Sea buckthorn got its name for a reason. Its bright yellow or orange berries literally stick around the branches. A variety of varieties allows you to make a choice to taste any gardener. There are varieties of plants with sour or sweet fruits. The berries can be round or elongated. In varietal sea buckthorn, they can reach sizes of about ten millimeters. In order for sea buckthorn to take root in the garden, cultivation should begin with the right choice of planting material. Seedlings are best purchased from nurseries. Varieties bred in your area will develop better. Sea buckthorn can be a tree or a shrub, its branches are usually covered with thorns. The plant tolerates frost and drought well.
Sea buckthorn belongs to dioecious plants. Therefore, in the garden you need to grow one male and a couple of female trees. They begin to bear fruit after planting in the third or fifth year.
In order for sea buckthorn to develop well, growing a tree begins in early spring. When planting a plant, you need to choose a place for it. Sea buckthorn loves light and does not tolerate dark areas. The soil should not be highly acidic. For a seedling, they dig a hole at least fifty centimeters in diameter. The root neck of the plant descends underground at a distance of 4 to 10 cm.
May is the time of sea buckthorn flowering. It is necessary to monitor the crown of the tree. If it thickens, it is necessary to prune, otherwise berry yields may fall. Sea buckthorn should be planted in an open, free area, as it does not like neighborhood with other plants. After planting, the seedlings must be mulched around the trunk. The care that sea buckthorn needs, growing it according to all the rules requires regular watering, especially in hot summers. One plant may require four to ten buckets of water. In this case, moisture stagnation at the roots of the plant should be avoided. Berries ripen in late summer - early autumn. Their collection falls on August-September. When harvesting, you must act carefully, avoiding breakage of branches.
Not only sea buckthorn can please gardeners with its excellent taste, its healing properties have long been known in folk medicine. Juice from its berries is recommended for stomach pain, anemia and lack of vitamins. A decoction of the seeds of the plant is considered a laxative. An infusion made from sea buckthorn leaves helps with gout and rheumatism. Sea buckthorn berries are used to make oil, which has healing and analgesic properties. It is used to treat frostbite, burns, eczema, senile cataracts, bedsores, for the treatment of wounds, and for gastric and duodenal ulcers. Sea buckthorn oil is used for women's diseases. It is used for inhalation. Oil is also used incosmetics.
Sea buckthorn is also used for colds. For this, there is the simplest recipe: the berries are mixed with sugar. Due to the large amount of vitamins (B1, C, B9, B2, PP, F, B6, K, E), the healing properties of sea buckthorn are recognized not only by folk, but also by official medicine. These berries are widely used in cooking. They make jam, marmalade, compote, jelly, jelly. After processing, these products retain their beneficial properties and vitamins.
Amateur gardeners have long been able to appreciate all the above advantages that sea buckthorn has, the cultivation of this garden plant has become widespread.
