The genus of barberries combines different types of prickly evergreen and deciduous shrubs. Their flowers are golden and small, fruits of different shapes and colors (edible in many varieties). Landscape designers very often use barberry in decorating home gardens. The cultivation of this shrub and the creation of a hedge from it finds an increasing number of fans. There are hundreds of varieties of this plant. Unpretentious, drought-resistant, withstanding frost and strong winds - such is the barberry. Growing it thanks to these properties has become popular all over the world.
Growing methods
Reproduction of barberry is possible through seeds, cuttings or dividing the bush. When using any method, the main thing is to know how to choose the right planting material.
Seed method
It will take a long time to breed barberries with seeds. The fruits are harvested, crushed, squeezed through a sieve. Next, wash and dry to a crumbly state. The result is seeds ready for planting. It is better to sow them in the fall; stratification is carried out before spring use. For two years they do not touch barberries that have risen from seeds at all,rearing for the next two or three years takes place in the school where they are transplanted.
Propagation by vegetative methods is much faster and easier. We choose a sunny place and plant barberries. Growing in a slight shade is acceptable, as long as there is no stagnant water.
Cutting
To cut cuttings, use sharp and clean tools: garden knives, pruners or scissors. In some species, shoots that break with a crunch when bent are used as seedlings. The green branches of the new generation are cut and divided into sticks up to 10 cm long. Each segment should have two nodes and one internode. The top of the handle is cut horizontally, and the bottom is cut at an angle of 45 °. The lower leaves are completely removed, and the upper ones are truncated in half. If the shoots have passed the stage of lignification, then the blanks are made at the end of leaf fall and cleaned in a cool basement until spring. Barberries are planted in boxes with prepared soil mixture of peat and sand (1: 3).
Growing in a greenhouse takes one to two years with regular watering and spraying. Next, strong sprouts are selected and transplanted to a permanent place. The weak are left for another year.
Cluster section
To divide the plants, they dig up a five-year-old plantation. With special care, cut the bush along with the roots into two or three parts. They are planted in the designated places and watered with a rooting preparation. Carrying out this procedure is permissible only in early spring. If the bush shoots directly from the ground, then this breeding methoddoes not apply to him.
Care
Consists of several stages: watering, mulching, fertilizing. Water is required only during planting and once a week after it. Before mulching, loosening of the earth is carried out. For mulch, sawdust, nut shells, peat are used. The recommended mulching height is more than five centimeters. In the second year, fertilizers with nitrogen, slurry or bird droppings are used - 6 times per season. During the ovary, the buds are fed with granular complex fertilizers with trace elements. In autumn, superphosphate and potash fertilizer are scattered around the bushes.
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