How to grow pine nut cedar planting and care?

Cedar belongs to conifers. The mighty trunk with a pyramid-like crown is impossible to grasp with your hands: its dimensions reach three meters. Height - 40 meters. Evergreen cedar is famous for its delicious and healthy nuts. Being near a tree, they inhale the beneficial aroma of pine needles.

Not everyone can afford to grow such a tree on their site. The area suitable for it is too large. But experienced breeders have developed low-growing varieties that do not require much space.

If your summer cottage is located near an enterprise or factory, then the planted tree may not be accepted. Although it looks powerful, dusty air affects it negatively. Another important aspect: to plant more than 3 meters from the suburban building. A strong root system can damage the foundation.

Useful properties and cultivation of cedar

Cedar pine is a valuable evergreen tree. The usefulness of its fruits, needles, wood and resin for human health can hardly be overestimated. Pine nuts in the daily diet completely cover the dose of vitamins A and E necessary for a person. Nuts are especially useful for pregnant women due to the content of B vitamins.

The effect of cedar seeds on the human body

1. Normalize the activity of the cardiovascular system.
2. They have a positive effect on the nervous system.
3. They have a beneficial effect on fertility.
4. From recent discoveries of scientists, it became clear that cedar fruits in human nutrition improve the composition of the blood.
5. Nuts prevent anemia.
6. Counteract the onset of tuberculosis.

Shell

It is famous for its beneficial properties. Alcohol tinctures are made for the treatment of bronchitis, colds, rhinitis.

Resin

Outstanding embalming properties belong to the resin of this tree. For centuries, the local population in Siberia has known that skin lesions (cuts and abrasions, purulent wounds and burns) can be lubricated with cedar resin for early healing. Therefore, she received the name gum. And throughout the Second World War in hospitals, cedarwood resin was effectively used in the healing of the wounded.

Such an entertaining fact testifies to the embalming qualities of cedar resin. Crossbills nest in the taiga - small birds with an unusual beak. It is curved and as if specially designed to take nuts out of cones. Resin comes across on the nuts and it turns out that the crossbill feeds on seeds along with resin all its life. As a result, after death, the crossbill body does not undergo decomposition due to the high concentration of embalming resin in it. It is not surprising that in cedar you can easily stumble upon the embalmed body of a crossbill.

Needles

Cedar needles are extremely rich in vitamin C. It is also useful in microelements:

• phosphorus;
• calcium;
• iron;
• copper;
• manganese.

Brew both separately and together with tea or compote.

Wood material

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Cedar wood has an unusually powerful bactericidal effect. People living in a house made of cedar timber do not get sick with influenza and acute respiratory infections. The moth never settles in cedar pine cabinets. Science has proven the antimicrobial qualities of cedar pine in general. And in thickets of cedar, the air is literally sterile.

Reproduction

Even a novice gardener will be able to master the cultivation of a young cedar, just be careful and follow the instructions. The main breeding method for cedar is seed (nuts). To make the trees hardy, they are responsible for the choice of nuts.

Where can I get quality pine nuts?

• assemble it yourself;
• order online;
• buy stratified seeds in the store;
• purchase on the market.

Seed selection

In September-October, nutritive substances are scarce, and the sprouts obtained from them will be weak and sparse. It is recommended to buy nuts for planting in November-December, when they are fully ripe.
To check the quality of the goods before buying, bite a couple of nuts. If the shell is too tough and difficult to crack, chances are high that the nuts are old. These are not suitable for reproduction. It happens that the nuts are small, and the taste is weak. Most likely, such fruits are not ripe and are also not suitable for sowing.

Roasted nuts are often sold in the markets. They are easily recognized by their roasted kernel flavor and dark shell color. Nuts are calcined in order to speed up the processing process several times. Indeed, after drying at high temperatures, the seeds spill out more easily.
Slightly roasted fruits are more difficult to distinguish. A certain number of seedlings will nevertheless sprout from them. But the trees will be frail and defective. Processed (roasted) seeds are much lighter than raw seeds and look neat and tidy. No resin residues will be visible on their shells, which is often observed on fresh nuts.

Buying buds

In order not to think about the choice of seeds, you can do it easier - buy the whole cone. It is necessary not to be trapped here, too. Although the cost of buds is higher, they contain unripe seeds. Better to test their suitability by purchasing one cone first.

You shouldn't get a brown, shiny and beautiful bump. To grow a cedar, such attractive outwardly cones are not suitable. To give them a presentation, they were subjected to heat treatment: first they were dipped in boiling water, and then dried with a stream of hot air. Under the influence of temperature, the resin melted and covered the bump with a seductive varnish glaze.

To extract the seed, the bud should be resinous and gray-brown in color. Any forest debris will be visible in the resin: needles, fragments of blades of grass. This bud contains healthy, quality seeds.

Growing from seeds

Pour warm water into a bowl and place the seeds there for a week. Change the water every other day.
Rinse the river sand thoroughly and add to the seeds.
Stir the mixture throughout the month and remember to moisturize. Already 50 days after planting, the first borings will appear.
Cover the first shoots with foil and place in a cool room before final planting in open ground.

Tips

Soak the nuts well in water, so unnecessary substances will be washed out, which will subsequently interfere with development;
Place wet seeds in a glass jar, half full. Cover with a perforated lid. Place in cellar.

Landing in the soil

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Seeds are planted on the site in the spring after stratification. They are waiting for the establishment of stable warm weather. This happens at the end of April or the beginning of May. A previously prepared plot of land is fertilized with clay soil. They dig up the ground within a radius of three meters. The number of seeds is taken at the rate of 300 grams per 1 square meter of soil. Planting depth - 3 cm.

The main enemies of immature cedar seedlings are birds and insect pests. Hungry over the winter, the animals eat juicy green shoots as soon as they appear above the surface of the ground. Seedlings are protected from uninvited guests with dense light polyethylene. The film is removed after the seedlings have been strengthened, which is signaled by the separation of the sprout from the shell.

After a while, the seedlings will grow up, and they can be dug up.Then they are sorted by length, getting rid of the weak and sick. After the roots are pruned and planted to the same depth. Each seedling is tied to a peg. When planting, a distance of at least 15 cm is left between the plants.

In the second year of life, another transplant is performed. In a couple of years, the seedlings will acquire a developed strong root system and will be ready for planting in the final place, where they will settle and become a decoration of the garden for many years. Growing cedar is not difficult. Success is assured if the seed is properly stratified and the seedlings are properly cared for after germination.

For several years, mulch the ground, add fertilizers, add coniferous needles. The tree is frost-resistant and tolerates minus temperatures, but, nevertheless, it is covered.

Propagation by seedlings

If there is no desire to engage in long preparation of seeds and follow the seedlings, it is easier to purchase seedlings prepared for planting and plant them immediately in the final place. Like seeds, seedlings can be bought or obtained on their own.

Cedar pine seedlings are available in most specialty stores. To save money, they take a permit in the nearest forestry and dig out seedlings right in the forest.

Attention! Cedar is a valuable tree, there is a fine for digging out young cedars without permission. And digging in some areas is already classified as poaching.

These include:

• burning;
• arboretums;
• soil under the forest canopy.

They dig out a seedling and plant it in a new place strictly on the same day, because the roots cannot be overdried. Remove the tree from the soil carefully, avoiding damage to the roots. If, nevertheless, it was not possible to plant a seedling on this day, they slightly drop it in at night and slightly moisten the earth.

Planting a single tree (not in a group or in pairs) will not bear fruit. Either bumps will not form at all, or they will not develop. A pine tree needs at least one cedar of the opposite sex to produce quality fruit.

Growing conditions

A place for a cedar tree is allocated once and for all, because an additional transplant for cedars is an extra risk. Light-loving people prefer the soil with the addition of sand. Trees are planted at a distance of 6-8 meters, in groups of 4-6 seedlings. Small deciduous trees, bushes and berries look organically between them. A great idea is to sow the inter-cedar space with lupine. This beneficial plant is considered a natural fertilizer. For several years, lupine has a positive effect on the development of seedlings.

Cedar pine is watered along the perimeter of its crown. Organic or mineral fertilizers are periodically added to the irrigation water. Getting a mature cedar from seed is not such a difficult task. But this unique tree will give its benefits not only to the gardener himself, but also to his children and grandchildren.

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Cedar is one of the most beautiful conifers. The duration of its life is 450-500 years, and the cedar pine reaches maturity by 80-85 years. This long-liver pleases not only with its sprawling long needles, but also with delicious pine nuts, rich in vitamins, microelements, fats and protein.

Cedar can be grown from a nut

You can meet cedars both in summer cottages and on the territory of country houses. Most often they are planted with annual seedlings, but not many people know how to grow a cedar from a nut at home.

Planting material

Growing cedar from a nut is not an easy task, since there are no high-quality planting raw materials on sale. The nuts that you can buy in the store are absolutely not suitable for growing cedar at home. Most often they are shelled and fried. Not many people decide to germinate seeds on their own, because it is much easier to buy an annual seedling and plant it in the ground.

Hand-buying pine nuts is also not a good idea.The seeds retain their germination for 1 year, in the second year it decreases by 50%, and after that the seed will not germinate at all.

In addition to the shelf life of nuts, its conditions can also be violated, which negatively affects the planting material.

To grow cedar from seeds at home, you have to collect pine nuts yourself. This can be done in places where cedar pine grows at the end of October, November. At this time, the collection of ripe cones begins. You can take seeds or buds with seeds that have fallen to the ground, but they can be damaged by mold or rodents, and there is a high probability that this will be last year's harvest.

It is better to pick the cone directly from the tree, but this is not easy because of the height of the cedar pines. Pickers use long sticks with mallets at the ends, knocking the buds off the very tops. These seeds are more likely to germinate.

To collect seeds, it is best to pick the cone from the tree yourself.

Preparing seeds for germination

To plant seeds, you need to remove them from the bud. This is done quite simply. The cone is placed near heating appliances or quickly burned with a flame from all sides. Under the influence of temperature, the scales open up, releasing the seeds. On an industrial scale, special devices are used that crush the pine cone without damaging the pine nuts.

After removing the seeds, you need to take care of their disinfection. To prevent many fungal diseases, pine nuts are soaked in a solution of potassium permanganate for 2-3 hours before planting.

Planting seeds

An important point in the cultivation of cedar from seeds is stratification - the creation of conditions as close as possible to natural ones. In the forest, pine nuts, falling into the ground in November-December, winter under the snow and germinate only in spring. It's pretty easy to create something like this at home:

1. After soaking in potassium permanganate, pine nuts are planted in a specially prepared substrate to a depth of 1–2 cm. Too deep planting prevents seeds from germinating.
2. The seeds planted in a container are watered so that the whole earth is wet, but not sour from excess moisture. Otherwise, the nuts will start to rot.
3. 5-7 cm of snow is laid on the surface of the substrate. The container is covered with polyethylene and placed on the lower shelf of the refrigerator for 3 months. If the weather conditions do not allow the planting to be immediately covered with snow, then this can be done later.
4. Once a month or as the soil dries up, the nuts are watered with water at room temperature. It is advisable to use melted snow.

After 3 months of stratification, the container with the cedars planted in it is taken out of the refrigerator and placed on the south window. Most often, the first shoots appear as early as the second week.

Cedar sprouts well on the south window

Seed planting substrate

The quality and composition of the soil play an important role in the cultivation of cedar at home. Seeds should be germinated in a mixture:

• river sand;
• small crumbs of gravel;
• peat.

Sand and gravel are calcined before planting. This prevents the development of many diseases, kills mold spores. Sometimes cedar seeds are germinated in a mixture of coniferous sawdust and fertile soil. Such a composition is very similar to the soil of a cedar forest, but it dries up quickly enough, so you need to carefully monitor the watering of the sprouted nuts.

Before planting nuts, the soil should be calcined

Transplanting seedlings

When the cedar sprouts have reached 3 cm, they must be planted in separate containers, where they will grow for the first year. The main thing when transplanting is to carefully handle the delicate roots so as not to damage them.

Drainage is laid at the bottom of the pot, you can buy it at the store or use pine cones. The second option is better, because it brings the growing conditions closer to natural ones. The substrate is made from river sand, fertile soil and coniferous sawdust.

A month after transplanting, you can start hardening the seedlings.First, they arrange airing, and after a while they take it out into the street.

You cannot leave a young tree under the scorching sun, but the shade does not suit it either. You need to put the cedar pot in a place with a diffused shadow - under another tree or canopy.

For the first 10 years, cedar pine grows very slowly, but with good care it will grow sharply. It is better to plant a seedling in the ground up to three years. Such a tree is well accepted and easily tolerates winter.

A three-year-old seedling can already be planted in the ground

Young tree care

If it was possible to plant a cedar in the country and the tree took root, then all the requirements for growing pine were carefully observed. Now you can start caring for the seedling. Remember the following guidelines:

1. For full development, forest trees enter into symbiosis with myceliums. This useful neighborhood will help the cedar grown in the country to grow stronger. To do this, take 5 handfuls of forest litter and pre-chopped caps of ripe forest mushrooms, soak it all in a bucket of warm water. After a day, the cedar is watered with the resulting mixture.
2. It is impossible to loosen the ground around the tree, since the roots are located very close to the surface, there is a possibility of damage.
3. The soil around the seedling is mulched to retain moisture and control weeds. Shredded pine or other coniferous cones, sawdust, pine nut shells are used as mulch.
4. Water the plant as the soil dries out, but the cedar reacts painfully to waterlogging and may die. Fertilizers for conifers should be applied annually in spring and autumn. If you take good care of the cedar for the first 10 years of its life, then it will actively grow and bear fruit well.

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Now autumn is the time to plant cedars, and any other trees too. Today we will tell you exactly how to grow cedars from pine nuts, because already very many people know what the CEDAR tree is for our Earth, for humans, and in general for the entire Universe.

It is best to plant cedars in the fall - it is natural for them, because in winter in the cold they need to go through the so-called stratification - this is when the nuts freeze, fall asleep, and in the spring they wake up and sprout.

Cedars do not like waterlogging, but like well-drained soils, i.e. those where water does not stagnate. Therefore, if water can stagnate in the place where you are going to plant pine nuts, then we recommend sprinkling the bed with sand on top (about 1 cm thick, but then you need to reduce the depth of planting nuts).

You need to plant nuts to a depth of 1.5-2 cm. It is not necessary to make holes at all - we just take a nut and stick it into the ground with our finger, pushing it a little). Better to plant with the sharp tip down.

If the situation does not allow planting cedars in the fall, then you can plant them in the spring, but for this, the nuts must lie in the refrigerator or in the cellar all winter in order to undergo artificial stratification. How we did it: at the beginning of winter we ordered a lot of pine nuts from Siberia, mixed it with wet sand, put it all in boxes and put it in the refrigerator (sewn it empty 🙂) There they lay with us until spring, in spring we planted them in the ground ...

The cedars emerge unusually and very cute)) From the nut, the spine first goes down, and then the sprout begins to hatch from the spine, raising the nut to the top, i.e. small green sprouts with nuts on top will be visible from the ground. And this is very popular with birds, especially crows. Therefore, in the spring, when the cedars begin to sprout (or it is possible immediately after planting), be sure to cover them with branches, otherwise they will be pecked by feathered friends.

Here's another tried and tested planting method.

It is necessary to find or make yourself a wooden box with a side height of about 25 cm, there must be holes at the bottom for the free passage of water. Put in the box sawdust (any, but ideally, of course, coniferous), mixed with coniferous needles.

We stick pine nuts 0.5-1 cm. They can be planted frequently, 1 cm apart. (cedars grow best in such an environment, so don't worry, everything will be enough for them there)... Pour 1 cm thick peat on top (you don't have to do this, but without it you will have to water much more often in summer).
The box is on the street in winter.

In the spring of planting, it is necessary to shelter something from birds (branches, rigid mosquito nets, etc.).

For the first year, cedars cannot be transplanted. The transplant is performed for 2-3 years of life. When digging out small cedarwood with the last method of planting, their roots are not damaged or broken.

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Here's what experienced people advise:

For starters, cedar seeds need to be saturated with moisture. At the same time, wash the substances from the nuts that prevent their germination. We put pine nuts in a bucket or basin, and fill with hot water. Not boiling water, of course. Such that the hand does not burn.
In an hour, when the nuts are slightly soaked, we will wash them a little. Just three of them in the water, between each other.
A certain amount of resin and substances interfering with germination will pass into the water. How black it will become is a must see!
We wash the pine nuts, fill them with warm water again - and leave them for a couple of hours. Then - wash the nuts and again - change the water. Thus, we soak the cedar seeds for about a day. By this time, most of the ripe nuts will sink to the bottom of the bucket.
Well, we have done the preliminary preparation of cedar seeds.

Wet, saturated with moisture, cedar seeds are laid out in glass jars. Jar size - depends on the amount of cedar seeds. The jar can be filled with seeds - half. Maximum - 2/3. The best thing is to take a swirling jar. Having wrapped the lid, we make holes in it, with a knife or a nail, for air access.
Packed in this way, cedar seeds are ready for stratification. Now we need to find a place for their stratification, with a suitable temperature. I usually stratify the nuts in the cellar. The temperature is kept there - about 0 ° С. You can - and stratify pine nuts in the refrigerator. But the effect will be worse.

With early stratification of pine nuts, you can hide a jar in the garden. The main thing is to cover it with some foliage. Direct sunlight can ruin everything.

In general, stratification occurs at temperatures from +3 to −1. Freezing, even strong, cedar seeds tolerate well - with gradual thawing.
Remember, pine nuts are a favorite treat for mice. Through the metal cover - they won't get the nuts ... But the plastic cover - the mice can easily gnaw through it. Such covers are definitely not suitable for us.

After 2-3 months of such stratification, pine nuts can already be germinated. Or you can leave them until spring, for sowing in the garden.
Even properly stratified cedar seeds do not germinate at the same time. And all the seeds will definitely not germinate. For example, out of 100 cedar nuts, we are guaranteed to get 20-30 cedar nuts. In principle - not so little.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TRANSFER OF CEDRICS INTO THE GROUND

When transplanting, you need to protect the root system, make sure that all the roots go underground, do not bend or break anywhere. It is necessary to transplant with a lump of earth in which the cedric was sitting, since it contains friendly microorganisms for the tree and they will increase the chances of survival (the exception is the method with sawdust and needles - in this case the roots remain bare, but you can still grab a little sawdust and needles in the planting hole).

For drainage and improving aeration of the soil, it is very good to add a little sand, sawdust, coniferous litter or pine nut shells to the hole where the seedling will be transplanted. This is especially recommended for clay soil.

To improve the survival rate of cedar seedlings, it is good to use mulching: mowed grass, deciduous or coniferous litter, the same shell of pine nuts, tree bark or moss brought from the forest are laid on the ground around the trunk. Mulch prevents the soil from drying out, the abundant growth of grass, creates a local microclimate, creates conditions for the development of worm-beetles under it and gradually forms material for fertilization by winter.

You can also feed the seedling with natural immunostimulants: infusion of nettle and horsetail, leave for a week in a barrel, 1: 1 of water and plants, dilute with water when feeding 1:20. Nutrients and just information from herbs play a role here.

And further. Very important. For survival and growth, cedars really need mycorrhiza, i.e. mycelium. A mycelium, which stands symbiosis with a tree and increases the area of ​​collection of water and nutrients by 10 times. What can be done:

- you can bring the forest bedding with ready-made mycorrhiza.

- but it is better to grow your mycorrhiza already in place: to multiply and "sow" spores of fungi, or rather, to shed the soil with them.

To do this, old mushrooms are soaked for a day in warm water, and then the place where the cedars will grow is watered with this infusion, after which this place must be kept constantly moist (but not flooded with water). It is from the spores of fungi that mycorrhiza grows.
Boletus, porcini mushrooms, green rows, milk mushrooms grow under coniferous trees. Under birches boletus, porcini mushrooms, russula, milk mushrooms.

Since white mushroom, milk mushrooms form mycorrhiza with both coniferous and deciduous trees, which means that old milk mushrooms, porcini mushrooms collected in birch groves should also be used to form mycorrhiza in places where cedars and other coniferous trees are planted.
Spilling the soil with infusion of mushrooms is not only helping the trees, but also the harvest of mushrooms after 2 years. And after 3 years there is already a good harvest. This is how mushrooms are grown))

Cedars love partial shade, so it would be good to plant them near the "nanny" - it can be any bush or tree (any tree, except oak and some exotic - the cedar will outgrow, so do not worry about this). They are needed to protect from the sun, as well as wind, and to retain moisture.

But the most important thing when planting cedars and other trees is your thought! If your thought is harmonious, if you plant a tree with pure thoughts: selflessly, for the happiness of the tree itself, the happiness of Mother Earth and future descendants, then, firstly, the survival rate of such a tree will increase many times, and secondly, it will strengthen that thought and the energy with which you planted it. Therefore, try to plant trees, especially cedars, with a good mood, smile and joy, and then this will increase on the earth.

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Cedar forests are the beauty and pride of Siberia.

Cedar is a majestic and highly decorative tree, long-lived among local tree species. It is believed that the cedar begins to bear fruit very late, after 50 years of life, but in cultivated plantations, cultivated by man, this period is often reduced several times.

How to grow a cedar from a nut Pollination occurs with the help of the wind, therefore, cedars are planted in groups on the site. In order for the cedars grown from seeds to be well pollinated in the future and give full-fledged seeds, it is recommended to take cones for sowing from different trees, and even better - from different places.

Cones ripen for a year and a half, ripen in September, after which they are easily knocked off by the wind. For cedar seeds to sprout well, you need to collect only ripe cones, no earlier than September. Industrial harvesting with the help of "beater" logs often begins long before the final ripeness of the nut, and they are often husked after "bathing" in boilers with hot water so that the resin does not interfere. What kind of germination is there ...

Freshly harvested seeds can be sown immediately in a garden bed, where they will sprout together in spring, and then they will grow for 2-3 years.The planting depth is about 2 cm, the distance between the grooves is about 20 cm, between the seeds is 2-3 cm. The bed must be mulched with coniferous litter or pine nut shells, as in my version in the photo. It is this sowing that gives the best result and excellent germination, adaptation of cedar to the soil, climate and local conditions.

There are two important conditions for the successful growth and development of seedlings, especially relevant in regions with hot and active sun and dry winds. Firstly, crops in an open area need to be slightly shaded. Usually, it is enough not to weed out all the grass, leaving the "wings" in the inter-rows and some of the herbaceous plants on the ridge (but do not overdo it - it is bad if in your "shading" you do not see the cedars themselves). Secondly, the cedar is a rather moisture-loving tree, sensitive to the lack of both soil and air moisture. Therefore, think about how to provide the seedlings with sufficient moisture - you can sow other plantings or buildings in partial shade, turn on the sprinkler in a drought. Plantings should overwinter under snow. In places where snow is blown out, provide for snow retention.

How to grow a cedar from a nut In the first years, cedar grows very slowly - the growth is only a few centimeters. In the third year of life in the spring, you need to plant your pets in pots with a volume of at least 0.5 liters with a lump of earth, put or dig in the shade and make sure that the earth in the pots does not dry out.

Plant the cedars in a permanent location the following spring. If the soil is poor and dry, you need to add leaf humus, sawdust, forest floor, peat. Sprinkle the planted cedar with infusions of mature mushrooms and forest floor. As you know, most trees grow much better in symbiosis with myceliums, and cedar is no exception. A four-year-old seedling reaches a height of 15 cm.

Until about 10 years old, cedars need attention, communication and supervision, then their growth accelerates sharply, and they begin to give, "thank" the person who raised them.

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If we want to grow a cedar from seeds ...

It will be more expensive to buy seedlings for growing, and they may not take root. Therefore, it is better to try to grow cedar from seeds on your own. It is necessary to seriously approach the issue of the choice of planting material. The seeds should not have any foreign smell. If the material is covered with mold in places, it is also not suitable for germination. However, when stored properly, seeds can last for several years.

Select the largest nuts for breeding. The following procedures are preliminarily carried out with them:

• soak;
• disinfection;
• stratification.

To prepare the seeds, they are soaked in warm water for 3 days. Moreover, the water is replaced with fresh water every day. Nuts gain moisture. To prevent seedlings from becoming infected with a fungus, cedar seeds are treated with a 0.5% solution of potassium permanganate for 2 hours.

Choosing nuts for planting

Then the nuts must be mixed with sand. The mixture must be moistened and placed in a natural fabric bag. They should be stored in a refrigerator at a temperature of about + 3 ° C. This is called seed stratification, that is, cold treatment. For storage, you should prepare a wooden box, make holes in it on the sides to ventilate the mixture. Place a bag of seeds in the box. In the cold, the workpiece is kept from autumn to spring.

During this time, it must be checked, moistened when drying. If moldy seeds appear, they need to be removed and the sand around them replaced. There is a gradual softening of the shells. And from some even white roots begin to hatch.

How is the planting of cedar

After the required period of time, the seeds are removed and washed well. Then the nuts, ready for germination, are planted in pots filled with earth and sand. The sharp end of each seed should point downward. Planting depth is 1 cm. In this state, planting is kept for 1 month in the shade. It is necessary to grow seedlings at room temperature.

A month later, germination begins, and the pots are placed closer to the light, while not allowing direct sunlight to hit them. Roots appear from the nuts, rushing into the depths. A green sprout grows above the roots, in the upper part of which there is still an opened shell. After a few days, it subsides. At the top of the shoot, a bunch of green needles opens in the form of an umbrella. Usually about 30% of all seeds germinate. This is considered a normal result.

Cedar sprout

When summer comes, the seedlings are taken out into the fresh air. And for the winter, it is better to hide it in a greenhouse. There you need to water it and feed it with fertilizer every six months.

As the shoots grow, they have to be transplanted into large containers. Young seedlings can not be transplanted until 3-4 years old. By this time, they reach a height of 25-30 cm.

Now they can be planted in an open area in loose soil enriched with fertilizer. It is better to do this in the spring. First, the seedlings are taken out into the air in pots, and after getting used to the new conditions, they can be planted in the ground.

Before planting a cedar in the ground, you need to prepare:

• appropriate place;
• soil;
• seedlings correctly taken out of the pots.

Trees can be planted in an area where groundwater does not rise above 3 m. When planting shoots, it is important to maintain the integrity of all roots and capture them with the ground.

Peat with earth and sand is used as planting soil. After the tree is planted, it must be watered so that the density of the soil becomes uniform. From above it is recommended to mulch with sawdust or chopped coniferous needles.

Growing cedar in the open field

There is another way how to grow a cedar from a nut. Without the greenhouse stage, the seeds can be sown directly into open ground. It will be necessary to carry out systematic watering and weeding. You will also have to make sure that mice or birds do not attack the crops. If the seedlings survive, they will grow and develop in the same way as greenhouse ones.

Many gardeners use ready-made special soil for coniferous plantations. Mineral and organic fertilizers must be added to it in the soil.

Cedar in the open field

In a coniferous forest, litter is taken from under the trees and planting sites are enriched with it. The litter protects the soil from moisture loss, which is dangerous for conifers. If at least part of the roots dries up, then the whole tree may die.

When planting, a distance of at least 3 m should be left between the cedars. The surrounding neighboring trees should also not interfere with the growing cedars. It is known that cedar trees grown in a spacious area can be enjoyed much earlier than those planted in the shade, next to others. And after 18-20 years, bumps are formed on them. In some trees, the fruiting age can be delayed up to 40 years.

For 1 year, the sprouts should be in a shaded area of ​​the garden. The ground must be moist. In hot weather, you can periodically spray the needles to give them freshness.

If you have to transplant a plant that has reached a height of 1 m to a new place, this can only be done in spring. At the same time, it is moved with a large volume of land. Around the tree, it should be about 0.5 m. For adult seedlings from grass, weeds or fallen needles, mulching is done. It must be remembered that excessive moisture in cedar is harmful, just like drought.

Growing requires a lot of patience. Growth is slow. So, plants after 1.5 years have a height of several centimeters. Despite the fact that the cedar grows for a long time, it will delight others with its beauty.