Winter hibernation of conifers: how to prepare plants for frosts

Winter hibernation of conifers: how to prepare plants for frosts Without a coniferous crop, there is not a single piece. Specifically, they assign a magnificent view of the area during the winter season, if without a deciduous leaf stand naked, and the flower beds - empty. Species and species of conifers are so many that it is permissible to make whole compositions, the decorativeness of which is rather high in every season. However, the only aspect to eat is that coniferous cultures do not tolerate winter without difficulty. If the seedlings were brought from Europe, where the climate is much softer than Russian and even Ukrainian, - to eat the possibility of severe damage to the crown and the freezing of the roots. It seems like avoiding this - we'll take a closer look.
It seems to check the winter hardiness of conifers?
Lower the possibility of winter problems before zero is allowed already for the stage of buying seedlings. If you get thuja, spruce, junipers in Russian nurseries where they have grown for a couple of years in the same weather conditions, like in your locality, then the difficulties with winter hardiness will disappear. Weak cultures are already freezing for the main year after planting in the nursery, which simply does not reach the shelves without reason.
However, more often we get a planting stock for the market, where it is unrealistic to check whether the trader gave the exact information about the relative criteria for the growth of seedlings. And even if plants were grown all the time in the local climate, there is no guarantee that they were not overfed with nitrogen fertilizers in order to accelerate growth. A lishke nitrogen greatly reduces the immunity of crops and leads to freezing.
Therefore, the owners themselves must seek out about the conifers, preparing them for hibernation at the end of the sun. For small areas, various future dwarf pine trees perfectly coexist, which is distinguished by its own winter hardiness and ability to withstand snow loads
Adult conifers or those that were bought at a local nursery - you do not need to sprinkle mulch. They will manage with winter and without shelter.
Caring for the winter months
If you have considered past advice, it is likely that in winter your pets will feel comfortable all the same, but for this the upbringing is not completed. The winter parasite carries a lot of surprises, and you have to fight with them by the way.
Surprise main: abounding sediment
Sometimes in the winter there are heavy snowfalls. The wet sediment settles heavily for the conifers, causing fractures in the skeletal branches and breaking off the thin ones. If your pet is covered with a sticky and damp snow cap - do not try to shake it off by tilting the branches or shaking the barrel. At this time, the peel and branches are so fragile that you will provoke cracking. It is necessary to wrap the end of the board with a soft cloth and poke it with each shoot of an adult tree, gently rocking up and down. Without leaving branches in the access zone of your growth, brush off with a stiff brush or broom, leading through the tips to the trunk.
The crown of spherical and column-shaped species is allowed to be protected, having connected it with twine. Tokmo do not squeeze the branches, so as not to disturb the circulation of juices. Twine is forced to tightly press the crown to the trunk, but do not squash it. Twine-twisted crown becomes compact and dense, not missing a sediment in the middle, which helps to survive the winter without faults
Surprise the 2nd: a cold shower
The contrast of the daytime and night temperatures of tree branches can be covered with a cold crust. She has a contented authority, tilting her paws and threatening the safety of the plant. Shake off the similar beauty you will not succeed, because it tightly sticks to the needles. In this case, you will benefit from the supports that you used in the summer to support the fruit trees. Put them near all branches that bent extremely low to protect them through faults. It remains to wait for a sunny day, so that the ice collides with the rays by itself.
Surprise 3rd: fast wind
In some areas in the winter there is a squally wind. It is harmless for low, miniature trees or creeping shrubs, but vertical tuja, tall cedars or spruce can simply be unscrewed with roots (mainly for light sandy loamy soils).
If weather forecasters announced a storm forecast - insure yourself by putting stretch marks. They are of two types: with a fixation to the stakes and an anchor type.
The essence of the first option in the book, which from 4 sides of the tree is driven into the ground by thick pegs, which are more than half the height of the trunk. Through each support to the trunk stretches twine. It is tied not for a naked crust, but beforehand it is wound with a roofing felt, or a wood block is placed in the place of tying. Byl, it is not always possible to drive pegs to frozen ground in the winter, so this method is used to fasten conifers from the glow, mostly recently transplanted large-sized ones.
With the help of an anchor brace it is allowed not only to save the tree through gusts of wind, but to force it to grow strictly vertically
The second type - anchor - foresees the installation of iron stretch marks, which are attached to the tree at one end, and stretched for the anchor by the second one. Anchors should be occupied from outside the root system. For the protection of the trunk through the steel, it is necessary to wrap the tree in a dense burlap, and on top of it to remove the wood lining.
Surprise 4th: February sun
Even the most staunch conifers by the end of winter are at risk of freezing or, in the reverse, burn out. At this time the helpless is unstable, and often the sun shines for days without reason, clear, which provokes the premature waking of the roots. They begin to feed intensively the krone, waiting for rapid warmth, and then unreasonably called returnable frosts can invade. Stop the sap movement is not about strength, but it is allowed to cover the crown with thick non-woven material, like lutrasila, or at least the desire to deceive young saplings with linen bags from potatoes.
In order to prevent the rapid thawing of the earth, cover it with sawdust. Their snow-white paint is quite protective of the sun's rays, and roots are not awakened alive for no reason. However, the part of the measured heat must be removed at a time, so that the plant does not get out. Without shelter by lutrasil or other non-woven material, the crown of many rare softwood species can not withstand severe frost tests
Another risk is the sun's rays, which burn the tender young needles. Consequently, at the end of winter, one-year-old seedlings and exotic conifers are always covered from the south with shields or wrapped around the crown with burlap.
Through the sun, it is not necessary to protect the conifers with non-woven material, because it accumulates heat and can enhance the drying of the needles. For the sake of protection through the February sun, it is permissible to remove burlap or agrofibre, creating a soft shade within the shelter and restraining drying of the needles.
Do not worry, if some plants in the winter yellowing needles. For no reason Juniper and Tsugi react for coolness. In the spring the paint will recover.
If you have carried out security measures all around the world, the conifers will recover vigorously through hibernation and will amuse themselves with their own decorativeness.