This is an upright , fast growing deciduous tree diagram . Leaves are dense , ovate , often lob , dark green , up to 3 column inch long . Pink buds develop into clean , highly fragrant flowers in spring . Fruit are crimson , persistent , around the size of a cherry . Grows 15 to 25 feet tall and 10 to 20 feet all-encompassing . This tree does well in most grime , but will be more attractive if fed peat and compost .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
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Planting
If container - grown , lie the tree diagram on its side and bump off the container . Loosen the roots around the edges without breaking up the root ball too much . berth tree diagram in meat of hole so that the good side face onward . You are ready to begin filling in with soil .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree , position it in hole so that the skillful side face forrad . Untie or slay nails from burlap at top of Lucille Ball and pull burlap back , so it does not stick out of hole when soil is replaced . celluloid gunny should be removed as it will not decompose like natural gunny . Larger trees often come in wire baskets . Plant as you would a b&b plant , but cut as much of the telegram away as possible without actually removing the basket . Chances are , you would do more damage to the rootball by remove the basket . but reduce away wires to leave several large hatchway for roots .
Fill both trap with soil the same fashion . Never better with less than half original soil . Recent study show that if your soil is liberal enough , you are better off add lilliputian or no soil amendments .
Create a water ring around the out edge of the jam . Not only will this conseve water , but will manoeuver wet to perimeter roots , encouraging forbidden growing . Once tree is lay down , water anchor ring may be leveled . Studies show that mulched tree rise quicker than those unmulched , so lend a 3 " " layer of pinestraw , compost , or pulverized barque over backfilled expanse . polish off any damaged limbs .
Problems
Aphids can increase quickly in numbers and each female person can produce up to 250 live nymph in the course of a calendar month without mating . Aphids often come along when the surround changes - saltation & gloam . They ’re often massed at the bakshish of branches feeding on lush tissue . Aphids are attract to the color yellow and will often hitchhike on yellow vesture .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds to an absolute minimum , especially around desirable plants . On edibles , wash off off infect region of plant . madam bugs and lacewings will eat on aphids in the garden . There are various products - organic and inorganic - that can be used to control aphid . search the good word of a professional and follow all label procedures to a tee . pesterer : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the young form of moth and butterfly . They are rapacious feeder attacking a wide variety of plant . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as foliage feeders , stem borer , leaf tumbler , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plant and remove caterpillars , apply label insecticides such as liquid ecstasy and oils , take vantage of natural enemies such as epenthetic wasp in the garden and utilize Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar species . disease : BlightBlights are induce by fungus or bacteria that belt down plant tissue paper . symptom often show up as the rapid spotting or droop of leaf . There are many dissimilar blight , specific to various plant , each requiring a varied method of dominance . Diseases : Apple ScabApple Scab fungusthrives in cool , moist areas and overwinters in infected leaves that have fallen to the ground . In spring , spore taint new leaves , stems , flowers and fruit . If conditions are right ( wet and 70 degrees ) , the fungus can taint the yield around the bloom in just 6 hour , though seeable sign may not be noticed for a couple of weeks .
Infection first appears as a dark green or pitch-black unpredictable patch on leaf surface . It is not uncommon for leaves to pucker and become discolored and eventually go down of the tree . Scab on fruit shows up as a brownish plot of ground with a blank aureole . old lesion will not have the halo .
Prevention and ControlPlant resistant varieties and extinguish hosts from the sphere . Chinese and Savin Junipers seem to be insubordinate as are apple varieties Freedom , Liberty , and Priscilla . Always rake - up and ruin diseased or damaged fruit and foliage . There are no chemical useable pronounce for home base gardener usage .
