Many gardeners wonderedwhen it is better to plant jasmine, what kind of care is needed for a flower, how to properly water and fertilize a plant. In this article you will get answers to these questions and also find out some interesting facts about jasmine.
Did you know? There is a folk sign: if jasmine blossomed on May 9, then it is time to treat the trees with infusions from pests.
Comfortable conditions for jasmine, the choice of location and temperature
Jasmine is an evergreen shrub from the olive family, which is found in the warm belt of both hemispheres. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant with beautiful flowers.
Important! Do not confuse jasmine with the jug, which is often called "garden jasmine."
If you are concerned about where to plant jasmine and what temperature will be optimal for it, then the information below is for you.
For shrubs need open space with good lighting. In the shade the shrub will also develop normally, but the flowering will not be so long and plentiful.
Remember that the plant does not like waterlogged soil. When planting, make sure that the site was not high ground water level.
The minimum temperature that jasmine painlessly endures is 6 ° C. Therefore, in the winter the plant should be insulated or moved to the house. The optimum temperature for the plant is 18 ° C (in winter the acceptable temperature is 8-10 ° C).
How and when is it better to plant jasmine
To understand when to plant jasmine in the country in the spring, you need to make a start not only from the instructions, but also from the real weather conditions.
Jasmine planting is carried out in the month of May, so that the bushes better settled down. It is best to plant a bush in the evening in cloudy weather.
You can plant jasmine in the fall, in September, but in this case, it is worse to take root.
Prepare a hole for the bush, which should be larger than the root system. The roots are checked for the presence of disease and damage. If there are any, they are removed. Black earth or mineral-rich earthen mixture is poured into the pit. It is necessary to plant in such a way that the root neck is at the level of the ground (if you dig deep in, it can rot). After planting, the soil around the plant is tamped and moistened. To better preserve moisture, jasmine can be mulched with peat or dry leaves (the thickness of the mulch should be no more than 3-4 cm).
It is important to choose a suitable soil in which jasmine will feel comfortable.
In the form of a substrate take a mixture of black soil, ash and humus. In this case, about 5 kg of chernozem take about 1 kg of humus and ash. Also, do not forget about the drainage, which is laid out at the bottom of the pit during planting. To do this, you can use crushed stone or gravel.
How to water jasmine
Jasmine does not require specific care, but the irrigation schedule must be strictly adhered to, so that the plant does not start dehydration.
The plant lacks rain moisture, so you need to water the shrubs on time. Before flowering, you need to water the plant at least 2-3 times. When jasmine blooms, the ground under the bush is kept moist.
Important! With a lack of moisture, jasmine leaves lose their turgor and turn yellow.
In addition to watering, you need every week to loosen the soil and remove weeds that grow near the bushes.
Jasmine fertilizer, how and when to feed the plant
In addition to watering and loosening the soil, fertilizer is important for the shrub, which must be regularly applied to the soil. Therefore, we will further answer the question than to fertilize jasmine and when you need to make feeding. In the spring, jasmine is fertilized with manure, diluted in water (1:10 ratio). Thus, you feed the plant before the beginning of abundant growth and development.
Two years after planting, you need to take care of the mineral fertilizer jasmine. To this end, at the end of the spring a mixture of 15 g of urea, 30 g of superphosphate and 15 g of potassium sulfate is introduced into the ground, which is diluted in 10 liters of water.
Did you know? From the flowers of fragrant Jasmine get essential oil, which is used in the production of incense and various perfumes.
When jasmine pruning is needed and how to properly perform it
Jasmine pruning is carried out both for sanitary purposes and to maintain a neat plant appearance.
Important! If you over-trim a young bush, then it will only bloom next year.
Pruning plants carried out in the spring (in late April - early May). At the same time, the main branches are slightly trimmed, on which a lot of young shoots are formed over the summer.
Sanitary pruning of jasmine is carried out only after flowering, and the shrub itself can not tolerate the removal of shoots when it blooms.
Under pruning fall sick, weak and dry branches. You also need to cut the shoots that grow inside the bush.
Important! After flowering, you need to remove the flowering inflorescences in order to save the strength of the plant.
Don't forget that Once in 4 years, you need to completely update the plants, while cutting off the ground shoots. In early May, the three main trunks are shortened to 30 cm, the rest of the shoots are cut at the root. Slices need to process garden pitch. The renewed plant quickly starts up young shoots and blooms well.
What you need to know about plant transplantation
Jasmine room transplanted in March. Young plants require an annual transplant, and adults every 3 years.
For young plants, the following substrate mixture is used for transplanting: clay-turf soil, leaf soil and sand in equal proportions.
For old plants 2 times the amount of clay-turf soil, when mixing soil.
Did you know? White jasmine is the national flower of Pakistan, where it is known as Chambeli.
Features reproduction of jasmine, as is cutting
Jasmine can be propagated in three ways: seeds, layering and grafting.
Let's start with breeding cuttings. To cut the stalk, take a sharp knife and disinfect it. Cut off the apical shoot so that 3 eyes are left. We make the upper cut 1 cm above the peephole (the top should be cut off), the lower cut - just below the peephole. The lower leaves of the stalk are removed, leaving only the middle leaves, which need to be cut by 1/3. After that, the stalk is planted in the earth mixture (chernozem + river sand).
Substrate should not retain moisture, otherwise the seedling will rot. For planting they take a small pot, on the bottom of which lay expanded clay, fill the earthy mixture and plant a stalk so that it is deepened on the middle leaves. From above, the pot is covered with a glass jar and placed in a warm place (but not under the sun, otherwise the seedling will rot). After planting, you need to regularly water and air the young plant. The temperature in the room should be at 19-20 19C.
Important! To the seedling sprout faster, you can put it in a honey solution (a spoon of honey per 1 liter of water). Such a solution is an excellent root growth stimulator.
Reproduction by layering To do this, near the pot with the mother plant, put another one and fill it with soil, which repeats the composition of the soil in the main pot. Take a healthy runaway and bend it to the second pot. Scratch the bark in the place where the layer will be covered with earth. Sprinkle with earth, pour and wrap a film. Cut off the end of the shoot so that only 2-3 leaves are left on it. After the process is firmly rooted, it can be separated from the mother bush and rearranged to another location.
Jasmine seeds multiply impractical as varietal qualities are lost and the percentage of plant yield is very small.
Knowing the breeding options of jasmine and instructions on how to properly care for the plant, you can grow a beautiful flower in your garden and enjoy its flowering.
