This secret shared with me is my neighbor in the country, when I found it for himself watering process. I was surprised that she pours on the currant bushes a real hot water!
I was sure that this process has to hurt this culture and so can not be done accurately. Next, we have it a substantive conversation, and she explained to me a lot that I did not know before.
Boiling water poured over the bushes only one purpose - to fight off pests and various diseases of this culture. And in fact it is quite an effective exercise that does not require financial outlay.
Boiling destroys the great so-called bud mite, which causes significant harm to the bush. Also, it is an excellent prevention of the emergence of aphids, which is well tolerated winter in the kidneys of this culture. Boiling also able to prevent the emergence of various fungal diseases such as powdery mildew.
And yet, this procedure increases the "immunity" of bushes and eventually we get a much higher yield of currant, as the number of so-called stems increases.
How to water the currants with boiling water in order not to harm the bush
- The first point - do no harm! It is best to carry out this procedure in the spring, when not all the buds have blossomed.
- We can not allow the hot water hit the open bush roots. To do this, they need to pre-covered with earth or something to hide
- You can not pour boiling water from a bucket - probably best to use a watering can for watering to a jet of water it is spread across the bush.
- For greater effect, the water can add a little potassium permanganate to the best way to protect against pests currants
In general, this is a fairly simple procedure and it can make any gardener.