Plant residues are formed in the garden and vegetable garden every year. Some of them can be used for mulch, others for compost. But there are also those remnants that do not fit anywhere - and I will tell you exactly how I deal with them.
Carrion
Any fruits that fall from the tree before ripening are usually affected by diseases. Therefore, they must be disposed of separately. You should be especially careful about mummified fruits that have dried right on the tree: they are all affected by bacteria or fungus.
Therefore, the carrion and mummified fruits must be disposed of separately. The best option is to bury it in a hole and leave it for 1-2 years. Then the contents can be used to feed vegetables - they do not get sick with those diseases that are characteristic of trees and shrubs, and insects will not survive this period. But the best option is to dry the carrion and burn it: the ash will definitely not damage any plantings.
Autumn foliage
Leaf fall lasts from late August to October. Fallen leaves can be burned, but it is better to send them to compost. The only exception is foliage from diseased trees: the affected leaf fall should only be burned, after which the ash can be used as fertilizer. Healthy leaves can only be taken out of the garden to compost once every 2-3 weeks: anyway, in a year of decay, most of the pests, bacteria and fungi will die.
The foliage can be used for mulch, as a component of tall beds and as a shelter for perennials. As a last resort, you can shovel the leaves into a pile, then sprinkle thickly with saltpeter and leave until spring. In the spring, you will have leafy soil - a good organic fertilizer.
Pruned branches
Sanitary or shaping pruning is performed at different times. In most cases, the trimmings after sanitary pruning cannot be composted - much better dried and used for fires, smokehouses or barbecues. In any case, the cuttings affected by the disease should be burned, and not sent to a high bed, compost heap or heap.
Rotten vegetables
By themselves, neither onions, nor tomatoes, nor zucchini do not rot. Therefore, it is unwise to leave vegetable residues on the beds. Even if the tomato plot is covered with an early frost, they must be removed from the plot: who knows what kind of pests nested in them?
Therefore, for a spoiled crop, it is better to lay down a separate pile or compost heap, which is best used no earlier than two years after harvesting.
Tops
The tops of potatoes, onions or tomatoes often remain in the beds. But you should not do this - it is better to let it dry out, and then burn it. In any case, then slugs, the Colorado potato beetle and other pests will not be able to overwinter on the site. If the tops were affected by late blight, then it must be composted for at least 3-4 years in a row so that the causative agents of the disease become extinct.
Weeds
If the crop is harvested in August, the weeds have time to give 1-2 generations. That is why I try to sow green manure on the vacated beds. And I send the harvested weeds to the fire, and not to the compost heap.
Lawn grass
Before winter, I mow the grass on the lawn by 7-10 cm. I send the remaining green mass to mulch or compost. There are no seeds or pests, so cut grass is the perfect organic matter for the grower.
Tree stumps
Stumps and dead tree remains can be used as a garden decoration (and here landscape designers can easily suggest a lot of ideas), but it is much better to uproot and burn them. Dead wood is a breeding ground for mosses, fungi and other pests. Therefore, even there is an opportunity to save the object, it is better not to do this.
Stumps can be burned, they can be treated with biological products, after which they will rot at the root - but in any case, it is better not to leave them on the site, having uprooted or processed them in time.
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