P:Walking in the woods, I pass areas with a wonderful smell of resin and pine needles. At first glance, the fragrant grove is no different from the rest of the forest. I am asking for advice, what conifers should I plant in my garden to enjoy such a wonderful forest scent?
O:The smell of forest groves comes fromneedlesandresinand characterizes conifers, which, on warm sunny days, emit fragrantoils essential oilsScots pine, Norway spruce and common juniper smell the most.However, to wait in your owngarden microclimatesimilar to what we have in forests, you have to wait a bit for the trees, shrubs and plants from the undergrowth to grow up and gather under them a littledry pine needlesRemember that even then it will only besubstituteforestbecause the forest ecosystem forms slowly over very long years.
P:I bought a plot of land with a lot of old apple trees that hardly bear fruit. I would like to save at least a few trees. I am asking for advice, what treatments should be carried out, when is the best time to cut apple trees and is it possible to save such neglected trees at all?
O:Old neglectedtrees fruitcan be rejuvenated with appropriate pruning and fertilization in the season and watering duringdroughtThe condition for the success of these treatments is the current he alth condition of the tree - the trunk should be without any serious signs of disease.
The rejuvenating cut consists in lowering the crown into an umbrella shape. The first step is to remove the top with the branches fillingcrownThe height of the tree is reduced by 1 / 3-2 / 3. We leave from 1 to 2 floorsbranches5-7 pcs. All sick and weak branchescut at the base Then we X-ray the branches around the perimeter of the crown. Branches left behind should not cross or lie on top of others. You should think about how they will arrange in summer, when they areloaded fruitA properly trimmed tree should be no more than 4 m high from the ground to vertex.
In trees that create a large number of small fruiting shoots, the shoots must bethinningandshortening , which will reduce the yield and increase quality apples The maincut rejuvenatingis carried out in February-March. In the following years, pruning is limited to removinglong annual shoots , the so-called wolves appearing on the main branches. They are cut smoothly close to the bark.
This procedure is carried out in spring or inJulyandAugustSummer wolf removal gives better results because it slightly reduces their growth and, moreover, it allows the sun's rays to access the colors of the fruit that are colored at this time of the year. Sometimes it is also necessary toshorten growingto the sides of the branches.
