While in some regions of our country still is relatively hot weather, outside my garden autumn already shall enter into full force, indicating its presence in the morning chill, light rain and yellowing leaves trees.
No matter how sad it was to close the next holiday season, it must be done: the more that work even after the complete collection is still plenty of harvest. Take, for example, strawberries: to obtain a good harvest for the coming year do not be lazy in this and take some important steps in her care.
Step 1: Processing beds
Proryhlit beds and carefully weed them from the weeds - the primary care strawberries task.
Many are advised to carry out loosening in two stages: first "rough" shovel sticking it into the ground shallow, then fine hoe or motyzhkom at the roots.
However, I found it, this method is too rough for himself and lost in the past year a good pair of bushes, moved to "gentle" loosening small grabelkami with three spikes on the end
Proryhlit beds and not to weed them - shortsightedness top for any self-respecting gardener. Left on the soil surface (albeit slightly beaten) weeds next year awakened with renewed vigor, and will have to cope with them more difficult.
Step 2: Trim
Mid-September - the perfect time to cut unnecessary leaves on the bushes of strawberries. Trim only need the old leaves and all, without exception, "whiskers", armed with sharp shears or, at worst, a pair of scissors.
When pruning is best to cut only the list, but not the stalk, leading to him the next year he will be able to give new leaves.
Step 3: Fertilization
Where do without fertilizing autumn? I prefer to use mostly natural fertilizers, so from time to time visited by a neighbor who keeps chickens for bird droppings.
In order to diversify the fertilizer for strawberries, bird droppings, I sometimes replace mullein or wood ashes.
Step 4: Transplant
Soaked and the heated soil is ideal for transplanting, so the transplanted strawberries I recommend in autumn.
On familiar matters of fact, why do her transplant, I try every time for a long time and deployed to answer that during the years of growth in one and the same place berry shallow. A number of the crop "from the bush", respectively, may be reduced by several times, and only timely transplant strawberries helps to maintain productivity.
Step 5: Shelter
Winter in our region issued harsh, so I never bought up on the covering material for many cultures, including for strawberries. He fared straw.
But the finest natural materials in order to hide the strawberries, for myself, I believe spruce spruce branches: at provided a sufficiently large amount of snow it will provide better protection for shrubs, and thus do not follow winter.
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