Jasmine is a shrub at your summer cottage
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The Jasmine shrub is an attractive crop for gardeners. Almost all of them and vegetable gardens, ask questions about jasmine, how and where to plant, in what soil and how to water. There have been reliable answers to all these questions for a long time.
Shrub Jasmine: plant description
Jasmine shrub: video about the features of the plant
Jasmine is an evergreen shrub from the olive family. The shrub can be either erect or curly. The foliage is dark green. The inflorescences are large with a very intrusive smell, but it is considered delicate.
Shrub Jasmine: photo
This is a rather thermophilic decorative flowering plant. Its location should be well lit. In partial shade, it can also exist, but this will affect its flowering, it will be smaller in size and life time. Too waterlogged soil will not work. There should be no groundwater in its habitat.
The lowest temperature that a shrub can tolerate is six degrees Celsius. Based on this, we can conclude that during the winter period the bush will have to be insulated, or brought into the house. The most suitable temperature for its development and growth, in the summer, is eighteen degrees Celsius. In winter, it can be reduced to eight to ten degrees Celsius.
Jasmine shrub: planting
Shrub Jasmine: photo
In this matter, you need to rely on the weather conditions of your region. It is best to plant jasmine in late spring, so the plant adapts and takes root better. It is better to accomplish this goal in the evening with cloudy weather conditions. You can plant jasmine in the autumn, although then there is a risk that it will not take root. The hole for the plant must be made so that it is larger than the root system of the culture.
The roots themselves must be checked for diseases and defects. If there is something suspicious, then you need to cut it off and sprinkle it with coal powder. Pour chernozem soil or soil-mixture saturated with mineral components into the hole. It is important to plant so that the root collar is flush with the ground, because if it sits deeper, then there is a possibility of rotting. Then the soil near the planting must be tamped and shed. To better retain moisture, it is recommended to mulch the culture with a layer of peat soil and dry foliage of three to four centimeters.
The soil must be selected correctly, because the future growth and development of the shrub depends on it. For this purpose, you can mix: black soil, ash and organic humus. Also at the bottom of the hole there should be a drainage layer of crushed stone, expanded clay, or gravel.
Jasmine shrub: plant care
Shrub Jasmine: photo
This is the strictest and most important part in caring for a jasmine bush. Because the rain just won't be enough for him, he needs an accurate irrigation schedule. Before the culture begins to bloom, it needs to be watered at least two to three times. After the beginning of flowering, the soil should always be moist. If the bush lacks liquid, then its foliage will lose its elasticity and turn yellow. You also need to remember about loosening and removing weeds around the plant.
Fertilizers and feeding
Fertilizers need to be applied regularly and on time. In the spring, you can fertilize with simple manure diluted with water. This will help the bush to grow and develop actively. And after a couple of years of the life of a bush, you can already try mineral fertilizers.
Pruning
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It should be carried out not only for decorative purposes, but also with the prevention of sanitary procedures. With young plants, it is better not to get carried away with this procedure, because this can postpone the flowering period. The plant is pruned in the spring. To do this, you need to cut off the main branches a little.
You can only prune the plant after it has faded. You need to cut off the affected, weakened and dried up branches, as well as withered flowers, so that the plant does not waste its strength just like that.
It is also important to remember that you need to cut off most of the ground shoots every four years, this will help the plant to renew itself. From the beginning of May, the trunks need to be shortened to thirty centimeters, and the rest of the shoots just cut off. Places of cuts must be disinfected with coal powder. After this procedure, the shrub will grow profusely and bloom luxuriantly.
What rules should be followed when transplanting a shrub
Indoor culture should be transplanted at the beginning of the spring. Young specimens need an annual transplant, and those that have already matured need to be transplanted once every three years. For young plants, clay-sod soil with the addition of leafy earth and coarse sand is suitable as a substrate. Already grown and matured bushes, the amount of clay-sod soil needs to be doubled.
Jasmine shrub: reproduction
Shrub Jasmine: photo
Jasmine shrub can be propagated in about three ways:
- With the help of seeds;
- With the help of layering;
- Using cuttings.
Reproduction of a jasmine bush using cuttings.
For this method, you need to cut off the top of the shoot, you need to do this with a clean and sharp tool, so that there are three eyes on it. The lower foliage must be removed, leaving only the middle one. Then the cutting must be planted in a substrate of black soil and coarse sand. The soil-mixture should not retain moisture, otherwise it threatens with rotting of the seedling. To this end, you need to choose a small container, on the bottom of which you need to lay a drainage layer, then the soil-mixture. The stalk must be buried in the middle leaves. Next, cover with a transparent glass to create a greenhouse effect and place in a warm area. It is important to maintain air circulation with ventilation and remember to moisten the soil. Also, in a room with a plant, you need to maintain about twenty degrees of heat.
Reproduction of the jasmine shrub using layering.
With this type of reproduction, another small pot with a suitable substrate should be placed next to the parent specimen. Next, you need to take a healthy and strong shoot and, as it were, bend it to the soil of a neighboring pot. You also need to make small scratches and cover these places with earth, water and cover with transparent film to create a greenhouse effect. The end of the layering must be cut so that there are only two or three leaves on it. As soon as the cuttings get stronger and take root, it must be separated from the parent plant and put in a suitable place.
Reproduction using seeds is almost impossible if you are of course not experienced.
breeder. Such plants lose their decorative qualities and do not germinate well.
Shrub Jasmine: photo
After studying this article, you can easily grow and even propagate jasmine at home.
