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- The Moossteinbrech: hardy or vulnerable?
- Winter protection: only necessary for freshly planted specimens and bald frosts
- Do not let moose break in winter
- Beware of waterlogging and acidification
- Tips
Moossteinbrech is usually very hardy
The Moossteinbrech: hardy or vulnerable?
The so-called Moossteinbrech (Saxifraga arendsii) is a particularly low-remaining subspecies of the saxifrage. Like other species of the genus Saxifraga, the Moossteinbrech can be used perfectly as a cushioning plant in rockeries or as a perennial flowering plant on natural stone walls.
Winter protection: only necessary for freshly planted specimens and bald frosts
As a plant native to the high mountains, the saxifrage is generally hardy, even in very cold climates. For various reasons, however, covering with leaves or twigs may make sense in the case of moloss stone:
In the high mountains, the saxifrage usually protects a blanket of snow from heavy frost until spring. Cold frosts are cold winters without snow cover, which can hit some plants hard. Stonebreaking plants cultivated in front of stone walls can therefore be more sensitive to frost because they are strongly heated by the sun during the day and melt away their protective snow cover.
Do not let moose break in winter
If the Moossteinbrech bad comes through the winter, it must not be too cold temperatures. Although the saxifrage should be planted in a location with permeable ground, if possible, you should not let it dry out. Before the onset of winter, check whether there is still sufficient contact between the roots of the Moossteinbrechs, which have only a slight depth, and the soil. Sometimes, due to heavy growth or rain-induced under-flushing, this direct contact may be lost and a cavity created under the plants.
Beware of waterlogging and acidification
Not only dehydration can cost your Moossteinbrech the life, even persistent waterlogging he tolerates only bad. Therefore, you should loosen very heavy and loamy soils by mixing sand and gravel under the substrate. Note also that various conifers and conifers in the vicinity of the Moossteinbrechs can lead to a slow acidification of the soil and the Moossteinbrech know sometimes with the care of some lime appreciate.
Tips
The seed capsules of the Moossteinbrechs begin only after a pronounced cold phase with the process of the germination. In the field, however, it can be very difficult to distinguish the delicate plantlets from weeds in the spring. Therefore, it usually makes more sense to collect the seeds, suspend the frosty temperatures and then grow controlled in trays.