Reliable and simple cover perennials without covering material

  • Dec 24, 2019

If the fall season comes to a close, it's time to cover perennials in the winter. Take some time this procedure. As a result, culture is easier to be able to survive the cold winter season and will delight you in the coming year!

Culture, who love the heat (such as a rose or a clematis) protect from low temperature, otherwise, in the spring you may lose part of your flower planting.

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Even culture, resistant to frost (eg, phlox, chrysanthemum and others) can not survive the cold weather: a strong frost, lack of thickness snow, the constant change of the minus and plus temperatures - can increase the risk for ornamental crops and eventually lead to their death.

Do as I recommend, and the flowers do not freeze and do not rot
Do as I recommend, and the flowers do not freeze and do not rot

As the cover: a reliable and easy way

More often than not recommended to use specially designed materials. a good method, but you can not use them.

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Almost all clematis need to cover for the winter
Almost all clematis need to cover for the winter

Try to act as follows:

Cut culture in winter, on top sprinkle compost or humus. Before the shelter, rose necessarily need to spud
Cut culture in winter, on top sprinkle compost or humus.
Before the shelter, rose necessarily need to spud
Make a frame shelter. It is possible to use arcs improvised materials (bricks, plywood, plastic pails, boxes). In the bucket make holes for ventilation, not to rot there. Do not use the pail as quickly cooled and stored cold. shelter scheme plants in winter
Make a frame shelter. It is possible to use arcs improvised materials (bricks, plywood, plastic pails, boxes). In the bucket make holes for ventilation, not to rot there. Do not use the pail as quickly cooled and stored cold.
shelter scheme plants in winter
  • At the top of the frame throw with fallen autumn leaves. This is a convenient and cheap option, which has the advantage in favor layering. Between the foliage air will create heat and avoid heavy frost.
Important.Fallen leaves can be replaced by other available material. For example, the green crops, which were cut. Also, use a straw, but rest assured that it has no seeds. Such delicacy can attract rodents, which can damage the plant.
  • The final stage - spruce branches, branches of the pine tree. However debatable whether or not to use such a material to protect the culture from the cold, or is not.

But particularly in our situation will serve spruce branches under the strong role: to delay the snow masses, which create obstacles to the bitter cold.

If winter was very cold and snowless, grab shovel and snow add a top layer, whose thickness should be about ten to fifteen centimeters. Then a safe shelter provided! Let your culture will survive the winter without loss.

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