As how to do at the dacha in the last month of summer.
Care of trees
Growth of fruit-trees stops at this time, and all their forces leave on maturing of fruits. At this time it is necessary to support green friends, to inhale in them forces necessary in order that they have without serious consequences transferred the coming winter — to feed up phosphorus and potassium. Try to obtain the same chain by means of thorough removal of shoots and weeds under kroner.
During this time it is necessary to be careful with waterings that especially concerns summer grades. At dry and hot weather the earth under trees should be humidified, but it is not really generous, otherwise fruits will begin to fall down. In general at the end of summer it is necessary to dose watering of fruit plantings. It is necessary to remove fruits since the lower branches, then – from average and lower parts of krone.
In 2 weeks after harvesting of early apples and plums there is rough growth of roots. Now they demand fertilizing by organic chemistry: in places about trunks bring 5 kilograms of humus. Under branches on which many fruit ripen it is necessary to put surely props for support of branches. And in order to avoid bark injuries on them it is better to enclose dense fabric or multilayered cardboard. The falling fruit should be selected and utilized constantly, and rotten – to remove in order to avoid infection of trees with diseases. It is necessary to watch that at young trees were not twisted and did not grow in branch krone. In order that to avoid it, they need to be unbent and tied up.
Berry bushes of blackcurrant and gooseberry it is necessary to survey and cut off unhealthy and old branches attentively. Under them to introduce the same fertilizer, as well as under fruit trees, and then to powder the earth with the chernozem. In the first days of month it is necessary to cut off undeveloped escapes of raspberry and blackberry to the earth if for it there was not enough time. Similar operation will delay diversity of diseases and will promote good growth of very young shoots. It is useful to fertilize bushes the rerotting manure in the form of adding by layer of 10 centimeters.
Under grapevine it is necessary to podrykhlit surface layer of the earth and to treat plant with infusion of organic fertilizers. On branches with berries it is recommended to cut off tops, having left 5 – 6 leaflets over final brush.
Berry cares
- Many gardeners apply bevelling of garden wild strawberry after maturing of berries. But it is necessary to be engaged in it in the middle of August that magnificent and healthy foliage could grow to wintering. Weeds between rows of wild strawberry it is necessary to pull out, podrykhlit the earth and to introduce fertilizer from superphosphate and wood has sung. And at the end of August it is the best of all to make multiple copies this culture. The very young seedlings planted at this time will cope well to take root and the next year will already yield rich harvest.
- It is better to delete mustache on strawberry when they absolutely small that the bush did not waste force on their growth. Already grown short moustaches should be cut off with secateurs or scissors. If they are necessary for landing of new bed, it is necessary to leave 2 – 3 mustache on bush – it is desirable the first socket. It the strongest will also yield good harvest next year. The socket should be prikopat the earth. In two weeks when it well takes roots, it should be separated from maternal bush.
- For prevention of defeat of berries to remove weeds with gray decay, under bush to put support, to cover the soil with sawdust or moss. Loosening and fertilizing are not carried out to this period. In the first decade of month the harvesting of berries of late grades of blackberry, blackcurrant and gooseberry and when the earth dries up comes to an end, it should be podrykhlit. For August it is necessary to pick curative berries of sea-buckthorn. If to be late with cleaning, berries will find softness and will be damaged and choke during collecting.
- After the last gathering berries on raspberry it is necessary to remove escapes without berries and also the nadlomanny and not developing branches.