What has to be considered when cutting the boar rhizome

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• What has to be considered when cutting the boar rhizome
• Sow in the form of a spring
• Pruning in autumn
• Eberraute cut before moving to winter quarters
• Eat rueber as a spice and medicinal herb
• Tips

In spring, the Eberraute should be brought into shape

What has to be considered when cutting the boar rhizome

Broods can grow up to 1.50 meters high. The easy-care herb is very bushy and narrows other plants. A regular pruning is therefore useful. The cutting takes place either in spring or autumn. How to cut boar rats.

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Sow in the form of a spring

In spring, the boar is shaped by a pruning. Cut out long outward shoots, so that the plant does not become too broad. Even inside, you may quietly make it a little something.

By the pruning the Eberraute grows not so strong in the following months. She then does not need to be cut in the fall.

Before you repot the boar in the bucket in spring, cut back stronger. This facilitates transplanting.

Pruning in autumn

A pruning in autumn is only useful if you did not cut it back in the spring. The cutting before winter serves to protect against frost. The shoots then can not freeze and damage the root.

Cut the sparrow branches down to the ground. In cool layers lay garden fleece over the leftovers.

Pile a thick layer of autumn leaves over it to protect the roots from frost.

Eberraute cut before moving to winter quarters

Eberrauten are conditionally hardy. However, this does not apply to the attitude in the bucket. As a potted plant, the boar should be overwintered frost-free.

Cut down the plant beforehand so that it does not occupy so much space in the cool winter garden, greenhouse or in a bright place in the basement.

Eat rueber as a spice and medicinal herb

Eberraute is cut as a seasoning and medicinal herb from summer. The main harvest time is in autumn.

Cut only the leaf tips, as older leaves often taste quite bitter.

Tips

Since the European rowan often does not flower in our latitudes and therefore does not seed, you can multiply them with cuttings. Cut the cuttings in spring or summer and just put in prepared garden soil or a pot.