How to grow a walnut tree in the garden

Who has ever seen how to bloom a chestnut, will certainly be fascinated by this show and want to plant a tree in his garden. Chestnut is not only beautiful, but also useful. It flowers and fruits have medicinal properties. If you liked conker how to grow it, we'll show you.

What is chestnut

Chestnut is tree of the family of bamboo with lush foliage and a height of 30 m. it Has fruit in the form of nuts, white flowers bloom profusely. Just counted about 25 species of chestnut. The most common ones:

• An ordinary horse;

• Planting decorative;

• Mjasokrasnyj.

If you wondered how to grow a chestnut, then this article will be useful for you. Before planting this beautiful tree, decide where it will grow, because the chestnut growing strongly and takes a lot of space. He likes the sun or partial shade.

Then prepare the soil it should be moist and loamy with addition of lime. Don't forget about drainage, adding in a pit of sand and rubble.

There are two ways of growing: the seedling and walnut. We'll show you how to grow chestnut, describing both methods.

Raise seedling

This method is most simple, but the chestnut saplings are a lot  of money. But for the sake of this beautiful and useful tree is not a pity to spend money.

Dig a hole about the size of 50 cm in width and the same in length and depth. Carefully lower the root into the hole, but don't deepen, because the soil tends to settle. Sprinkle the earth, burying the root collar, and tamp a bit. Pour abundant warm water. You can make a backup to the trunk, to the still fragile plant fell in a strong wind.

How to grow chestnut walnut

People who use this method often fail, because not really know how to grow a chestnut tree from its own fruit. This process is difficult and takes a lot of effort and patience. Nuts need to germinate. There are several methods of germination of seeds of chestnut.

1. Place the chestnuts in a flat container, cover with water and put it in the fridge. After 2-5 months, you should see sprouts.

2. Another way to extract the fruit — you can leave them outside all winter. Just put the nuts in the ground, making a small indentation. Top cover with dry leaves or sawdust. The spring nuts will sprout, and you will only need to transplant the plant.

3. Another way is: fold the walnuts into the pot and put in cellar for the winter. In the spring, take them out and put them in the ground to a depth of 10 cm

Of Course, a perfect result can be expected, not all the nuts germinate and become magnificent trees. This is due to the fact that you can not choose those fruits. Before how to grow a chestnut, you need to select a major, no rot nuts. It is better to trust nature, and if there is such possibility, to choose under the chestnut tree fallen fruits. This must be done in the spring, when the nut will burst and it will appear Rostock.

Care tree

Now that you know How to grow chestnut, we will tell you about caring for them. In fact, the chestnut unpretentious. Enough plenty of water the tree every 2-3 years to feed fertilizers. Decorative chestnut first couple of years suggest to keep at home.