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Chinkapin oak Quercus muehlenbergii

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Light Chinkapin oakSole pieno
The Chinkapin oak should be preferably located in a place where it can have at least a few hours a day of direct solar light. If a tree with a very thin trunk is put in shelter, it could be useful to secure it to a solid stake, which can keep it erect, and protect it from the damage caused by strong winds.These plants aren't afraid of the cold weather and can be grwon in the garden throughout the whole year.

Cultivation Chinkapin oak
The development of the The Chinkapin oak is erect; in genereral in the lower part they have a pretty bare stem, while p many ramifications develop towards the top. This plant in the summer assumes a green colouring; it is large in size and can reach 15 m high. It doesn't keep its leaves in the winter. As they grow, these plants become the size of a tree.

Fertilize Chinkapin oak
Let’s fertilize the plants when implanting them, or every 2-3 years, towards the end of the winter or beginning of Autumn. A good quantity of organic fertilizer, such as manure or earthworm humus should be mixed to the soil at the foot of the stem; in this manner we will supply it with a good quantity of nutrients and we will also improve the mixture of the soil.

Water Chinkapin oakTenere asciutto
Let's water abundantly, moistening the soil deeply with 1-2 buckets of water , but let's act only when the substratum is dry, leaving it dry even for 4-5 weeks before watering it. We should pay particular attention to those plants which have been recently placed in shelter; during the years, trees develop a cospicuous radical apparatus, and need watering only if the climate is particularly dry.

Pests Chinkapin oak
As the day-time temperatures rise at the beginning of the spring, it is agreeable to practice a preventive treatment, with a wide-range insecticide, which should be applied when there aren’t flowerings in the garden. Before the buds become too large, it is advisable to also treat them with a wide-range fungicide, to prevent the development of fungal diseases which spread easily when there is an elevated environmental moisture.

Mold Chinkapin oak
These trees need a dissolved soil with an optimum drainage.

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

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

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

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