Good afternoon, my reader. In late summer - early autumn, there are often discounts in shops for gardeners and gardeners - and many summer residents cannot resist shopping. However, not everything makes sense to buy at the end of the season. Let's figure out what you can buy in the fall, and what should be postponed until spring.
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Planting material
Discounts on seeds are explained by the fact that the term of their sale by law is no more than 3 years, although not all of them lose their germination. So, with confidence, you can take seeds of crops in the fall that are stored for 5-6 years:
- watermelons, melons and pumpkins;
- beans, peas;
- cucumbers and squash;
- kale and watercress.
It also makes sense to buy carrots, parsley or beets. They can be stored for up to 4 years - and they can be sown before winter. The same goes for flowers: calendula, asters, lavender and a number of others are perfectly sown in autumn.
In addition to seeds, in the off-season it makes sense to buy onion sets and flower bulbs: in spring prices for them bite, but in autumn they fall significantly, up to 30-40%. However, it must be borne in mind that you should buy only those crops that endure the autumn planting. What is planted in spring, in spring, and must be purchased: bulbs are stored rather poorly, and there is a risk of losing a significant part of the planting material.
But what you don't need to buy at all is expired seeds of onions, dill or celery. Here, no discounts will justify themselves: they are losing germination rapidly.
Saplings
It makes sense to buy raspberries and roses from seedlings in the fall. Grapes are also well suited - they are planted until the very frost. But conifers (for example, thuja) are planted no later than September - October.
It is completely necessary to abandon apricots, peaches or cherries: they are planted only in spring, and during the winter the roots of the seedlings may die off. This is especially true for those that are not sold in containers, but with bare root systems.
Perennials
The end of August - the first half of September are great for buying and planting perennials:
- peonies;
- delphiniums;
- host, etc.
The main thing is to choose strong and healthy deeds. The damaged areas of the roots should be cut out, and then powdered with charcoal or treated with a solution of potassium permanganate.
Inventory and greenhouses
The off season is a great time to upgrade your inventory. Even if it is not useful during the autumn work, it will perfectly last until spring. The same applies to consumables - gloves, film, twine, etc.
It is not a bad time to buy greenhouses too. In addition to discounts, installers are less busy and can get them done faster. You do not have to worry about the seedlings stretching out too much due to the fact that the stakes do not enter the frozen and not thawed ground. Finally, if the greenhouse has been standing in the fall, it will warm up earlier in the spring. This will allow you to start planting and get a harvest much faster.
Fertilizers and preparations
It is more difficult with dressings and other preparations for giving. Consider the following here:
- phosphates and potassium compounds can be applied in the fall;
- nitrogen fertilizers in the form of nitrate granules will perfectly last until spring even at negative temperatures;
- it is better not to buy liquid formulations if it is not possible to store them at above-zero temperatures - after freezing, they will lose their effect;
- compost activators and biological products for the toilet also make no sense to take - they will be needed only in the spring, but they may lose activity during the winter.
In short, you can save in the fall, but you have to do it wisely.
Do you know that it makes sense to buy a summer resident in the fall and winter?
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What to do in the spring in the country, read the following article:Spring in the garden: 7 main rules that will help the summer resident put the site in order after winter