How to grow from seeds pine

In the early spring or autumn find in the woods several pine cones. Quite a lot of them in open areas. The main thing – to collect cones before the heat so they don't have time to rasputitsa.

Home thoroughly dry the collected material. Better put it on the battery or the stove, if there is one. When the cones open, shake them and collect the seeds on a piece of paper.

Prepare a plastic or wooden box. There should be holes in order to drain excess water. Fill the box with earth, mixed with peat. The latter will prevent the infection of seedlings with fungal diseases. Sprinkle the top seeds, and then slightly loosen the soil.

Place the box in a place where it will cover the sun's rays. Best of all – on the windowsill: there's a lot of light, and pine loves him. Moisten the soil. When you see the sprouts, water them every day. But don't overdo it so that the seedlings don't amazed late blight.

To prevent mildew you can water with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, but then growth will slow. Use these ready-made feeding for fertilizer plants. After 5 months the pine gets stronger, their trunks will orderevent. Leave them for the winter to grow in the drawer, but do not create greenhouse conditions.

In the spring transplant the seedlings into the ground. Do this carefully, gently separating the delicate roots when removing from the box. Plant at a distance of 12-15 cm from each other, shallow. Top over mulch with sawdust, so that the weeds do not interfere with the development of the pines. Periodically watered and proplyvaya, fertilize young trees. After 3 years they grow up to 60 cm in height. Now they can be transplanted to a permanent place. It is best to plant with a clod of earth. That's it, now you have grown pine tree will delight for many years.