Maple is a plant belonging to the maple family. There are many types of maple that can be found in Asia, North America and Europe. As a rule, this is a tree, but there are also shrub types of maple. This plant propagates by seeds or cuttings, although grafting is preferable for the propagation of artificially bred decorative varieties.
Necessary
- - sand;
- - sod land;
- - humus;
- - peat;
- - leafy ground.
Instructions
Step 1
If you want to grow a maple tree from seed, before sowing, you will have to simulate the natural stratification that maple seeds go through when they fall to the ground in the fall. To do this, add a layer of wet washed sand to the container, place maple seeds on top of it, and cover them with a layer of the same wet sand. Place the container with seeds in a room where the air temperature does not exceed five degrees.
Step 2
For different types of maple, different cold curing times are recommended. Seeds of Norway maple and Ginnal maple should be stratified within one hundred and ten days. If you are going to grow Tatar maple in your garden, keep the seeds cold for one hundred days. For ash-leaved maple, the period of stratification is only forty days.
Step 3
Sowing maple seeds in open ground should be at the beginning of May, embedding them in the soil to a depth of no more than four centimeters. Remove weeds from the garden bed, loosen and water the soil during the summer. Annual seedlings can be planted permanently.
Step 4
To plant a maple tree, choose a sunny or slightly shaded area of land. Prepare square planting holes with a side length of fifty centimeters. The pit is seventy centimeters deep. The distance between the pits must be at least two meters.
Step 5
If you come across a piece of land with a high level of groundwater, pour a drainage layer about fifteen centimeters thick on the bottom of the planting pit. You can use sand for drainage. Red maple is suitable for planting in wet soils, as it easily tolerates excess moisture.
Step 6
Pour potting soil over the drain, forming a cone out of it. The composition of the mixture for different types of maple is slightly different. If you are planting Norway maple or Ginnal maple, mix one part sand with two parts turf and three parts humus. For ash-leaved maple, you will need some sand for two parts of peat and leafy land.
Step 7
Place the seedling in the hole, straighten the roots and sprinkle them with potting soil. The root collar should not be deepened deeper than five centimeters.
Step 8
To water the seedlings after planting, you will need thirty liters of water per plant. After watering, sprinkle the circles with a layer of dry peat.
Step 9
Water the seedlings once a month at the rate of fifteen liters of water per plant. If the summer turns out to be dry, the maples will have to be watered once a week.
