Everyone who grows fir, juniper and cypress, it is useful to know how to prepare for winter conifers. These crops require special care, they are prepared for the cold mid-October.
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Watering, shelter from the snow, fixing extensions
Initially carried watering. Water make when deciduous plants begin to throw off the crown. At 1 conifer (bush) consume 60-70 liters of water depending on the size and age. If properly prepare the plant for the winter, it may be ill or subjected to infestation of pests. Vlagozaryadny watering nourishes the roots, nourishes them with moisture when the soil is cold. Good soil moisture protects the roots from freezing.
In the snowy winter evergreen culture under strain because their branches of accumulated ice. In cold weather, snowy winters alternate with the severe frosts, the plants are covered with adhesive mass. It adversely affects the seedlings that have taken root recently. Piles of snow and ice injure a fragile plant.
To prevent fall and conifers preserve the roots, it is necessary to fix their extensions. The procedure must pursue gardeners who have a garden growing blue spruce. In snowy weather, gently knock the snow using a board, wrapped in a soft material.
In the winter shelter plants from the sun, to this end, burlap or canvas fabric. If the culture shows resistance to wind and normally responds to the spring sun, its crown tie, but not tight. Thanks to this procedure, ephedra is not deformed under the influence of snow and hail.
Other useful procedures
If the tree or shrub in the winter covered with ice, do not try to shoot it down, otherwise the kidney will be dismissed prematurely. You should wait for the sunny weather, the ice will go by itself. Preparing for winter conifers must be correct, otherwise violated the immunity of plants, and the most sensitive items will be lost.
Winter temperature changes occur, because of which the branches are covered by ice. Horticultural crops are affected, as the ice is absorbed into the needle. To conifers not broken, it is necessary to place near them support. Low-growing plants do not suffer from a strong wind, and tall can be lost. There are times when the trees are plucked up by the root system.
If the region is constantly blowing wind, it is better not to plant tall evergreen trees in the sandy loam soil, the roots will grow poorly. should use anchor bolts for fixing trees and shrubs. Near the plants with set pins 4 sides height of 1.5 m, they pull the strings, prior protection of trunks and branches with roofing material. This procedure is best done in the middle or late autumn, as the soil in the winter freeze much.
Heat-loving conifers should be warm before winter comes. In mid-October, it is necessary zamulchirovat them using sawdust, dry leaves or peat, lay on top of the boards, to mulch is not destroyed by the wind. Particular attention should be paid to the roots. When will the growing season, need to remove the covering material. As the mulch for small conifer crops can be used fir sawdust, but they also need to fix.
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