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Pruning a mock-orange in the fall allows you to rejuvenate the shrub and provide it with more active growth for the next season. If you follow the basic rules, then pruning in the fall will be completely safe for the plant.
Is it possible to cut a mock-orange in the fall
A shrub called chubushnik from the Hortensian family, which is also often called garden jasmine, is prone to rapid growth. Therefore, the plant needs mandatory pruning, and it can be carried out not only in spring, but also in autumn.
After the end of the flowering period, shortly before the onset of cold weather, the shrub plunges into a state of dormancy. The video of cutting a mock-orange in the fall confirms that it is possible to cut it during this period - it is quite safe if you follow the proven recommendations.
Goals and objectives of the autumn pruning of a mock-orange
If in the spring the shrub is trimmed mainly in order to remove all diseased, weakened and broken branches of the plant, then the autumn pruning of the garden mock-orange helps to achieve several goals at once:
- Plant rejuvenation... If the chubushnik has been growing in the summer cottage for a long time, then, most likely, its flowering has become less abundant, and the decorativeness has noticeably decreased. Pruning helps to replace the skeletal base of the plant and leave mostly young shoots, which in the new spring will quickly start growing and bring spectacular and generous flowering.
- Thinning the crown... If the branches are very thickened, then the central part of the crown receives almost no sunlight and oxygen. This negatively affects flowering - the shrub lays fewer flower buds and cannot please with special decorativeness.
- Plant health... With a thickened crown and a large number of unnecessary branches, the chubushnik spends strength and nutrients to maintain unnecessary growth and unnecessary branches. Accordingly, the plant has much less strength for flowering - few flower buds are formed, the flowers become smaller and quickly crumble to the ground.
- Forming beautiful outlines... By nature, the mock-mushroom builds up the green mass rather unevenly, if you do not cut the shrub, then it will quickly become one-sided and unsightly. Thinning and shaping helps to give the plant a beautiful silhouette.
Types of pruning
Shrub pruning carried out in the fall can be divided into several categories:
- Supportive and sanitary... It must be carried out annually - during a haircut, all dried, diseased, twisted branches are cut off, which in vain takes away the strength of the plant. The removed parts of the chubushnik after trimming are collected and destroyed.
- Formative and supportive... Such a haircut is carried out as needed - it is not necessary to do it every year. In the course of formation, the shrub is properly thinned out, excess growth is removed and space is freed up in the central part of the plant so that the crown receives more fresh air and sunlight.
- Rejuvenating... Pruning of this type is rarely carried out - only when the flowering of the mock-orange is noticeably reduced, and a complete renewal of the shrub is required.
In some years, only one type of pruning is used in the fall, but sometimes different types are combined with each other.
How to cut a mock orange in the fall
In the video of trimming a chubushnik in the fall, it becomes clear that it is important not only to cut the shrub on time, but also not to harm the plant. Knowing the basic rules will help make pruning safe for the plant.
Recommended timing
When pruning in the fall, it is important not to miss the timing of cutting the plant. You need to prune after the plant has finished the growing season and is ready for the cold. However, the temperature should not drop below - 2-4 ° C, otherwise the wood of the bush will freeze and the haircut will harm it.
Preparation of tools and materials
At any time of the year, pruning is a procedure that traumatizes the plant to one degree or another. In autumn, it is the safest, however, during this period, the chubushnik may suffer if its shoots are not trimmed neatly enough.
To carry out a haircut for a chubushnik in autumn, you will need the following tools:
- pruner and lopper, with their help, remove thin and medium branches of the plant;
- a set of hacksaws and saws for a tree, they are used to remove really old and thick branches of a shrub.
You will also need to prepare a garden var or any other specialized putty. After pruning, the cuts of the shrub will need to be processed, otherwise the branches may suffer from fungus or rot.
Schemes for trimming a mock-orange in the fall
Basically, in the fall, they practice 2 schemes for pruning a chubushnik in the fall for beginners.
- Gentle pruning for shaping and gradual rejuvenation. Shortly before the cold weather, 2 or 3 old branches of the shrub are cut off completely or to the largest of the side shoots. In this case, the same number of branches from the young growth should remain. For the next autumn, a similar procedure will need to be repeated and thus, within several years, the entire bush skeleton will be renewed.
- Radical rejuvenating pruning of mock-orange in the fall. Almost all branches are cut to the ground, leaving only 5-6 strong young shoots, which are also shortened to about half a meter. If desired, the old mock-orange in the fall can be cut completely "under the stump", in which case in the spring it will begin to grow from the root, and in 2-3 years the shrub will fully recover.
- Supportive - in the course of this pruning scheme, only a small number of old branches of the shrub are removed in the fall and the center of the crown is thinned out.
Every year in the fall, during pruning, they eliminate all useless branches - dry and broken over the summer.
How to properly cut a mock-orange in the fall
It is necessary to cut the chubushnik for the winter according to a simple algorithm that is not difficult even for a novice gardener.
- First of all, it is necessary to cut off damaged, twisted, fungus or insect-infected branches with the help of secateurs and other tools.
- After that, shoots older than 5 years, which no longer participate in annual flowering, are removed with hacksaws and saws.
- Further, shoots that protrude too far beyond the boundaries of the bush are pruned, they negatively affect the decorative appearance of the chubushnik.
- Then the crown is thinned out, that is, the intersecting and intertwining branches in the center of the bush are trimmed, since such shoots interfere with each other's development.
- At the last stage, they get rid of the overgrowth growing in the direction of the inside of the bush.
If the old inflorescences were not cut off on the bush in the summer, then they must also be removed during pruning in the fall.
Shrub care after pruning
After the autumn pruning, garden jasmine needs care that will help it safely endure the winter cold and recover with the onset of spring.
- First of all, it is necessary to remove all debris around the trimmed shrub - fallen leaves, cut branches and other plant debris.If this is not done, insects and fungal spores, dangerous for the plant, can start in organic residues - it will be easier for them to survive the frosts under the cover of foliage and twigs.
- In the fall, after pruning, it is recommended to feed the garden jasmine. A small amount of superphosphate, potassium and wood ash must be added under the bush, shallowly embedded fertilizers in the soil and lightly watered with water.
- After feeding, the land around the shrub must be mulched with compost, manure or spruce branches. This will protect the roots of garden jasmine from freezing.
Conclusion
Pruning a chubushnik in autumn, subject to the basic rules, is completely safe and allows you not only to maintain the strength of the plant, but also to rejuvenate it and give it a decorative look. The most important thing is not to miss the right time for a haircut, as well as follow proven schemes.
