Sambucus racemosa

Description

Family: Adoxaceae
Genus: Sambucus
Species: Racemosa
Red Elderberry

Deciduous bushy plant, resistant to low temperatures and diseases, reaches 2-4m in height and up to 3m in width, tolerates – 34 C. Fast growing, from sowing to first flowering takes 2-3 years. The whole plant can be used in medicine, the flower is fragrant and is used to prepare juice, the berries are used to prepare sweets and juice, but they must be thermally processed (boiled and then they lose their toxicity), since the seeds are toxic – if you use fresh berries, you must scoop out the seeds.

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Propagation: By seeds/cuttings

Pre-treatment: Cover the seeds with warm water and then squeeze and mix with wet sand or / vermiculite/perlite, place in a zip-lock bag and leave in the same for 2-4 weeks, then place the bag with the seeds for 1 month. in the refrigerator, after that period sow the seeds.

Sowing: Throughout the year in substrate or perlite at a depth of 1-2 cm. In autumn, directly outdoors without stratification.

Germination: Temperature 25-30 C, germinates in 2-9 months

Location: Requires direct light and moderate humidity.

Hardiness zone : 5a / -28.8 °C (-20 °F)