summer carry out 3 fertilizing. It is enough to scatter around bush at distance about half a meter nitrogen fertilizers in the spring, they will be absorbed to the soil together with water when watering or during rain. Do the second fertilizing after the end of blossoming, and third — after harvesting. At this time introduce phosphoric and potash fertilizers. Use the concentrated solutions which dissolve at the rate of 200 g on 10 l of water and water with them bushes. The quince is unpretentious to moisture. The plant quite well transfers even small drought. During the hot periods water quince it is abundant once a week in the summer and if the summer not droughty, then is enough one watering a month. The soil around bush needs to be loosened only when carrying out weedings. After that it is necessary to zamulchirovat it sawdust or bark layer about five centimeters. You carry out cutting of henomelis as required. Delete the damaged, broken and frozen slightly branches. It is possible to do it both in the spring, and in the fall. You carry out the forming cutting once in several years, at the same time delete underdeveloped and old branches which are more than five years old.