At the end of the summer season in the garden you need to carry out a number of works, which will help the trees, berry shrubs and flowering perennials safely transfer the cold winter. Some things gardeners have to do with the plants before the frost, to the next year to get a rich harvest and beautiful flower beds.
Mandatory autumn works
To fruit trees and shrubs with the onset of heat quickly started to grow and actively recruited a lot of green, and the color of the autumn they must be properly trimmed. It is necessary to remove all the dry, rotten, diseased and pest control branch. Do it better sharp shears. All shoots are cut, it is desirable to burn (ash for next year can be used as fertilizer or mulch) or pre-chopped, lay in the compost pit, if it is available on the site.
To protect trees from rodents, which in winter can damage the bark, it is desirable to whitewash the trunks to a height of not less than 50 cm from ground level.
During harvest time, you need to dig up the roots remaining in the ground to collect crop residues and all the berries that will attract rodents.
Experienced gardeners are advised to mow all the grass in the garden, because it can get a wintering pests. In addition, stems in the crude autumn fungus may grow, with the onset of heat which is able to infect all plants on the plot.
You also need to collect all the fallen leaves. All plant debris need to either burn or gathered in bags, remove from the site.
Before the onset of frost in the freed beds can sow cold-resistant plants, such as carrots, onions, peppermint, parsnip, parsley, radishes, spinach, fennel, beets, as well as annual flowers: aster, calendula, poppies, cornflowers. If pre-fertilize the beds, and for the well-established plants to care for, even in the late autumn, you can collect an additional harvest.
To enrich the soil with natural fertilizers, post-harvest, you can sow the green manure at the site, such as legumes, lupine, vetch. When the plants reach a height of 20-25 cm, they need to mow with a sickle and left to lie on the beds. Grass clippings, you can pour water or liquid manure and lightly sprinkle the ground. During the winter is hay rot and perepreet that enrich the land with natural nutrients. Spring beds need to be dug and leveled using a rake.
To prepare the trees for the winter, it is desirable to provide them with the roots of moisture, as its deficiency can lead to freezing of the roots and plant death. Therefore, each instance requires abundantly pour clean cool water so that the soil soaked depth of about 30 cm. Throughout the winter, the roots will gradually absorb moisture from the soil, which helps trees and shrubs do not freeze and do not dry out during the cold season. To avoid a too fast evaporation of water from the soil, it is required to lay around each instance a thick layer of mulch or place covering material.
plant Warming
Most plants, including perennials, afraid of the cold winter, so in the fall, before the onset of frost is necessary to take care of the warming of the roots. For this purpose, you can use mulch. This can be sawdust, shavings, fir spruce branches, straw, peat moss pieces. We must carefully zamulchirovat all the roots, so they are not affected by the cold.
Be sure to hide all bulbs, especially if the expected heavy frosts. Some experts recommend digging up the bulbs and rhizomes and store them in the cellar, especially if the expected severe winter. Dug copies must be folded in a wooden box with holes for ventilation, sprinkle a layer of soil and storing it in a cool place. In the spring they can be re-planted in warm soil.
To protect from frost perennials that remain to winter in the country, it is desirable to fully wrap their covering materials. Around each plant is necessary to drive a few high stakes, which then pull the cover. Pre each instance requires abundantly watered.
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