Чт, 23 мар 2017 Автор: Эльвира Корчагина
Prutnyak, broom, ruff, bass – all this folk
names kohii.
This shrub from the family Marevyh, thanks to thin
elongated leaves, resembling needles, and strongly branching
structure, similar to a small Christmas tree.
Therefore, it is also called summer cypress. This plant
gained popularity due to its distinctive qualities:
• it is easy to prune (bush forms are limited
only fantasy “barber”);
• has “chameleon abilities” (closer to fall, leaves color
varies – depending on the variety, it may be purple,
burgundy or stay emerald green until frost)
A variety of coloring kohii
• drought-resistant and unpretentious (planting and care of cochia
simple and do not require labor-intensive activities).
For these reasons, kochia is often planted not only at the dacha
plots; landscape designers use it to create “live”
labyrinths, curbs and fences. Yes, and as a soliter on a bed in
combined with contrasting flowering plants, it looks
sumptuously.
Contents
The main types of cochia
Summer Cypress has about 80 species, of which in
horticulture cultivated about 10, differing most
decorative and bush form:
• hairy bass – annual with a dense branchy crown.
The color of the leaves varies from a saturated light green in summer to
red or pink in the fall. It tolerates a haircut;
• kohiya Childs – compact shrub with a dense crown,
reaching a height of up to 0.5 m. The color of the foliage (pale green) is not
changes with the onset of autumn;
• densely flowered bass – one-year tall species (reaches
in height to 1.3 m). Its feature is that during
blooms around the base of the flowers grow long whitish
hairs, giving an unusual appearance to the plant;
• Kohya Svetiktikuletkovaya – a short-grown variety of summer
cypress (0.1-0.6 m) yellow-green color. Bush sprigs thick
covered with wavy villi;
• creeping kohija is a short perennial 0.1-0.5 m high with
powerful root system. Its villus-covered branches spread along
earth, for which the plant and received such a name.
Other varieties of perennial bassia have no decorative
values, therefore in gardening are not cultivated and are applied in
mainly as feed raw materials.
Features of growing and planting kohii
Before planting a summer cypress, you need to plan a place for it.
landing. Kohia is a light-loving plant and feels best
in sunny areas (in nature it grows on rocky and
semi-desert open areas).
With a lack of lighting, leaf color will be faded,
branching is weak, and the bush itself will lag behind in development.
Bass grows well in drained, easily flowing and
air to roots, soils with slightly acid or neutral
reaction.
Lowlands and areas with close groundwater storage are not suitable.
for growing kohii. Its root system with stagnant moisture
affected by various rot.
Ways of planting kohii (photo)
Green cypress planted in beds of seedlings or seeds.
For seedlings seed Kochia sown in the second half
March in bowls with a universal primer, to which is added perlite
or coarse sand. Dishes for growing seedlings should
process the antiseptic, and shed the prepared earth with a fungicide
(for example, Fundazol, Topaz, Vitaros, Fundazol, Ridomil Gold,
Prevykur).
For the successful germination of seeds of kohii is important to comply
such rules:
• the seed must be fresh (its germination is reduced
for one year);
• availability of adequate lighting.
Seeds are laid out on a moist soil to a depth of 1 cm. You can only
lightly sprinkle them with a thin layer of sand or just barely press into
soil with a spoon or a small piece of plywood.
Sowing kohii: the seeds in the soil slightly pressed
After this, the landing boxes are covered with glass or transparent
film and placed on a warm window sill. At room temperature
seedlings appear after 1-1.5 weeks. After that, in the shelter, they are not
need
Young seedlings of kohii are susceptible to such a disease as “black
leg ”, in which the lower part of the stem first turns brown and then
rotting. Hence the name of the disease. Therefore, to reduce the percentage
lesions of seedlings, boxes with it after germination contain
cooler room at an air temperature of + 10-15 ° C.
Watering seedlings moderately: with a lack of moisture, the seedlings quickly
wither, overmoistening increases the possibility of injury
�”Black leg”. When seedlings grow 2-3 true leaves, their
dive into separate pots.
Kochi seedlings picking
Although Kochia seedlings are not as whimsical as adults.
plants, but unexpected spring frosts can destroy it.
Therefore, planting it in flowerbeds is better when establishing sustainable
warm weather + 18-20 ° C (the last week of May – the beginning of June). Before
landing in the soil make nitrogen-containing fertilizers (for example,
ammonium nitrate or superphosphate). A month later feeding
repeat.
You can sow the bass immediately into the ground. At the same time the seeds in the grooves
laid out at a distance of 30 cm from each other, to further
each plant had enough space for development. Right after
sowing beds are watered and ensure that the soil is always on them
wet.
There is another tricky way to plant summer cypress: in the fall
cut selected branches from the bush and put them on the garden bed in the greenhouse.
In the spring, young shoots will appear under the dried “brooms”. They can
swoop down in separate pots or thinning, leave in place,
and when the seedlings grow, transplant into beds.
Kohiya can breed by self-sowing. If you leave a couple of adults
bushes overwinter, then spring will sprout. Thanks to the wind,
spreading seeds, kohiya can grow anywhere in the garden. Thick
seedlings must be thinned, otherwise the plants themselves will create
Shadow yourself and develop badly.
The landing pattern depends on the desired result: for curbs and
hedges plants are planted at a distance of 0.3-0.4 m from each other, and
in flower arrangements the arrangement is arbitrary.
Cochia care (photo)
Summer cypress – unpretentious culture. This “child semi-desert”
drought resistant and satisfied with minimal care. However in
hot summer weather Kohia still need to be watered. Better to do
it is in the morning and evening hours, otherwise burns of the leaves are inevitable.
Bass actively grows with regular dressings. Spring before her
nitrogen fertilizers are applied by planting, and in a week they are “treated” again
the same drugs. A month later, conduct foliar feeding
complex mineral fertilizers. To color the leaves
retained a bright color, the plants are watered every two weeks
liquid nutrient formulations (Kemira wagon, Agricola and
others).
Kochia loves aerated soil, so the land around the bushes
need to regularly loosen and weed.
Another of the items of care for kohii is its pruning, which
she endures easily. Thanks to this, the bushes can be given any
configuration. After shearing to maintain a weakened plant
it is fed with liquid mineral fertilizers.
Shaping Kochia Haircut
Summer cypress is resistant to diseases and pests. Of parasites
most often it is affected by a spider mite, which can be detected by
thin cobwebs between the twigs and leaves of the plant. Destroy these
insects will help acaricides (Apollo, Vertimek, Actellik,
Sunmite).
