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Norway spruce Picea abies

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Temperatures Norway sprucePosizione mezza ombra
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. Let's grow the The Norway spruce outdoors; they can bear very harsh minimum temperatures, even when many degrees below zero.Locate this plant in a partially shaded place, where it is exposed to solar rays during the coolest hours of the day.

Irrigation Norway spruceTenere Umido
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. Water when the ground is dry; in case of prolonged droughts water very often, otherwise every 2-3 weeks can be enough using 2-3 buckets of water ; avoid water stagnations and excessive watering.

Feed Norway spruce
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.

Irrigation Norway spruceTenere Umido
Water when the ground is dry; in case of prolonged droughts water very often, otherwise every 2-3 weeks can be enough using 2-3 buckets of water ; avoid water stagnations and excessive watering. 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.

Adversity Norway spruce
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.

Substrate Norway spruce
Locate these trees in a soil with average drainage, which slightly withholds humidity.

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

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Cultivate Norway spruce

After flowering it produces fruits. 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

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