Barberry rarely grows in the middle-sized gardens and is cultivated mainly for gardening of the garden boundaries. Its fruits are not collected and are not used because of low taste qualities. At the same time, its medicinal properties, known to medicine since the 7th century, are forgotten. Used it for a long time as a means of cleansing the blood. Now medicines are obtained from berries, leaves and plant roots. Especially effective are infusions from the roots of barberry at jaundice and other diseases of the liver, with diarrhea.
Most often , barberries are grown in Ottawa's Superba, as it is unpretentious, wintery, and reproduces easily. It suits any type of soil, but landing should be carried out in well-prepared land. Plant, as a rule, in the autumn, although spring plantings are also allowed. Dig pits under a shrub the size not less 40х40х40 sm, fill with fertilizer: superphosphate - 50 g, lime - 0,3 kg, humus - 5 kg per 1 sq. M. M. Saplings are usually taken for two years, with a good root system, which is distributed evenly along the bottom of the fossa. If barberry is planted in Ottawa as a berry, then its bushes need good lighting, otherwise they will not bear fruit. The distance between the berries is at least 2 meters. If the plantings are decorative, then you can plant more closely - 1 meter from each other. After the landing of barberry Superba needs a lot of watering, especially in the first half of a month.
In the future, when leaving, bushes are watered, weed, cut off. Pruning is the removal of old, withered branches and the formation of the crown. At the same time, it must be remembered that barbaris Ottawa yields crops on last year's branches. After 10 years, you need to rejuvenate the pruning. After it the bushes again grow, abundantly bear fruit, preserve decorativeness.
Fertility period begins in the 3rd year. Blooms barberry Ottawa in April, and berries ripen in September. You can harvest when the fruits are slightly immature - then they are dense, they keep shape well, do not crumple. They are covered with sugar or dried, and they save their useful properties during storage for a year. They can be used as a seasoning for meat, pilaf, fish, used in the preparation of various sauces and add to tea.
Breeding Barberry Ottawa can be vegetatively and seeds. The choice of method depends on the purpose of cultivation. Seeds are preferred for ornamental plantings or for the purpose of selection. The seed is obtained simply: after harvesting the mature berries, they are dried, grinded through a sieve, the seeds are separated and immediately planted on the garden bed. In spring they rise, but all summer must grow in one place. Transplanted only the next year.
If it is necessary to preserve varietal characteristics of the grown bush, use cuttings, cuttings, division of the plant. Most cuttings are cut at the beginning of winter, stored in wet sawdust in the basement, spring planted in a greenhouse. They bring fertile soil humus, sand, 2 times a day watered, and a month later on the cuttings appear rootlets. By autumn the cuttings turn into seedlings. Seedlings take root well, in 80-90% of cases.