Forest hazel (hazel) is known for its beautiful leaves of broad-oval form and delicious nutritious fruits. The plant has a number of advantages, including rapid growth , the appearance of fruit (already for 3-4 years after planting), frost resistance. Hazel lives for a long time - 80-150 years.
Planting hazel (hazel) and caring for it
Planting the plant is best done in a well-lit sunny place. The soil prefers fertile, well-moistened. In wetlands it does not take root. Duck can be used to fasten slopes and ravines, it grows well in such places thanks to powerful roots.
Caring for the bush consists of timely watering during drought, fertilizing with mineral fertilizers (every year) and organic (once in 2-3 years) fertilizers. The soil around the hazel should be periodically loosened and mulched.
To the plant well tolerated winter, it is necessary to provide shelter with snow of its branches, which grow low.
It is also necessary to thin the shrub every 5-6 years to ensure its normal development.
Having planted on your site a hazel, you will get a beautiful decorative plant, and useful fruits.
Reproduction of hazel
You can propagate hazel in such ways:
- layering;
- seeds;
- root offspring;
- by dividing the bush (the simplest method).
In order for fruiting to occur, the hazel needs cross-pollination, so a few bushes are planted.
Some gardeners have a question - how to grow hazel from a nut? With this method, the planting of fully ripened seeds (nuts) to a depth of 7-8 cm is made in autumn. Before planting, the seeds must undergo stratification. It will be most reliable to plant a large number of nuts (fifty per 1 sq. M.).