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Gardening Secrets: How to Grow Sakura
23.10.2023 14:19
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:22
Flowering duration is approximately two weeks. In the ancient capitals of Japan, Kyoto and Nara, and their surrounding prefectures, the cherry blossoms are at their peak in about the first ten days (up to two weeks) of April.
Where is the best place to plant sakura
The landing site should be sunny, protected from cold winds.
It is better if it is not a hollow or the northern side of the wall, where in the spring the earth warms up slowly.
Sakura prefer moist, well-drained, slightly acidic and neutral soils. Well aerated, light and fertile.
How to plant sakura
For planting, dig a hole about 60 cm in diameter and half a meter deep.
Drainage is placed at the bottom.
Closer to the center, a stick about one and a half meters high is driven in, to which the tree will be attached.
The lump of earth with roots is covered with a fertile, well-fertilized mixture and watered.
How often should you water sakura
Watering a sakura tree depends on its growth stage, local weather and soil conditions.
Before budding (in mid-spring), it should be watered thoroughly once.
From mid-spring until autumn it should be watered every month.
Do I need to trim sakura
The plant is ornamental. Therefore, pruning is needed not for the harvest, but for a beautiful crown.
You can, for example, shorten long branches that hang down and interfere with caring for the lawn and mowing it.
Of course, you need to prune sakura in early spring, before the buds open.
