gardening.eu
  
Find plants   index

Norfolk Island pine Araucaria heterophylla

Norfolk Island pine I like the article

Feed Norfolk Island pine
Tree fertilization should be done at the beginning of the spring or of autumn, using humus or mature manure; this should be done by mixing a few buckets of fertilizer to the ground, around the trunk of the tree, every 2-3 years or when the tree implanted.

Irrigation Norfolk Island pineTenere Umido
The Norfolk Island pine needs to be watered quite frequently, every 2-3 weeks ; if there are abundant rains we can diminish watering, which should be done only when the soil is dry. The suggested quantity is 2-3 buckets of water . We advise watering the young specimens, or the recently sheltered ones; the adult specimens usually are satisfied with rain water.

Temperatures Norfolk Island pineSole pieno
With a particularly windy climate we suggest securing young trees to long solid stakes, to avoid that the wind could bare young and not very developed roots; specimens which are only a few years old might fear intense cold and wind. Plant which needs at least a few hours a day of sunlight.We suggest growing the The Norfolk Island pine outdoors year round, as they don't fear cold weather.

Irrigation Norfolk Island pineTenere Umido
The Norfolk Island pine needs to be watered quite frequently, every 2-3 weeks ; if there are abundant rains we can diminish watering, which should be done only when the soil is dry. The suggested quantity is 2-3 buckets of water . We advise watering the young specimens, or the recently sheltered ones; the adult specimens usually are satisfied with rain water.

Adversity Norfolk Island pine
Generally during this time of year we suggest a pre-emptive treatment with wide range insecticide and with a systemic fungicide, to prevent the attack from part of the aphids and the development of fungus diseases, often favoured by a mild and damp climate.

Substrate Norfolk Island pine
We suggest a pretty rich, quite soft, but not too drained, growing substratum.

Climate
peat
sand
Soil
Pumice
Bark
S. Organic
alpine
4
1
2
1
0
1
continental
3
2
2
2
0
1
mediterranean
2
3
2
3
0
1

Like

Cultivate Norfolk Island pine

There aren't any notes. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

This page concerns the weather continental it is possible to choose another climate area continental mediterranean

write a comment on this plant.