Poeticized by the people and shrouded in legends about magical properties mountain ash is ubiquitous. It is believed that mountain ash should be planted near the courtyard as a bright accent of the garden composition and a component of the classical Russian landscape. Due to its catchy outfit, red rowan is an indispensable element of lush ensembles of white birches, other decorative deciduous or low coniferous trees. She is also picturesque as a soloist. The fruits are used in cooking, but more often they become a saving natural barn for wintering birds.

Description

Mountain ash is a frost-resistant shade-tolerant tree or shrub of the Rosaceae family, grows up to 10 m, crown width reaches 6 m. The root system is powerful, penetrates deep into the soil. Rowan lives more than a hundred years. The tree is decorative due to complex elongated leathery leaves, which consist of small pointed leaves: bright green in summer, yellow-crimson in autumn. In late spring, the tree is adorned with bouquets of fragrant white-pink or cream flowers. And from mid-summer to the end of winter - orange-red clusters of berries. The fruits are astringent, sweet and sour, with a bitter taste, rich in vitamins and microelements.

Berries are picked in August, September. Jams, jams, various desserts are prepared from the fruits. Rowan is widely used as a medicinal plant.

Varieties

Breeders have bred many varieties. There are hybrids obtained by crossing or pollinating with the material of apple trees, pears, hawthorn.

• The largest fruits, the size of a cherry, are in the varieties Scarlet Large, Sorbinka, Pomegranate.
• Less berries in mountain ash Titanium, Ruby, Hope, Beauty.
• Varieties Ruby, Nadezhda, Vefed, Businka are notable for their small height.

reproduction

Rowan is propagated in several ways: by seeds, grafting, shoots, layering. Each method has features that must be taken into account.

• Trees with unpredictable qualities grow from seeds, which begin to bloom and bear fruit later.
• Trees that repeat the properties of the mother form are grown with seeds of such species and varieties as Burka, Nevezhinskaya, Moravian, Finnish, elderberry and some others.
• Rowan obtained by crossing, propagated by vaccination. Graft on an ordinary mountain ash or hawthorn. The best stock for mountain ash is a wild pear.

Finnish mountain ash serves as a favorable material for vaccinations: it has a powerful root system that penetrates deep into the soil.

Sowing seeds

From the berries, you can independently prepare the seed.

1. Until autumn, the seeds extracted from the berries should be in a moist substrate.
2. If the seeds are sown in the spring, they are soaked for several hours.
3. For sowing red rowan seeds, a sunny place is chosen.
4. Grooves are made in the soil, they are sprinkled with humus on top, the seeds are buried by 1.5 cm.
5. Autumn crops are covered with a layer of leaves.
6. On the next year seedlings are transplanted.

From young trees, after two or three years, a bole is formed at a height of 80 cm and cuttings of the varieties you like are grafted.

Transplanting wild shoots

If they take material for stock from the forest, the trees are dug deep, because the mountain ash has a well-developed root system. A year later, when the tree takes root, several cuttings are grafted onto it. For efficiency, cuttings of more than one variety are taken.

You should always carefully remove the shoots from the roots of the mountain ash, on which the grafted cuttings take root. Otherwise, the growth will take all the nutrients for itself, and the cuttings will die.

seedling requirements.

Young trees should be of high quality: fresh, with good, not dry roots. Buy 1-2-year-old seedlings with the following features:

• 3-4 branches up to 20-30 cm long depart from the central root;
• the bark is even, smooth, without damage;
• there is a conductor and several branches.

Seedlings are transported wrapped in a damp cloth or polyethylene.

If the planting of mountain ash does not pursue only a decorative goal, but you want to feast on fresh vitamin products, they buy different varieties for more efficient pollination.

Terms of autumn planting rowan

The period for the timely planting of a red rowan tree depends on climatic conditions region.

• In the central regions, the most best time- from the second decade of September to mid-October.
• Residents of the northern regions plant mountain ash in September - early October.
• The same terms are acceptable for the Urals and Siberia.
• In the south, landing will be successful in October and early November.

Location selection

Tall varieties are placed around the perimeter of the site, otherwise the tree will shade other plants. Since mountain ash is winter-hardy, the north side is often distinguished for it.

The plant tolerates shade and sun equally well, loves wet areas, but the occurrence ground water should not exceed 1 m.

The best soil for mountain ash is fertile, long-term water-retaining loam, although the tree also grows on less nutritious soils. It develops poorly on alkaline soil, sandy loam must be fertilized. Acidic soils alkalize - you will need from 200 g to 1 kg of lime or dolomite flour.

Landing

Young trees planted in autumn take root better. In the spring, planting is carried out in April, because the mountain ash begins the growing season early.

1. Before planting, leaves are removed, damaged branches and roots are cut off, the seedling is placed for several hours in a clay mash.
2. When planting red mountain ash in spring, seedlings are soaked in water for 48 hours.
3. A pit for planting is dug in size 0.6 x 0.6 x 0.4 m, retreating from other trees 4-6 m.
4. Filmed upper layer soil is mixed with 5-6 kg of compost or humus, 100 g of superphosphate, 25 g of potassium sulfate or 300 g of wood ash.
5. Fill with water, then a seedling and pegs are placed in the middle to support it.
6. Filling the hole with earth, make sure that the root neck of the seedling rises 5 cm above the soil.
7. The stem is cut from above by 20-25 cm; .
8. The soil is compacted, watered and mulched.

Care for a young rowan

After planting, seedlings are carefully looked after.

• Pruning is done before sap flow. Remove damaged branches and shorten those that have grown the longest to the outer bud.
• Water abundantly - 20-30 liters per tree. Up to 4 irrigations are carried out per season, if there was not enough natural precipitation. The soil is then covered with mulch. To properly water a tree, you need to pour water into grooves dug along the diameter of the crown.
• The soil is cleared of weeds.
• Before frost, the trunk is insulated with dense agrofiber, spruce branches. Snow is thrown down.

If fertilizers are used during planting, the mountain ash is fed only in the second year, in the spring, by introducing nitrogen agents to stimulate the development of the tree. In the third year after planting, the mountain ash is fed three times, sprinkling the soil under the crown with preparations. Then the soil is dug up and watered.

• Before flowering, mountain ash is supported with such fertilizers: 20-25 g of nitrogen and phosphorus, 15 g of potassium preparations per 1 sq. m.
• In July - 10-15 g of phosphate and nitrogen fertilizers, 10 g of potash.
• At the end of August, potash and phosphorus agents are introduced - 10 g each.

How to care for a mature tree?

Rowan trees, on which cuttings from different varieties were grafted, begin to bear fruit already in the 2–4th year after planting. Rowan ordinary care provides for regular watering during the drought period at the rate of 10 liters of water per 1 sq. m crown projection. After watering, the soil should be mulched. Regularly remove shoots that grow below the root collar. Moreover, the shoots must be cut low, without stumps. If the tree is grafted, cut off the shoots that grow below the grafting site.

Rowan itself forms a pyramidal crown from branches growing at an acute angle. Therefore, regular pruning prevents thickening and increases the illumination of the crown. Leave only those branches that depart from the central conductor at an angle of 45 degrees or more. Sanitary pruning is carried out in autumn and spring.

Trees are quite resistant to diseases and pests. Rowan leaves and bark damage moths, scoop caterpillars, sawflies, mites, against which conventional insecticides are used.

Rowan is able to withstand smoke and is widely used in landscaping. Its openwork leaves and bright clusters bring a touch of lyrics to the urban landscape.

Mountain ash propagates by root shoots, seeds, green cuttings, layering and grafting of cultivars on the stock of wild forest mountain ash. When grafted onto forest rowan, the tree begins to bear fruit in the 3-5th year, and when propagated by layering and root shoots, in the 5-7th year.

Reproduction of mountain ash ordinary seeds.

Seeds are isolated from crushed, ripened fruits.

Seeds are planted in the fall, in September-October (immediately after collecting the seeds) or in the spring, as soon as the soil allows (the collected seeds are placed in wet sand in the fall for the winter and stored until spring in the basement).

Seeds are evenly sown in the soil in the selected area in bulk or in grooves 6-8 cm deep and covered with 1-1.5 cm of coarse-grained washed sand (sand is good drainage, ensuring a uniform supply of moisture to the soil). The surface is leveled with the reverse side of the rake and watered abundantly with a fine strainer. Seeding rate of seeds 200-250 pcs per square meter.

To get good planting material the first time the seedlings are thinned out when two true leaves are formed, leaving a distance of 3 cm between them, the second time - in the phase of four to five leaves at a distance of 6 cm. The last thinning is done in the spring of the next year with a distance of 10 cm.

Propagation of mountain ash by cuttings.

Propagation by woody cuttings.

For propagation by woody cuttings, well-ripened annual shoots are taken (from 2-4-year-old branches).

Shoots for cuttings are best cut in the fall in the second half of September.

On the same day, the shoots are cut into cuttings 15-20 cm long, with 5-6 buds. The uppermost part of the shoot should not be taken for cuttings. The upper cut on the handle is made oblique, on the kidney, the lower one is under the kidney. Landing is carried out on the day of harvesting cuttings.

In well-prepared soil (dug up, weed-free, leveled), cuttings are planted in rows with a distance of 60-70 cm between them, and in a row of 10-15 cm obliquely at an angle of approximately 45 °. At the top, 2 kidneys are left, and one of them should be at the level of the soil. The earth around the cuttings is tightly compressed so that there are no voids, watered well and mulched with clean peat.

If the planting of the cuttings is transferred to the spring, then it is better to prepare them from autumn to spring in the basement, in wet sand. In spring, cuttings should be planted as early as possible, as soon as the soil allows.

For good and fast rooting of cuttings, the soil in the garden should always be kept moist and loose. This is especially important in the first month after planting. At good care by autumn, a standard seedling suitable for planting can be grown from a cutting.

Reproduction by green cuttings makes it possible to accelerate the production of rowan seedlings, since already one-year-old plants have an excellent fibrous root system and a well-branched aerial part.

Cuttings are cut from the tops of all tree branches in early summer.

The green stalk is cut 10-15 cm long (depending on growth). After cutting, the cuttings are prepared for planting: the lower leaves are removed, leaving 2-3 upper ones. For better and faster rooting, a light longitudinal incision is made above each kidney, and 3-4 such incisions are made in the lower part of the cutting. Before planting, for better rooting, the lower ends of the cuttings are immersed in a growth stimulator solution for 6-12 hours. Then the cuttings, washed in clean water, are planted in pre-prepared cold greenhouses.

Cold greenhouses for green cuttings are prepared in advance. On a dug up clean layer of earth in greenhouses, before planting the cuttings, coarse sifted well-washed sand is poured with a layer of 7-10 cm.

Cuttings, cut and planted in greenhouses before mid-summer, by the end of summer will have a developed root system and they can be transplanted to grow in a separate area.

The cuttings should be planted obliquely almost close to each other at a distance of 3-4 cm. There should be a free space 15-20 cm high between the greenhouse film and the cuttings. After planting, the cuttings are carefully and plentifully watered from a watering can with a very fine strainer. It is very important that the water does not flow in a continuous stream, but splashes. After watering, the greenhouse is covered with a film.

The main care for the cuttings is regular watering (at first it is important that the air in the greenhouses is warm and humid) and airing the greenhouses when the temperature in them rises above 25 °.

Three to four weeks after planting, the cuttings in greenhouses take root well. Then the film is slightly opened during the day, and when the cuttings have undergone some hardening, the greenhouse is left open for the night. 7-10 days after the rooting of the cuttings, the film is removed altogether.

Three-week-old cuttings with proper care form a good fibrous root system. The survival rate of cuttings in certain varieties of mountain ash reaches 70-100%.

A month after rooting (by the end of summer), the cuttings from the greenhouse are transplanted for growing. As soon as the seedlings take root after transplantation for growing, they are liquidly fertilized with nitrogen mineral fertilizers (30 g of ammonium nitrate per bucket of water) or slurry diluted with water 6-8 times.

During the entire period of rearing, loosening of the soil and weeding of weeds are carried out, and in dry weather, the soil is watered abundantly.

The following autumn, rowan seedlings are dug up and planted in a permanent place. Seedlings suitable for planting should have well-developed roots and strong shoots.

Reproduction of mountain ash ordinary root offspring.

Reproduction by root suckers, which grow in large numbers annually near the tree, is the main method of propagation of mountain ash.

The number of root offspring depends on the variety, soil moisture, nutrient content and plant care. By the spring of next year, the shoots reach normal development, have their own root system. They are separated with secateurs or a shovel and transplanted to a permanent place.

Propagation of mountain ash by ordinary grafting.

A graft is a combination of two parts of different plants, as a result of which they grow together and continue to grow as a single organism.

One component of the graft, called the graft, is part of the stem of the plant to be propagated. It is grafted onto the root system of another plant, called a rootstock. Methods of vegetative connection of plants are called grafting.

For successful grafting, it is extremely important to correctly connect the various tissues of the scion and rootstock so that they grow together as quickly as possible and last as long as possible in this form in the future. Under the bark of the stem is an actively growing layer of cambium. It is important to arrange the scion and rootstock in such a way that their cambial layers overlap or have as much contact as possible.

The success of the grafting also depends on how quickly and cleanly the cuts are made - the cut surfaces must be connected with a minimum of delay.

The result of vaccination is largely determined by the creation necessary conditions for the growth and development of tissues, and hence for the healing of the junction. In practice, this means the need to reduce water loss and provide warmth to the grafted parts, which is achieved by carefully covering them until they grow together.

The grafting site is tied with a transparent polyethylene tape 1-1.5 cm wide. Its use makes it possible to securely cover the junctions of the grafting parts, as a result of which water loss is reduced to a minimum.

After the grafted parts have grown together, the further development of the new plant will depend on the prevention of its competitive relations with the rootstock. Therefore, it is necessary to immediately remove the shoots formed on the rootstock.

Theoretically, vaccination can be done almost all year round the best time for this is spring.

Rowan ordinary is often propagated by grafting into a split.

In the middle of winter (in a mild climate, cuttings are harvested from a tree from the growth of the past year. They are tied in bunches and stored in an upright position, dug 15 cm in the ground or sand, so that the cuttings will not dry out, and staying in the cold will delay their development .

At the beginning of spring, a plant is selected for a stock - a one-year-old seedling, or a part of the root of a plant with powerful growth is separated. The rootstock is dug up and the earth is washed from it.

Any species of this breed can be used as rootstocks for cultivated varieties of mountain ash in the country, since there is no grafting incompatibility of tissues among the species of this genus. Due to its high winter hardiness, early maturity, annual stable yield, immunity and ecological adaptability, rowanberry is a valuable stock in all areas of fruit growing.

The grafting is carried out in the top of the root ("root neck") or in the bole of the seedling (hypocotyl). With a sharp knife, the rootstock is cut horizontally. Then, in the middle of this cut, a vertical cut (or split) is made about 3 cm deep.

Scion cuttings are dug. Select one with well-developed healthy buds and the same diameter as the rootstock. An oblique cut is made with a sharp knife above the upper kidney of the cutting, and a horizontal cut is made about 15 cm below. A wedge is formed from the lower end of the handle with two oblique cuts about 4 cm long: one of them starts near the kidney, the other from the opposite side.

The graft is carefully, but with some effort, inserted into the split on the rootstock. Part of the cut of the scion remains outside. This kind of "window" will contribute to the development of callus.

The junction of the stock and scion is tightly tied with a transparent plastic tape. The top of the scion is coated with garden pitch to reduce evaporation.

Grafted plants are dug in a box with a mixture of sand and peat so that the junction is just above the surface of the substrate. The box is placed in a cold greenhouse, a closed chamber or on a rack in a greenhouse. The higher the temperature, the faster the parts of the graft will grow together. But you also need to be careful not to dry them out.

When the components of the graft grow together, callus formation will begin on the exposed parts of the sections. This can be observed in the "window" directly above the rootstock cut. The callus formed here increases the strength of the joint.

When the graft grows well enough, the plastic tape is cut and removed. The grafted mountain ash is planted in open ground. The shoots formed on the rootstock are cut out.

Reproduction of rowan ordinary layering.

For reproduction by horizontal and arcuate layering, well-developed annual shoots are bent to the ground at young tree or bend down shoots of root growth. Layering is best done in early spring, as soon as the soil allows. The soil in the place intended for layering must be well dug up and leveled in advance.

After that, shallow grooves are made in the soil from the base of the tree, into which young shoots are bent and pinned. The tops of the latter are slightly pinched. When 10-12 cm young green shoots develop from the buds of the allotted branches, they are sprinkled to half the height of the wet fertile land th or humus. After 15-20 days, when the shoots grow another 10-15 cm, the powder is repeated.

Rooted cuttings can be separated from the tree and transplanted to a permanent place either in autumn or next spring. It is preferable to separate the layering next spring.

Beautiful, amazingly beautiful mountain ash is familiar to everyone. In late spring, early summer, it pleases with lush, fragrant inflorescences. In autumn - bright clusters of berries. Many people know firsthand about the healing properties of mountain ash. For the treatment and prevention of certain diseases, rowan fruits are widely used in the form of decoctions and tinctures. Therefore, if possible, it is worth planting this wonderful tree in the backyard and then the healing fruits will always be there.

Peculiarities

There are many varieties and varieties of mountain ash, there are undersized varieties and tall trees. The color of the berries and inflorescences of this tree may be different. Depending on the variety, the color of rowan fruits varies from bright orange to white. For its distribution in the country, it must be properly grafted.

In the wild, mountain ash reproduces by seeds that are carried by various birds. The fruits of such trees are sour, bitter. Garden varieties of mountain ash delight with delicious, fragrant, sweet berries.

reproduction garden varieties rowan has some features. There are several ways to propagate this tree at home: planting seeds, cuttings and budding.

1. When planting seeds, it is necessary to properly collect and prepare planting material. Seeds must be collected from the most ripe berries. Then they are thoroughly washed and dried. In early spring or late autumn, seed material is sown in open ground. After soaking for some time warm water. The planting depth is about two centimeters. From above, the seeds are sprinkled with earth, humus and dry foliage.
2. Propagation of mountain ash with cuttings more simple and easy way. Cuttings can be either annual, lignified, or young, green. Lignified cuttings are harvested and planted in the fall. To do this, the required number of annual shoots are cut from the tree and planted in open ground. For propagation by green cuttings, any tree will do. Young, green tops of the shoots are used as planting material. Prepared cuttings are planted in the spring, in a greenhouse or greenhouse.
3. Budding. This method involves grafting a bud of garden, varietal mountain ash onto a seedling. This method rowan breeding is quite complicated and requires certain skills, and compliance with certain rules.

Kinds

There are many varieties of mountain ash in nature. For optimal growth and fruiting of each type of mountain ash, certain climatic conditions are necessary:

• The most famous and popular species is the mountain ash.
• No less popular and widespread is the mountain ash alder.
• Very often you can find another type of rowan trees - Tibetan.
• Kashmiri. This type of mountain ash is resistant to low temperatures, so it is quite common in Russia.
• Mixed. This variety of rowan tree is most typical for Sakhalin, Japan, and so on.
• Rowan aria. Refers to tall species, prefers calcareous soils.

"Ordinary"

"Alder-leaved"

"Kashmiri"

"Mixed"

"Aria"

Popular varieties of garden rowan with sweet fruits:

• Nevezhinskaya. Tall variety of mountain ash. The berries are large, oval-shaped with five faces, bright red. The crown of the tree is wide, pyramidal. The fruits ripen in late August, early September.
• Home. This rowan variety is widespread and popular in the south. Tall rowan trees of this variety are distinguished by large, green fruits.
• Pomegranate. A medium-sized variety obtained by breeders by crossing hawthorn with mountain ash. The fruits are large, sweet, ripen at the end of August.

"Nevezhinskaya"

"Home"

"Pomegranate"

• Russian. Otherwise, this variety of mountain ash is called liquor, since the fruits of this tree are mainly used for the preparation of various tinctures, home-made liquors, jams, marmalade, jams. This variety is resistant to low temperatures. The fruits of such mountain ash are large, sweet, dark in color.
• Titanium or Oakleaf. The famous breeder Michurin obtained this variety by crossing rowan with apple and pear. Tall tree, with a lush crown in the form of a pyramid. Differs in resistance to low temperatures. The berries are large, sweet and sour, rich red.
• Ruby. This variety is obtained by crossing pears and mountain ash, with dark red, large berries.

"Russian"

"Titanium"

"Ruby"

Landing

Growing a rowan tree from seed material can be divided into several stages: careful selection of seeds, proper storage, cultivation of rowan sprouts, planting grown seedlings.

If you follow some tips and rules, you can grow a tree from every seed. First you need to choose the right berries. They should be large and bright in color, without damage, necessarily ripened.

To increase germination, the selected fruits must be prepared. Berries should be carefully crushed. Then, transfer to a small container and pour water at room temperature. Next, you need to leave the berries for a while in the water, healthy seeds suitable for planting will sink to the bottom of the container.

After that, the seeds should be removed from the water and mixed with the prepared substrate, it can be peat, sawdust, and so on. The resulting mixture must be kept indoors for about a month. Next, the container with the mixture should be placed in a cool place. A cellar is perfect for this.

Careful observance of all the nuances in the selection and preparation of seed material will help to significantly increase the percentage of seed germination, preserve the selected material until planting, and guarantee healthy seedlings in the right amount.

In early spring, the mixture must be removed from the cellar. The place for planting seeds should be well lit and warmed up by the sun's rays, and also have a sufficient amount of moisture for the growth and development of sprouts.

After waiting for a slight warming up of the earth, the seed material, together with the substrate, is introduced into the soil. The depth of planting seeds is not more than ten millimeters. The optimal distance between rows is about thirty centimeters. Seed germination is quite low, so the seed material can be strewed thickly.

After a short period of time shoots will appear. When a large number of seedlings appear, weak shoots should be removed. This is necessary to improve the quality of seedlings.

Next, you need to carefully care for the seedlings. Regular abundant watering in hot, dry weather is essential for optimal growth and development of seedlings. Periodically, weeds should be removed and trees treated from possible pests and diseases.

Before planting a rowan tree, you must choose the right place. Given the height of the tree, rowan plantings should be located on the border of the infield. The tree feels great on any soil, but fertile soils are more favorable for the growth and fruiting of mountain ash.

Very often, there is absolutely no time and opportunity to engage in the germination of mountain ash from seeds and cuttings. So you have to buy seedlings. When choosing seedlings, you need to pay attention to a number of features:

• Roots. Healthy seedlings should have a strong root system, have at least two branches of roots, about twenty centimeters long. The surface of the root branches should be moist and fresh;
• The trunk and branches of seedlings. When choosing a tree, you should carefully examine the bark on the trunk and branches. The bark should not be dry and wrinkled. You should slightly pick the bark with your fingernail and inspect the trunk, it should be green.

To avoid damage and drying of the root system during transportation, it is necessary to wrap the roots with a piece of cloth soaked in water and cellophane.

Rowan trees can be planted in early spring. But autumn is the most comfortable for planting seedlings. Behind long winter seedlings will have time to adapt, and in early spring, the active growth of planted trees will begin.

Before planting, it is necessary to prepare holes for seedlings. The distance between them should be at least three and not more than six meters. The depth of each hole is about sixty centimeters. Next, lay out the bottom of each hole with a layer of drainage material. It can be crushed brick, crushed stone, expanded clay and so on. On the resulting layer, fertilizer mixed with soil is laid. The next step is to fill the hole about half with fertile soil. After performing these manipulations, the hole should be thoroughly watered.

After the moisture is absorbed into the ground, in the center of the hole you need to make a small depression and place a tree there. Before filling the roots with earth, you need to straighten them. Having covered the roots of the seedling with earth, it is necessary to lightly tamp the earth and water it well.

Seedlings spread fairly quickly. They can be easily germinated and propagated near your home if you follow our recommendations. It is necessary to pay close attention to adaptive features, and pruning should be carried out in time.

Care

It should be noted that rowan does not require special care. But in order for the rowan tree to bear abundant fruit and grow actively, some rules of agricultural technology must be observed.

• To begin with, it is imperative to remember that in hot weather, mountain ash should be watered. The amount of water depends on the age of the rowan tree and the soil. To prevent evaporation of moisture, you need to mulch the soil around the seedling with sawdust, peat, and so on. It is important to regularly remove weeds around the tree, as well as slightly loosen the soil.
• Without special feeding, mountain ash slows down growth, weakens. It is necessary to start regular feeding of seedlings from the third year of life. Before flowering, you need to make a mixture of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash fertilizers. In summer, an identical mixture of fertilizers should be applied, but in smaller proportions.

After harvesting, in the fall, it is necessary to reapply a similar mixture. Fertilizers are simply mixed with the ground under the tree and then it is necessary to pour plenty of water.

Rowan is an unpretentious tree with medicinal fruits. Growing it in your backyard is easy, just make a little effort and do not neglect the advice of experienced gardeners:

1. To be sure to get excellent harvest and increase the fruiting of mountain ash, several rowan trees of different varieties should be planted on the site. This is necessary for cross-pollination, as many rowan varieties are self-infertile. If it is not possible to plant several trees, you can plant one, but with subsequent grafting into the crown of other varieties.
2. Rowan planted on loam will give a richer harvest.
3. Good seedlings are a guarantee big harvest berries.
4. The place for planting mountain ash must be dug up in advance, clearing various weeds and roots. The optimal time for planting rowan seedlings is the end of September, the beginning of October.
5. Two weeks before the planned planting of mountain ash, you should dig and prepare holes for seedlings.
6. When planting, be sure to mix fertile soil with fertilizers.
7. When harvesting, the fruits must be removed in a whole bunch. This will help prevent kidney damage.

In landscape design, various compositions can be created from this plant. It looks great as a hedge.

Any household plot decorate rowan trees. A beautiful shape, lush, fragrant inflorescences, bright clusters of berries in the fall will delight not only the owners of the site, but also all neighbors and guests. Rowan pleases not only with beauty, but also with the healing properties of the fruit.

For information on how to plant a mountain ash with a cutting, see the following video.

The well-known mountain ash has long been a national treasure of our country. This plant is a bright decoration of parks, alleys, gardens and boulevards. At any time of the year it ornamental plant pleases the eye with its bright colors and sophistication. Today we will tell you how to plant a mountain ash and what this tree needs for full growth and development.

Site selection

Before planting rowan, it is important to choose a good place Location on. An adult tree reaches a large size, so it is recommended to plant seedlings along the perimeter of the garden at the very border of the site. Then the trees will not obscure nearby plantings.

In open ground, mountain ash successfully grows on almost any type of soil.

But, as horticultural practice shows, trees planted on light and fertile land grow faster and look more beautiful. Light loamy soil that retains moisture is ideal for growing this tree.

Breeding options

In the wild, mountain ash reproduces by seeds that are carried by birds and small animals. In your garden, you can grow rowan from seeds, seedlings, cuttings and layering.

Basic Rules

Now let's move on to the main thing - how to grow mountain ash so that it is beautiful, healthy and fruitful.

Rowan planting is carried out in autumn or spring (in early April). If you plan to grow a tree for the sake of fruit, it is advisable to plant several varieties on the site, since mountain ash is a self-fertile plant and requires pollinators.

Trees should be planted at a distance of 5-6 m from each other. Rowan seedlings have large and long roots, so a deep and wide pit is prepared for them - 80x80 cm.

The bottom of the pit is filled with nutrient mixture. For its preparation you will need:

• rotted manure or compost - 1 bucket;
• wood ash and superphosphate - 1 handful each.

A mixture of nutrients is mixed with the earth taken out of the pit and poured back into the pit.

The roots of the plants are lowered into the hole, straightened, then sprinkled with the remaining garden soil. The earth around the trunk is lightly tamped. Seedlings are watered abundantly.

To stimulate the growth of the root system, the apical shoot is pruned immediately after planting.

The following year, side branches are pruned. In this way, a beautiful crown is formed in a young tree.

Features of care

It is important not only to plant the mountain ash correctly, but also to provide it with proper care, especially in the first years of life.

Care consists in the regular removal of weeds, loosening the soil, pruning, watering and fertilizing.

pruning

Given the fact that the tree grows very quickly and rapidly in spring, pruning should be carried out on early dates- at the beginning or middle of March. In young plants, branches damaged by frost and wind, as well as broken shoots, are cut off. Too long shoots are shortened arbitrarily.

Watering

Young plants should be watered as the soil dries and depending on climatic conditions. Under one tree you need to pour at least 10 liters of water.

top dressing

Rowan begin to feed from the age of three. Trees are fertilized with mineral compounds three times per season:

• before the start of the budding period, a mixture of 25 g of nitrogenous, 15 g of potash and 25 g of phosphate fertilizers is applied;
• in summer, trees are fed with the same mixture, only in a lower concentration - 10 g of each component;
• in autumn, after the crop is harvested, the trees are fed with phosphate and potash fertilizers - 10 g of each substance.

This amount of fertilizer is calculated per 1 m2 of land.

seed cultivation

Mountain ash reproduces quite successfully by seed. Let us consider in detail the process of how to grow rowan from seeds. To do this, you will need freshly harvested seed material. Seeds are collected in autumn, before frost.

To obtain healthy seedlings, dense berries without rot and damage should be taken. Rowan berries are carefully kneaded, poured cold water and soaked in moisture for an hour. Then they are washed, and high-quality seeds sink to the bottom.

Sowing seeds is carried out in open ground in shallow grooves - 1-1.5 cm. Seedlings are sprinkled with humus on top and left to winter in this state. Under these conditions, they will undergo natural stratification throughout the winter. In early spring, it will be possible to observe the friendly germination of seedlings.

Young plants grown from seeds grow in one place for 3 years. After that, they can be transplanted to a permanent place.

cuttings

You can get a new rowan tree using cuttings. Propagation by cuttings is one of the most effective ways, because young plant retains all varietal characteristics of the parent specimen.

Procurement of material

For cultivation, healthy shoots are used, 20 cm long, with lateral processes and buds.

Harvesting cuttings is carried out in the fall. They are cut with a sharp knife along the oblique, then marked and sent to storage until spring. A month before planting in open ground (February-March), the cuttings are lowered into a container of water. To stimulate the formation of roots, the drug "Kornevin" is added.

Landing

Shoots that have released roots must be planted at an angle of 45º. This method of planting increases the chance of their rapid rooting.

In order for propagation by cuttings to give a positive result, it is necessary to prepare the soil in advance. Before planting cuttings, the ground is fertilized:

rotted manure - 1 bucket;

wood ash - 200 g.

This amount of fertilizer is calculated per 1 m2 of land. Then the soil is dug deep and leveled.

The cuttings are lowered into the prepared holes, sprinkled with earth and lightly trampled. After planting, the plant is watered abundantly.

If the germination of cuttings is carried out at home, it is important to have time to transplant them into the soil in the fall, before the first frost.

Care

The main care of plants is regular watering, loosening the soil and removing weeds. Top dressing is carried out in the second year of the plant's life, as well as seedlings. The same fertilizers are applied according to the same scheme.

The best varieties

Today, about 80 varieties of mountain ash and many hybrids are known. The most popular of them:

• Gorgeous;
• Ruby;
• Scarlet large;
• Vefed;
• Bead;
• Titanium;
• Sorbinka.

For a long time in Russia, the mountain ash was revered, believing that the tree protects from troubles, diseases and evil spirits. Our ancestors planted it around the house, dried berries, decorated clothes and hats with rowan twigs. To this day, recipes for useful infusions, decoctions, teas, liqueurs and rowan jam have been preserved.

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In order to plant mountain ash, you must choose one-year or two-year-old seedlings. Rowan will grow equally well in both darkened and sunny areas, loves not stagnant, but moist places. It is not very demanding on soils, but does not tolerate alkaline soils, compaction of the soil around the trunk circle, and the presence of any weeds. If the soil is strongly acidic, it is recommended to carry out liming in advance. Prefers to grow on sandy and loamy soil. Grade Titan.- after planting, water periodically so that the soil does not dry out

Today, many amateur gardeners and specialists in landscape design practice the use of rowan for decoration summer cottages, park areas, alleys around residential buildings. If you decide to plant a tree or several rowan trees in your garden, you should take into account the features of its placement and planting. We bring to your attention a few practical recommendations (recommendations relate to the variety Sorbus ordinary).​

- the result of crossing mountain ash and pear. The tree forms a wide pyramidal crown, its height is 5–6 m. It bears abundantly and annually, the fruits are large, 1.8–2.2 g, saturated orange-red in color with an oblong shape uncharacteristic of mountain ash. The taste is somewhat tart.

General view of the mountain ash. © Mehmet Karatay

Rowan bushes can take on the cold north wind, protect heat-loving plants in the garden. And potatoes planted next to them do not suffer from late blight.

Next, they trample down the earth a little. Again, the soil is watered and mulched with humus, peat or other organic matter (grass, hay, straw) with a layer of 5-10 cm. The mountain ash blooms at the end of May. The fruits are bright orange-red, bitter-astringent, ripen in late September - October. Rowan fruits hanging on trees attract many insectivorous birds, so growing it in gardens helps protect fruit and berry plantations from pests. The second top dressing is carried out at the beginning of flowering. For this top dressing, the following composition is very effective: 2 tablespoons of Rossa organic fertilizer and 1 tablespoon of potassium sulfate are taken for 10 liters of water. In this case, I spend up to 8 liters of solution on a young bush and 2 - 2.5 buckets on a fruiting one.

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Rowan can be planted both in spring and in autumn. September is considered the most suitable month for this process. For planting, they dig a fairly spacious hole about sixty centimeters by sixty centimeters in size and fill it with good humus soil. And do not forget to thoroughly spill it. Six hundred grams of superphosphates, twelve kilograms of humus and one hundred and fifty grams of potassium salt are added to the prepared pit. They also make a drainage layer of ten to twenty centimeters of gravel. If I plant several trees, then the distance between them should not be less than five meters. They also pay attention to the level of the root collar after the soil has settled, it must necessarily be the same level with the ground.

Received in 1916 by I.V. Michurin. He pollinated a hybrid rowan seedling with pollen from apple trees of various varieties and pears. The tree is tall, almost 10 m tall with a dense pyramidal crown. Fruits faceted red, juicy. The taste is sweet and sour. High-yielding winter-hardy variety.

And what, fruit trees do not grow in your area?

1. When is the best time to plant rowan?

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They plant it in autumn or early spring - usually until the end of April, as it starts growing early. For more bountiful harvest it is better to purchase several varieties: single-grade plantings, although prone to self-fertility, are still less productive. Trees are planted at a distance of at least 4-6 m from each other. Pits are dug 60-80 cm deep and wide. They are filled with a mixture of compost soil with a fertile surface layer of soil, where a handful of ash and superphosphate and 2-3 shovels of three-year-old manure humus are added (fresh, unripe manure burns the roots). After planting, the seedlings must be watered and the central conductor shortened, and the next year - young and side shoots.

Landing is best done at the end of April or in September-October. So there is still time to look for seedlings. At least four varieties are offered by the online store of the Gardens of the Urals nursery (Pomegranate, Large Sweet, Liquor, Smolenskaya), Gardens of Russia are not far behind (Bead, Scarlet Large, Pomegranate”, “Liquor”, “Nevezhenskaya”, “Sugar Petrova”, “Titan”). Please note - sweet-fruited mountain ash is often self-fertile, so you will have to purchase at least two plants of different varieties.

In the first months after planting, the seedling takes root, the process of regeneration of the roots is underway, in other words, wound healing, the formation of callus and new roots.

Rowan is not very demanding on growing conditions and puts up with various soils. It tolerates a slight acidity of the soil, but it bears fruit better on neutral, drainage lands.

The third top dressing is carried out in the fall, after the final harvest of berries. Many gardeners forget to do autumn dressing, and this is completely in vain. Just at this time, the plants are in great need of feeding. In 10 liters of water, you need to dilute 2 tablespoons of superphosphate and potassium sulfate. Consumption - a bucket of solution for a young bush and 2 buckets for a fruiting one. I will tell you today about Then they make a small mound in the very center of the pit, straighten all the roots on the seedling and cover it with earth. If you deepen the mountain ash during planting, then it will give quite a lot of root growth, which is so necessary to cut out every time, and to the very base.

Variety Ruby.

Rowan is very beautiful both during flowering and with clusters ripened on the branches. The berries on the tree keep for a long time, are not afraid of frost, are tasty in the form of juices, jellies, jams, marmalades, marshmallows, or simply ground with sugar. On their basis, you can even prepare homemade medicine. Therefore, many gardeners are interested in having at least one rowan tree on their site. It is a classic of the Russian landscape. And the ancient Slavs attributed to the mountain ash the ability to protect the courtyard from all evil spirits.

It is better to plant rowan trees on the site in spring, if they are young seedlings, and in late autumn, if they are large-sized trees. If you plant plants that have been grown in containers with capillary irrigation, then planting can be done during the entire growing season, i.e. in spring, summer and autumn. But remember - seedlings planted in the summer take root more slowly, and require special attention.

- a short tree. Fruits (1.8–2 g), contain a large number of biologically active substances. The variety is characterized by early maturity and high yield.

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Rowan care comes down to the timely removal of shoots, which often form at the root collar, and shoots growing below the grafting site, as well as watering, fertilizing and loosening the soil, crown shaping and pest and disease control. Since mountain ash in the spring quite early and quickly start growing, pruning and top dressing of plantings should be carried out as soon as possible and as soon as possible. At the same time, weak and broken shoots are cut out from young plants, the longest ones are somewhat shortened to the outer bud. When pruning fruit-bearing plants, the nature of fruiting should be taken into account. In species and varieties that bear fruit on last year's growths, the shoots are only slightly shortened, and the thickened crown is thinned out. Plants with weak growth are given a rejuvenating pruning on two to three years old wood to encourage the growth of new shoots. In mountain ash, fruiting on various types of fruit formations, semi-skeletal branches are shortened, systematically thinning and rejuvenating the rings. The fruits of the sweet-fruited mountain ash usually ripen in September. That's when they need to be collected. You should not wait for frosts, as when collecting ordinary mountain ash. You can’t roughly break the mountain ash, chop it, and it will be fruitful every year or two. Good care for mountain ash is achieved by regular feeding, pruning (control of crown thickening and systematic removal of shoots that often form at the root neck), systematic pest and disease control, correct handling soil.​

Mountain ash is photophilous (it grows in the shade, but does not bear fruit well).

​Spend In order for the soil to adhere well to the roots, it is necessary to carefully shed each layer with water at the very moment when the soil is poured into the pit. Thus, voids will not appear under the roots. The soil should not be heavily tamped around the planted mountain ash, very often this is done with the help of the legs, since it is already very compacted, which does not allow microorganisms to work actively. In addition, in very dense soil, the roots have poor air circulation, which they really need. If a very tall tree is planted, then first of all it must be tied to a stake. But it is recommended to drive three stakes, tilt to the seedling and tie them together. Planting mountain ash, thus, will be safer and more reliable for the plant itself. Received as a result of pollination of mountain ash with pear pollen of different varieties. The fruits are sweet and sour faceted, dark red. It is possible to grow mountain ash on the most ordinary soil, but on light soil the tree will grow worse and give a smaller yield than it could. It is best to plant mountain ash in the fall. A planting hole measuring 60x60 cm is filled with fertile soil, about 5 kg of peat or humus, 100 g of potassium fertilizer and 200 g of superphosphate are added to it.

2. What soil to plant mountain ash?

​‘Ruby’​

Choosing a place for planting mountain ash.

Starting from the third year of life, young plants must be fed with mineral fertilizers. The most effective is a triple top dressing: in the spring, before flowering, 20 g of nitrogen are added. 25 g of phosphorus and 15 g of potash fertilizers per sq. m landings; in summer - 10-15 g of nitrogen and phosphorus and 10 g of potassium; in the fall, after harvesting, - 10 g of phosphorus and potassium. Fertilizers close up shallowly, slightly digging up the soil, after which the plantings are watered abundantly.

Rowan in the garden is a symbol of happiness and peace in the family. It has long been believed that it protects from evil spirits and other misfortunes. Even in Russia, the sick were taken out in the summer under the mountain ash, as they believed that "the spirit of the mountain ash would drive away diseases."

The soil in rows and between rows should be kept loose and free from weeds. In autumn, the soil near the trees should be dug up to a depth of 10-15 cm, while preventing damage to the roots, and at the same time, organic fertilizers should be applied to the tree trunks.

Rowan does not tolerate significant drying of the soil. Without enough moisture, the harvest will be poor.

growing chokeberry

Planting time for mountain ash.

or, as it is also called - chokeberry. I will start by describing this wonderful plant.

Rowan transplant tolerates very well. However, it is worth remembering that it has a deep root system, and therefore planting material must be dug very deep. If you can graft, then you need to dig a small mountain ash in the forest and transplant it to your site. After the plant takes root, this will happen next year, then in the spring, several cuttings of various varieties can be grafted onto it at once. As a result, you can get rowan for every taste. In this case, you should always cut off the root shoots. Otherwise, otherwise, all the recently grafted cuttings will begin to die off, and one wild animal will remain.

Requirements for purchased seedlings.

Most rowan varieties are self-fertile, so for good harvest it is advisable to plant several different varieties for cross-pollination. You can negotiate with neighbors and plant trees of different varieties on both sides of the fence. If you are planting only one tree, graft a couple of other varieties into the crown.​

It is easiest and fastest to get a seedling if you graft a bud or cutting onto a seedling of any type of mountain ash. This can still be done with layering, grafting, seeds and root offspring.

Rowan is unpretentious and undemanding to the type of soil, but grows better in light, loamy, permeable soils.

- a dwarf type plant (2–2.3 m) with a spreading crown. The fruits are dark ruby ​​​​(1.8 g), with a pleasant sweet and sour taste.

Preparing seedlings for planting.

Rowan inflorescence. © martainn

Planting mountain ash.

A large harvest of mountain ash happens before a harsh winter. This year the branches are strewn with berries, we will wait for the cold weather.

Loosening the soil is carried out in early spring, then another 4-5 times during the summer and always immediately after harvesting. After that, the soil is mulched with manure, peat or compost.

Rowan ordinary is tolerant of the close standing of groundwater.

• , you need to pay attention to the timely removal of shoots, which form very quickly and if nothing is done, the bush quickly overgrows, which leads to a significant decrease in yield. Root shoots need to be dug up and cut off at a depth from the mother roots. In old plants, you should try to cut out the fruiting shoots, which already give too small berries. You need to leave 20 - 25 strong shoots of different ages.
• Chokeberry (chokeberry) is a compact shrub reaching a height of 3 meters, with a spreading crown (up to 2 meters in diameter). In one bush there can be up to 50 stems of different ages. The fruits of chokeberry are rounded, black or purple-black with a bluish bloom, sweet-sour with a tart astringent taste, quite juicy. They contain a huge amount of useful substances - ascorbic, apple, folic acid, carotene, pectin, sugar, vitamin P (citrine), trace elements - iodine, manganese, iron.
• First of all, ask your neighbors or other gardeners by correspondence. If the neighbors refuse you a branch, then you should ask for at least a few buds, and then in August, graft with an eye. If you have not yet learned how to graft plants, then you should do this business, because it is not so difficult. Root shoots of wild mountain ash, which grows on your site, can be safely used as a stock. In order to do this, it is transplanted from the mother plant, and grafted onto cultivars. Do not forget that it is forbidden to propagate already grafted rowan trees in this way, since it has wild root shoots from the scion. Rowan is excellent, propagated by cuttings and layering.

Rowan berries on the branches are kept for a long time. It is better to harvest from bitter-fruited varieties after the first frost, so that the astringency is gone. Berries of sweet-fruited varieties are removed immediately when ripe, so that they are not pecked by birds. Hands can cut off low-growing trees, and cut brushes from high ones with loppers. If the berries are removed after frost, they can be stored all winter in brushes in a cold place or frozen. And the fruits harvested before frost must be cleaned of leaves, branches and stalks, sorted out, dried in the air and dried in the sun or in the oven. About 20 kg of fruits are usually harvested from one tree.

You can grow mountain ash from freshly picked berries, which are harvested when they begin to turn brown. They need to be freed from the pulp. Before autumn sowing seeds must remain moist. Shallow grooves are made in the soil, sealed with humus, deepening by one and a half centimeters. Plant in a well lit area. When the seedlings grow up, transplant them to a permanent place. In the process of care, form a trunk up to 80 cm in height and plant a couple of cuttings in its upper part, from which you will later form a crown. According to the technique, rowan grafting is done in the same way as on an apple tree.

Caring for mountain ash.

3. Which place to choose for landing?​

​‘Titanium’​

Species mountain ash - by seeds, and decorative forms and varieties - by grafting onto common mountain ash or Finnish mountain ash, since the latter has a more powerful and deep root system and the plants grafted on it suffer less from dry soil. Good results can be obtained using common hawthorn as a rootstock. Budding is usually carried out in July - early August with a sleeping eye. Rowan house (​

I hope that I persuaded you to plant a couple of bushes of sweet-fruited mountain ash in my area.

In the absence of precipitation, mountain ash needs watering at the beginning of the growing season, 15-20 days before collection and at the end of summer (2-3 weeks after collection).

Top dressing mountain ash ordinary.

The chokeberry bears fruit every year and gives up to 5 - 8 kilograms of berries from a bush. The fruits on the bushes stay for a long time, almost until frost, only they need to be protected from the invasion of birds.

Chokeberry is a winter-hardy plant, undemanding to fertile soil, loves to grow in well-lit places. Aronia is resistant to diseases and pests, tolerates transplant remarkably. This is one of the fastest growing crops, since it begins to bear fruit already 1 to 2 years after planting.

Rowan is moisture-loving, so the lack of water will noticeably slow down development and growth. During the dry period, it must be watered at the following rate of ten liters of water per square meter of crown projection. The root growth of this tree should be removed in due time and not even small stumps should be left in the upper layer, because they slow down the growth of the tree. In order for the root shoots to become smaller, it is necessary to loosen the surface no deeper than five centimeters. Mountain ash responds well to fertilizing in spring with nitrogen fertilizers, for ten liters of water one kilogram of mullein, ten grams of urea, fifteen grams of ammonium nitrate, and in autumn twenty grams of phosphorus-potassium nitroammophoska. If you are growing a tall rowan variety, then pruning will help regulate its thickening and height. As a rule, skeletal branches are formed at an angle of forty-five degrees. In early spring, you need to remove all shrunken branches. For the winter period, the trunk circles of this tree are mulched with sawdust or peat with a layer of fifteen centimeters.

Thank you Valyusha for a useful article. :) I don’t have mountain ash on my site, but I really want to plant it :))

After that, all care comes down to weeding weeds in time, removing rootstock, fertilizing, watering and loosening the soil. It would also be nice to mulch the trunk circle (cover it with straw, needles, dried grass). Before fruiting begins, a puddle should form in the near-trunk circle from watering - this is the advice of experienced summer residents.

Harvest.

For planting mountain ash, it is better to choose an open, well-lit, in extreme cases, slightly shaded place. - the variety was obtained as a result of crossing the mountain ash with a pear and a red-leaved apple tree. This is a medium-sized tree with a wide rounded crown. The fruits are dark red with a bluish bloom weighing up to 2 g. Very winter-hardy. Fruits annually. Sorbus domestica

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Rowan trees are exceptionally ornamental throughout the year, thanks to their leathery bright green leaves. In early summer they are covered with white, cream or pink fragrant flowers. In autumn, rowan leaves take on an amazing crimson hue, passing through the stages of yellow and orange. In winter, mountain ash is adorned with chic clusters of heavy, shiny berries: scarlet, pink, cream, yellow or brown.

Useful properties of mountain ash

You can water with an overlap along the furrows or into the grooves around the trunks, 2-3 buckets per plant. Water consumption during irrigation depends on the age of the tree, the soil and the degree of its moisture.​

Rowan can be planted in spring (until the end of April, as it starts growing early) and autumn (late September - early October). best term landing - autumn. During the autumn-winter period, the soil settles well and compacts around the seedlings. Plants in the spring begin to grow early and take root well.

Aronia reproduces well by shoots. To do this, you need to spud the root shoots with soil so that they give lateral roots, and then separate from the mother bush and plant.

Where to plant rowan

The chokeberry is widely known. It is grown in gardens as a fruit and medicinal crop. Aronia berries are useful for diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, gastritis with low acidity, and rheumatism. It has been proven that the use of aronia berries reduces the amount of cholesterol in the blood. Chokeberry juice is drunk to reduce emotional imbalance. Chokeberries are widely used in cooking. Jam is made from fruits, jelly, jam, juice are made. Everything medicinal properties while being preserved.

Gather rowan berries should be in the last days of August or early September. It is better not to delay the harvest, because the mountain ash becomes very tasty and all the birds begin to peck at it.

When to plant rowan

And in front of my house, a young mountain ash grows))) It bloomed this spring, now green berries are already hanging in clusters. In general, in our area, the mountain ash settles itself - I already have several pieces of young mountain ash along the path to the house :)

When and how to collect rowan

Layering is done if the mother tree has a low-stem shape, which will allow you to easily bend the branches to the ground.

4. At what distance from each other and from other trees to plant?

​‘Sorbinka’​

) It fails on ordinary rootstocks, it has good growth only when grafted on pear wilds.

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The yield of mountain ash increases with systematic feeding. If the seedlings are acquired too late in the fall, they are dug in for the winter. In spring, planting begins early, as soon as the soil allows. Be sure to plant chokeberry in your area. There is little care, but the return and joy from this beautiful tree, enough. Is it bad to have a living pharmacy in your garden? See you, friends! Subscribe to blog updates!​ Aronia, mashed with sugar, has an anti-sclerotic and capillary-strengthening effect. You can also dry the fruits of chokeberry. To do this, they are scattered in a thin layer on a baking sheet and placed in the oven or oven. The drying temperature is maintained within 60 - 70 degrees, regularly opening the oven door, thereby ensuring the flow of fresh air. Dried finished fruits are dense and crumble well. For several centuries, the rowan tree was considered a magical plant, and played a very important role in various rituals and beliefs of the ancient Slavs, Celts and Scandinavians. Rowan mainly protected our ancestors from witchcraft and the evil eye. It was generally accepted that in the house where a bunch of mountain ash was hung, fires would never occur. It was considered a very bad omen to damage the tree. Red rowan will look very good along your Marina path, both in spring, when it blooms, and in autumn, when red berries delight the eye until the very frosts, and even after. I collect mountain ash after the first frosts, and cook delicious jam with walnuts. In grafted plants, fruits will appear in 2-4 years. It is desirable to plant or graft a couple of varieties at least so that they cross-pollinate. If you plant several rowan trees in one place or plant seedlings along with other trees, then you should do it this way:- a medium-sized tree. The fruits are large (up to 3 g), yellow-red, with a pleasant refreshing taste. It bears fruit in the 5-6th year. Harvests are plentiful.

When propagating mountain ash with seeds, sowing is carried out in autumn or spring, seeds stratified from autumn by 1 running meter sown about 150 pieces. Dried or last year's seeds are pre-soaked for 3-4 hours before stratification. Crops carried out before winter must be insulated with leaf litter. Seedlings of most types of mountain ash grow quickly and by autumn are suitable for planting in a school for growing and shaping.

In the spring, annually, 5-8 kg of humus or compost and 50 grams of ammonium nitrate are added under each tree.

Choice of landing site

When buying a seedling, they pay attention not to the height of the shoots, but to the quality of the root system, which must be powerful and healthy (should have 2-3 main branches at least 25-30 cm long). The roots should be fresh and moist, if the roots are dry and weathered, the seedling can take root, but will grow slowly.

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For 1 kg of mountain ash, 7.5 cups of sugar, 2 cups of coarsely chopped kernels walnut, 3 glasses of water.​

Pruning is done to evenly illuminate the tree, therefore, for a larger harvest. Since the crown of the mountain ash is pyramidal, and the branches depart from the trunk at an acute angle - this has a bad effect on their strength. Therefore, when forming the main skeletal branches, try to bring them out at an obtuse or right angle.

rowan breeding

Leaving a distance of 3-4 m between vigorous, large-sized plants; Rowan berries. © Mary Shattock The technology of growing planting material from seeds is much simpler, and in some cases more convenient, than propagation by grafting - a dormant bud or cuttings. However, when seed propagation one should take into account not only the degree of variability of species, but also the later entry into the flowering and fruiting season of young plants. A number of mountain ash, for example Finnish, elderberry. large-fruited, Moravian, sweet-fruited, Nevezhinskaya, Burka and some others, with seed reproduction, produce offspring that practically do not differ from maternal forms and are not inferior to plants obtained by grafting. Shoots of mountain ash grow quite quickly and, as a rule, ripen. It is best to plant young plants in a permanent place in the fall, leaving 3-4 m between vigorous species, and 1.5-2 m between undersized ones.

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At the beginning of summer, annually, 10 liters of fresh mullein diluted with water (1:5) or a bucket of diluted bird droppings (1:10) are poured under each tree. These top dressings can be replaced by adding agrolife to the top layer of soil.

Varieties of mountain ash

The bark on the trunk and on the branches of the seedling should not be wrinkled, otherwise the seedling was dug out a long time ago and had time to dry. By pinching off a small piece of bark, you can find out if the seedling is alive (if the green bottom is exposed, then the seedling is alive, if it is brown, then it is dead).

• Rowan ordinary winter-hardy. It grows on a variety of moist soils, but it is better on fertile sandy and loamy soils. This is a fast-growing breed - it gives 0.5 ​growing chokeberry
• 2 water, let it soak, sprinkle with earth, more water, I clean the mountain ash collected after the first frost from twigs, wash it in cold water and put it on a sieve. I scatter the dried mountain ash on the table and slightly crush it with a light pressure of the rolling pin. Then I put the mountain ash in an enameled bowl, douse it with boiling water and leave it for 10-15 minutes, after which I put it back on a sieve so that the water and berries dry out. Separately, I cook not very thick sugar syrup, throw mountain ash into it, and cook until the jam syrup becomes viscous. Then I add chopped walnut kernels to the mass, boil for another 10 minutes and close them in jars. I tried instead walnuts put peanuts, but the taste is completely different, although this is also an amateur.
• Pruning is carried out in early spring before the buds swell. In young trees, the shoots are slightly shortened to the outer bud, the shoots that extend at an acute angle and the extra ones are removed. Varieties that bear fruit on last year's growths are thinned out and slightly shortened. If the growth is weak, rejuvenating pruning on two or five years old wood will help. Rowan, on which several varieties are grafted, shorten semi-skeletal branches and in the most fruitful years thin out the ringlets (the smallest branches). Rowan shoots grow quite quickly, almost all ripen by winter, leaving 1.5-2 m between young and undersized trees.
• Rowan is quite well resistant to various pests and diseases. Significant damage is noted only in some years. Numerous types of pests are often found on the mountain ash tree. Of these, pests such as sawflies, scoop caterpillars, mites. Flower beetles settle on the flowers of the tree, and mountain ash moth, apple fruit sawfly and bark beetles settle on the fruits and branches. Birds significantly reduce the harvest of mountain ash. Everyone knows the common mountain ash, but many do not suspect that many varieties with tasty and healthy fruits have been bred on its basis.
• Rosaceae At the end of summer, annually, 0.5 liters of wood ash (instead of potash fertilizers) and 100 g of superphosphate (after fruiting) are applied under each tree.
• When buying a seedling in the fall, the existing leaves on the branches are carefully removed without damaging the buds on the axils of the leaves.
• in the garden. So:​ Cut the rowan roots a little, dilute in a bucket of yellow clay,
• So, Tatyana, be sure to plant this plant in your area. There are many varieties of red mountain ash, but at home, sweet-fruited species are more interesting for growing:
• 5. Next to which trees to plant mountain ash? This pest is quite active. More than 20% of rowan fruits are damaged per year. Sometimes found on an apple tree. Pupae overwinter in the soil and fallen leaves, so plant debris should be destroyed. The brown-winged butterfly often appears in early summer. Approximately a week after emergence, it begins to lay eggs in several pieces on the top of the fetus. One female is able to lay up to 45 eggs. Caterpillars are pale red or gray in color. They leave the eggs after two weeks and penetrate the fruit, making narrow passages, the caterpillars get to the seeds and gnaw them out.

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Diseases and pests

). Mountain ash grows in forests and mountainous areas, their distribution area extends from the far north to middle lane northern hemisphere. The genus Rowan includes about 200 species. This article is about

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During transportation, the roots of the purchased seedling are wrapped with a damp cloth, put in a plastic bag. If it is not possible to immediately plant the purchased seedling, then it is added dropwise in a shaded place in the country. Dig a shallow elongated hole with a slope to the south. The seedling is placed obliquely in the hole. They fall asleep so that both the roots and half the length of the shoots are underground. Abundantly watered. In this form, seedlings can be stored for 3-4 weeks without compromising quality. If it is found that the seedlings are very dry, they are immersed in water for 2-3 days (no more).

growth per year. It has a good shoot-producing ability and forms fast-growing shoots on stumps. It begins fruiting at 5-7 years. In the first years of life, it tolerates shading well, but it bears fruit much better in more open places. It bears fruit annually. You can plant chokeberry in spring (around the end of April), or in autumn (around mid-September). To eliminate the shading of the bushes, they need to be planted at a distance of 2 - 2.5 meters from each other.To the consistency of liquid sour cream, wet the roots and plant. For half

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I transplanted rowan from the forest three years ago. In the spring, it begins to grow beautifully, and then, for the second year, it falls ill. The leaves are covered with small brown spots, the brushes of berries dry up ... Tell me, how to deal with this?

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Rowan looks good and very impressive in joint plantations with bushes of viburnum, spirea, barberry, as well as with coniferous trees. It can be used as a single growing plant and placed in small groups. Several mountain ash can make a good background for planting perennial low-growing trees and shrubs.
It usually appears around the beginning of July, and by autumn the sawfly already seriously damages the leaves of the tree, much less often destroys them completely. The mid-grown insect has a shiny black color, its wings are transparent. The larva is up to 9 mm long, greenish-yellow in color, covered with black mucus. chrysalis white color in a dense oval cocoon. The female lays her egg on a tree leaf, thereby making an incision inside the leaf. One female can lay up to 70 eggs. The eggs are oval and pale green in color. About 10 eggs can be found on one leaf. The hatching of larvae occurs in about a week. The larvae feed on the leaves for 1 month, then go into the soil, where they overwinter. To destroy the pest, plants are pollinated with lime or sprayed with a solution of soda ash.

- one of the most valuable varieties of this crop. Pollen mix was used for hybridization different breeds pears Its fruits are very large (over 4 g), scarlet-red, reminiscent of cherries, juicy, with a slight astringency, but without bitterness. Early variety, versatile. The harvest from one adult tree reaches 150 kg.

Rowan ordinary
Harvesting of mountain ash is carried out after its full ripening (end of September - October) or after the first frost, when the fruits acquire a sweet taste. They are removed from trees by hand, with stalks. Fruits harvested with stalks and leaves can be stored fresh for a long time. Spread out in a layer of 10-15

This work is not difficult. It is necessary to remove bruised, diseased, dried roots. The same must be done with the aerial part of the seedling. Before planting, to avoid drying, dip the roots well in a clay mash.
Rowan belongs to the apple subfamily. Rowan grows in the form of a tall tree (common) and a shrub (chokeberry). Types of mountain ash differ in the shape of the leaves, size, color and taste of the fruit.

Planting hole preparation:
Fill in the ground, compact, water more and fill it to the end.

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Bred by Michurin - he crossed an ordinary forest mountain ash with an chokeberry. It has high winter hardiness and productivity. Large fruits up to 15 mm in diameter, almost black. It is mainly used for making liqueurs, tinctures and jams.​

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Sergey Ivanov

rowan, like fruit tree, it is best to plant at a distance of 3-5 m from each other. With such a landing, a powerful tree is formed, well lit from all sides.

Sergiy

Rowan ordinary - tree up to 10
The best pit for mountain ash is 0.5 meters deep and 0.6 meters in diameter. For one such pit of organic fertilizers, you need to take one bucket of vegetable or manure humus and peat (to create a good soil structure). From mineral fertilizers for one pit, I usually take 2 tablespoons of superphosphate, 3 tablespoons of nitrophoska and 1 tablespoon of potassium sulfate. All this must be thoroughly mixed with the earth taken out of the pit, then pour the soil mixture back into the pit and pour water over it. The landing pit prepared in this way should be left alone for a week.
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Maybe it's scab. It spreads through spores. In autumn, infected leaves fall off, and already in spring, dark tubercles with spores can be seen on them. Next, infection of young leaves occurs. The situation worsens with high humidity and heat. Due to these factors, spores in the leaves germinate and form a mycelium. Symptoms appear first on the leaves. They have light yellowish spots. Sometimes they have an oily sheen. It all ends with the leaves drying up. The disease passes to buds, ovaries and formed fruits. Mandatory measure- cleaning and destruction of fallen leaves near trees infected with scab, because it is on the fallen leaves that the spores of the pathogens of this disease hibernate. Sick fruits should also be collected and burned. The soil under them needs to be dug up. Watering in the evening or early morning (no irrigation) to give the leaves time to dry out before infection can occur. In May-June or at the end of August, spray the crown and trunk of the tree with fungicides.
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Most importantly, do not wait for May, as soon as the soil allows - plant (usually sticks to a shovel), a mountain ash will be taken and planted in May (if cast) - but is it worth passing it through resuscitation. The root collar should not be above ground level and should not be buried - this is where the color of the bark changes.​

Anatoly Yakovlev

Rowan ordinary: cultivation and care

- bears fruit in the 4-5th year after planting. On a low tree, ruby-red fruits ripen, reminiscent of cranberries in taste. The variety is winter-hardy, resistant to diseases. Harvests are stable.​

Planting and cultivation of mountain ash.

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Rowan is well preserved until spring at temperatures from 0 to +1 ° without significant loss of vitamins. In frozen form, mountain ash is also well preserved, but it should not be allowed to thaw.

The size (width and depth) of the planting hole should be such that the roots are placed in it correctly, according to their shape. A planting hole is dug with a depth of 30-50 cm, a width of 40 cm in diameter, depending on the size of the root system of the seedling.

Rowan care, crown formation and pruning.

Landing and care:

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Or maybe one of the imperfect fungi of the genera Gloeosporium, Colletotrichum, Kabatiella settled on your plant. The disease they cause is called Anthracnose. It appears from the defeat of the leaves, on which brown spots form with a darker border, first along the edge, then the spots gradually merge. Depressed spots form on the branches of the stems, which disrupt the movement of nutrients through the plant. With a strong development of the disease, leaves, stems, shoots and fruits completely turn brown and dry. If the weather is dry, the affected areas crack. If damp - rotting, break. The entire aerial part of the plant dies. Anthracnose is transmitted with infected plant debris, seeds, soil.

Very common throughout Central Asia, grows in the Crimea. Differs in very large green size with plum fruits. The tree is very tall - almost 15 m in height.​

Varieties of red rowan

​General landing principles​

) - charming trees or shrubs that are familiar to us from childhood. The leaves of such mountain ash are complexly elongated, each leaf consists of many pointed narrow leaves. Hello friends! Common mountain ash in front gardens near houses is often found with us, but interest in mountain ash as a fruit crop is just emerging. Sweet-fruited mountain ash is not bitter, there is no astringency in it. One handful of sweet and sour, fragrant berries contains the daily requirement of vitamins C, P and A. In terms of vitamin content, mountain ash can be compared with lemon and black currant. But to eat a bunch of ordinary mountain ash, unlike fruit, not everyone can ...

Add to each landing hole: Height, crown rounded, with a straight trunk. Shoots and bark of the trunk are smooth, greenish-gray. The leaves are alternate, pinnately compound. The flowers are small, white or greenish, fragrant. The inflorescence is large (8-10

After a week, you can start planting seedlings. It is done as usual. The peculiarity is that before planting, the roots of the seedling need to be shortened by about 20 - 25 centimeters. Now or in the spring

The development of the disease is facilitated by high humidity, high soil pH, lack of phosphorus and potassium. Variety Nevezhinskaya.

- damage the roots as little as possible, try to transplant with the root of the earth. If the roots are damaged, then you need to cut the crown proportionally. I think that mountain ash is so unpretentious that special care is not needed !! What about planting? I think like all trees and shrubs in spring!!!

- obtained from Nevezhinsky mountain ash. A low tree bears fruit steadily. The fruits are orange-pink, shiny, weighing up to 1.3 g. The variety is characterized by high winter hardiness.

Harvesting

The fruits of the mountain ash. © Krzysztof P. Jasiutowicz​

Marina, Nekrasovskoe

Now in folk medicine, rowan juice is used for hypertension and kidney diseases. A decoction and infusion of fruits are used for beriberi, diarrhea and constipation.

Irina, Bender

A bucket of compost or humus;

Irina, Bender

Care consists in watering plants and fertilizing, especially during the period of fruit ripening, and also in regular loosening of tree trunks, followed by mulching with compost, humus, peat. If at the moment there is none of this, then ordinary fertile land.

plant in spring

Thank you very much. Judging by the description, my mountain ash has a scab. Let's follow the advice...

The tree is high up to 10 m with a wide pyramidal crown, durable. It has dark gray branches and a trunk that darken with age. She has oblong-pointed large buds and elongated, red 5-sided fruits. The taste is good, there is no bitterness. Ripens in August-September.

- observe orientation because the south side is more resistant to burns.

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Since pagan times, mountain ash has been part of the life and culture of the Celtic, Scandinavian and Slavic tribes. In their beliefs, the mountain ash was endowed with magical powers that could patronize warriors during the war, protect them from the world of the dead, and also protect them from witchcraft. In order to protect against the evil eye, crosses were made from rowan twigs, which were tied with red thread and sewn to clothes. Rowan leaves lined the shoes of the bride and groom during the wedding. Staves were made from rowan wood. Rowan branches decorated the Maypole on Beltane. Mountain ash was planted next to the dwelling, and in some places it is still considered a bad omen to uproot or damage the mountain ash in your yard. If you look closely at the underside of the rowan berry, you will notice that in shape it is an equilateral five-pointed star, and this is one of the most important ancient pagan symbols - a symbol of protection.

Even the ancient Greeks and Romans noticed that the fruits of mountain ash have disinfectant properties. Our ancestors threw a rowan branch into the water so that it would remain drinkable longer and have a pleasant taste. This property of mountain ash is used in cosmetics. Fresh fruits are crushed, a little cream or sour cream is added. The resulting mixture is an excellent face mask.​

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150 grams of superphosphate;

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How to plant rowan in the fall?

During the season, it is necessary to carry out 3 feeding of chokeberry.

We planted in the spring and they have taken root well. Now they are pleasing to the eye, both with flowers and fruits.

In Russia, mountain ash was considered one of the most beloved trees. That is why she was very often affectionately called mountain ash or mountain ash. Due to the strong resemblance of the leaves of this tree to ash, its name from other languages ​​was translated as mountain ash or false ash. Mountain ash is very beautiful not only during flowering, but also with ripe clusters on the branches. Ripe berries stick on the branches for a very long time, they are resistant to frost, and are very tasty in the form of marshmallow, marmalade, jams, juices, jellies, or even simply ground with sugar. On their basis, home medicine is very often prepared. Therefore, so many gardeners are interested in planting rowan trees in their area. After all, it is a traditional classic of the Russian landscape. Even the ancient Slavs attributed to this magnificent tree the ability to protect their home and yard from all evil spirits.

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- do not bury, plant at the same depth

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- a hybrid of mountain ash with large-fruited hawthorn. The height of the tree is 3–4 m. The fruits are the size of a cherry. The taste is sweet and sour, without bitterness. Winter hardiness and productivity are high. Fruits from the age of three.

When to harvest rowan?

Rowan wood is hard and resilient, while it lends itself well to processing. Since ancient times, spindles and runes have been made from mountain ash. And rowan berries are used to produce red organic fabric dye. Rowan fruits are extremely rich in vitamin C and have long been used in home cooking for making wine, beer, jams, jams, jellies, jelly, desserts and sauces. They are very fond of mountain ash and birds, for which it is an important source of food in winter. They taste sour-sweet or sour-bitter, the latter are recommended to be consumed ready-made with the addition of sugar.

The magic of mountain ash - a note to the summer resident

A decoction of dried fruits is used to rinse hair after washing, especially with severe dandruff, seborrhea.

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When can rowan be planted?

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300 grams of wood ash;
The life expectancy of mountain ash reaches 100-150 years. This crop is most productive at the age of 35-40 - it gives up to 100 kg of fruit per tree.
The first top dressing - it is carried out in the spring, when the leaves are just beginning to bloom. I use the Effekton fertilizer solution for this top dressing. I dilute 2 tablespoons of effecton in 10 liters of water and spend 5 liters of solution on young bushes, and 2 buckets per bush on fruit-bearing ones.
In autumn
The ordinary mountain ash is a tree, and in the mountainous regions a shrub with a height of five to ten meters, although it was often seen that it grew up to twenty, has a very wide crown of about six meters. Since ancient times, it has been customary to plant rowan near the house in order to protect all household members from the evil eye. And various desserts, drinks, and medicinal infusions were prepared from its berries. The wood of this tree was used by wood carvers, turners and joiners. IN modern world mountain ash is used for landscaping areas, as it has a beautiful decorative appearance, its fruits attract nomadic birds in autumn and winter, it is frost-resistant and shade-tolerant, it perfectly tolerates city conditions. Rowan can decorate your site bright fruits in autumn, spring with beautiful flowering and openwork leaves.
Received as a result of crossing mountain ash with hawthorn. The height of the tree is up to 4 m. It has a very sparse crown. Faceted pomegranate-colored fruits have a slightly tart sweet taste and become ripe in August-September.
- do not pour mineral fertilizers and fresh manure so that there are no root burns.

R K

Rowan is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful deciduous trees. It looks attractive almost at any time of the year: in spring, when it blooms, in summer, when red fruits are seen and poured in a thick, dark green crown, in autumn, when its foliage acquires a bright orange hue, and in winter, when scarlet clusters flaunt on bare branches. ​

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Ludmila Bragina

Rowan is a rather tall tree, so it is advisable to plant it along the border of the garden so that it does not obscure the site, for example, along the perimeter on the north side. Mountain ash can grow on any, even poor soils, but still prefers fertile soils - light and medium loams that retain water well.

Olga Shishkina

Rowan is not picky - it can grow in the sun and in the shade, on sandy and clay soils. Even where, due to groundwater, neither an apple tree nor a pear tree can grow, the mountain ash gives a harvest.

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