Seabuckthorn - growing in the garden

Sea-buckthorn was not in vain got its name. Its bright yellow or orange berries literally plaster the branches. Variety of varieties allows you to make a choice to taste any gardener. There are varieties of plants with sour or sweetish fruits. Berries can have a round or elongated shape. Varietal sea-buckthorn, they can reach a size of about ten millimeters. In order for the sea buckthorn to take root in the garden, cultivation should begin with the correct choice of planting material. Saplings are best purchased in nurseries. Grades derived from your region will be better developed. Sea-buckthorn can be a tree or shrub, its branches are usually covered with spines. The plant is well tolerated by frost, drought.

Seabuckthorn refers to dioecious plants. Therefore, in the garden one must grow one male and a pair of female trees. They begin to bear fruit after planting in the third or fifth year.

In order for the sea buckthorn to develop well, the trees grow from early spring. When planting a plant, you need to find a place for it. Seabuckthorn loves light and does not tolerate darkened areas. Soil should not be acidic. For the seedling, a pit is digged at least fifty centimeters in diameter. The root neck of the plant falls under the ground at a distance of 4 to 10 cm.

May is the time for the blossoming of sea-buckthorn. It is necessary to follow the crown of the tree. If it thickens, it is necessary to carry out pruning, otherwise berries can fall. Planting sea buckthorn should be in an open, free area, as it does not like the neighborhood with other plants. After planting, the seedlings must be walled around the trunk. Care, which needs buckthorn, growing it by all the rules requires regular watering, especially in the hot summer. One plant may require four to ten buckets of water. In this case, it is necessary to avoid stagnation of moisture at the roots of the plant. Berries ripen in late summer or early autumn. Their collection is in August-September. When harvesting, you must act carefully, avoiding breaking branches.

Not only excellent taste qualities can please gardeners sea buckthorn, its medicinal properties have long been known in folk medicine. Juice from its berries is recommended for use in pains in the stomach, anemia and a lack of vitamins. A decongestant is a decoction of plant seeds. The infusion, cooked from the leaves of sea-buckthorn, helps with gout and rheumatism. From berries of sea-buckthorn make oil, which has healing and analgesic properties. It is used to treat frostbite, burns, eczema, senile cataract, decubitus, to treat wounds, with peptic ulcers of the stomach and duodenum. Used sea buckthorn oil for women's diseases. It is used for inhalation. Also use oil in cosmetics.

Used sea buckthorn and colds. To do this, there is the simplest recipe: the berries are mixed with sugar. Due to the large number of vitamins (B1, C, B9, B2, PP, F, B6, K, E), the medicinal properties of sea-buckthorn are recognized not only as folk, but also as official medicine. These berries are widely used in cooking. Of these, jam, marmalade, compote, jelly, jelly are prepared. After processing, these products retain useful properties and vitamins.

Gardeners-lovers have long been able to appreciate all of the above advantages, which possesses sea-buckthorn, the cultivation of this garden plant has become widespread.