Autumn is rich in harvests. Cereals ripen in the fields, mushrooms appear in the forest, harvest ripens in the gardens, and mountain ash is no exception. Often this tree is used for landscaping, it is especially attractive in spring - during flowering, and in autumn, when showered with red bunches and colorful leaves.
The peculiarities of growing mountain ash are that it reproduces vegetatively with great difficulty, for this reason it is better cultivated from seeds. To begin with, rowan seeds need to provide a period of deep dormancy, that is, sow them before winter or store them at temperatures from 0 to +3 degrees. Sowing before winter is done both with individual seeds and with whole berries. Keep in mind that seed germination is low - sow them with a margin. Seedlings grow in different ways, depending on the fertility of the soil and the place of growth. Rowan is a light-loving plant that loves moisture. Remember biology - plants are fed with green pigment, and the process is called photosynthesis. Chlorophyll helps plants obtain important nutrients. Green matter does not process all sunlight, but only the red and violet spectra. In the cold season, ultraviolet rays are less, they are not enough for the normal development of the plant. To grow, mountain ash needs a lot of light and warmth, which gives the summer sun. Rowan will bloom somewhere in May-June with small light flowers, which are collected in inflorescences, and ripen depending on the place of growth. Basically, this process begins in September - October, in warmer regions - in August. Ripe rowan berries are red or orange in color, contain many beneficial substances and are used as a treatment for certain diseases. If the mountain ash grows in a shaded place and does not receive enough moisture, there may not be any berries on the tree at all. In unfavorable conditions, mountain ash will grow as a shrub. Many beliefs and signs are associated with rowan. According to folk signs, for example, if there are a lot of bunches on mountain ash, it means that autumn will be rainy. Clearing fertile fields from excess forest, farmers never burned mountain ash, believing that the tree has a beneficial effect on the soil. From a scientific point of view, it is believed that red rowan berries store energy in themselves, so the tree is able to heal the human body.
