Gardeners love cherries for picky and focus fruition. Cherry tree is resistant to winter cold, does not require special knowledge to care for, but like any garden crops, gratefully responds to human help.
I know that in August-September - a difficult time for us, gardeners, time, and often do not have enough hands to remake all urgent work. Still, about cherries should not be forgotten; remember how impatiently we are always waiting for her crops in the summer! In the end, to allocate 1-2 days to process is not too difficult in his chart. But we are confident that our tree will transfer painless winter weather and meet new friendly spring flowering.
Through the preparation of the garden for the winter, we are with you should definitely give it the necessary share of attention.
After all, we know that the correct processing of cherries in August-September, depends a good harvest next year!
What do we do
No super-secret is not here, but in my experience I can say that a competent and timely processing of autumn can give a second life, even the trees, which have given up. Most often languish something from them, they have no opportunity to feed themselves on their own or get rid of the pests.
I, as a rule, already in late August, doing 5 simple steps that will help my beauties to be healthy.
"Cosmetic procedures
Well, as a joke, of course, so I call cutting.
When the foliage or even poredeet shall fade, you need to carefully remove the sick and nadlomannye branches, cuts to cover garden pitch. Do not forget about the cracks in the trunk: they, too, need to be processed to avoid leaking gum. All rubbish, including fallen leaves, remove from under the tree and destroy opportunities.
We fight pests
Firstly, whitewashing. Paint white shading each year not only to spite insect pests and rodents, but also to protect the trunk from the active rays of spring sun. To this end, suitable lime solution, but for greater reliability, you can add the mullein, clay or copper sulfate.
Also in late September, after the first frost is sure to spray the hive and tree trunks 5% aqueous solution of urea. This is a sure means to most pests, fungus and infections not only destroy them, but also prevents further propagation.
Preparing the soil for the winter
Despite our modest requests Cherry does not like weeds. During the summer, we saw to it that the tree trunks are not hammered by greenery, it will now have to make the final "chord".
Remove weeds, if they had time to grow, and dig the soil to a depth of no more than 15 cm, to avoid damaging the roots. Remember that corresponds to the diameter of loosening our size crown.
Watering in the fall? Absolutely!
Before hibernation trees need to stock up moisture, and if the summer was hot and dry, water loading irrigation should attend to us. But keep in mind that the moisture-charge should be carried out not earlier than start defoliation. Before watering is better to dig around the perimeter of moisture-holding up the trench. Water consumption is best carried out by a given formula: squaring the circle around-trunk space, multiplied by 3 equals the number of buckets of water, which should be poured under the tree. This applies not only to cherries, but all the other fruit trees.
Important! Moisture-charge should be carried out not earlier than start defoliation. In different regions of this period comes at the same time. Temperature at this time is usually already reduced to +2... + 3 ° C.
"Vitaminchiki" for cherries
Feed in August and September is mandatory, of course, if we are interested in a bountiful harvest for the coming year. Fertilizers help the tree to grow and develop well, stimulate fruiting quality. The best option has always been and remains the organics: compost, rotted manure, sawdust, bird droppings (necessarily breed!).
No manure? No problem! The shops are full of special complex mixtures of fruit trees.
Important! If you are using fertilizers with phosphorus and potassium, make them while digging to bury good. Nitrogen and ash are made in the spring, as responsible for flowering, and we, you know, it is now quite out of place.
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