They practice a variety of ways to remove moss or lichen clumps from the bark of garden trees in order to improve fruiting. The best period for this operation is considered the beginning of spring, until the buds hatch, or late autumn after collecting all the fruits. Be sure to clean the surface of the soil from foliage that is burned.
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Self-prepared means, for example, a 5% solution based on ferrous sulfate, will help remove unwanted growths from the bark. It is necessary to dissolve 50 g of powdered fungicide completely in 1 liter of slightly warmed water. With the help of a wide brush, all places on the skeletal branches and trunks, where influxes of lichen or moss are found, are abundantly saturated with liquid. In parallel, in order to prevent the appearance of harmful insects and the development of dangerous diseases, the soil surface in the near-trunk circles is irrigated with a working solution.
Remaining moss and lichen flakes should be removed mechanically. A film or a piece of any canvas is spread under the crown. Carefully clean the bark with a brush, wooden spatula, burlap rag. Scattered pieces must be burned.
When will pruning help?
If the appearance of mossy and lichen influxes was not noticed immediately, and they managed to settle on almost all trees, capturing a large area, then in such a situation, before processing, they practice sanitary thinning felling.
Each plant is carefully examined. Pest-affected and dry branches are cut out. And it is also necessary to regularly remove the processes that thicken the crown. This technique ensures the supply of the right amount of light and air, which reduces the humidity favorable for the development of lichens and mosses.
After thinning, large lichen and mossy growths are scraped off with a plastic or wooden scraper. Then you need to dissolve 350-500 g of powdered copper sulfate in a ten-liter container with water. All trees are carefully treated, repeating the same procedure at intervals of 4-5 years, if required.
Easy cleaning method
With a slight overgrowth of lichens and mosses on tree trunks, you can use one of the effective folk remedies.
Combine 1 kg of table fine salt with twice the volume of sifted ash. Add thin shavings from two grated bars of laundry soap. Pour the mixture into a container of hot water, which will require 10 liters. The liquid is brought to a boil with stirring. After cooling, the branches and trunks are coated with the agent.
With the periodic appearance of lichen growths, the antifungal drug "Skor" is used for prevention. The solution is prepared in accordance with the instructions. Processing is carried out in early spring.
To enhance the effect, cleaned trunks must be whitewashed using an acrylic ready-made compound. You can use slaked lime (1.5-2 kg), which is diluted in cool water (10 l). This procedure is performed in early spring or in the autumn season, choosing a day with dry, calm weather at a temperature of at least 2 degrees. Before whitewashing, if necessary, the detected wounds, as well as sections, are covered with garden pitch.
It is important to prevent the widespread spread of lichens and mosses on garden trees. With a systematic examination, the growths that appear are immediately cleaned off.
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