In spite of the fact that the spring period is considered at gardeners the hottest, preparation of fruit-trees for winter is not less laborious work. In zone of risky agriculture garden without preparation to leave equivalent that to cut all fructifying trees and to ruin young saplings. Preparatory work should be begun right after harvesting.
It is required to you
- - rake;
- - iron vitriol;
- - lime;
- - red clay;
- - special mix for whitewashing;
- - grid for binding;
- - roofing material;
- - cord.
Instruction
1. First of all, examine bark of shtamb where on wintering caterpillars of fir seed moth, sawyers and pyralids get. Bring together all wreckers manually and burn together with foliage which needs also to be removed rake.
2. Carefully dig over the soil around trees. Powder pristvolny circles with wood ashes. It will help to become impregnated in the spring with moisture to roots of garden trees and will be additional protection against wreckers.
3. Over ashes fill thick layer of mulch from sawdust of deciduous breeds of trees or the compost mixed with sand. Do not use fallen leaves as mulch. They can become source of diseases. But besides, in the fallen-down foliage wreckers often hide, and your purpose is their elimination.
4. Spray skeletal branches and shtamba with solution of iron vitriol. So you will be able to destroy the remained wreckers and protect trees from emergence new which to frosts still will be able to manage to get under bark of shtamb. Besides solution of iron vitriol helps to prevent diseases of fruit-trees.
5. Connect young landings by cord. If the winter is snow with frosts and thaw, the ice crust will break off young saplings. If you often visit garden in winter time, work on prigibaniye and binding of saplings can be missed. You should shake just systematically snow to prevent formation of sleet during thaw.
6. Carefully whitewash all shtamba and the bases of trees. Whitewash young landings entirely. It will help to prevent solar burns in March. Spring whitewashing does not bring almost any benefit and is carried out only in the decorative purposes. That whitewashing kept long, dissolve 3 kg of lime and 2 kg of red clay in 10 liters of water. Or buy special whitewashing in shop for gardeners and gardeners. It has glue basis and strongly keeps on trunks.
7. Around young landings place snegozaderzhivayushchy boards. However, if the winter is very snow, additional snow retention can damage branches of trees. Therefore you watch closely during the winter the level of snow and if necessary clean surplus of snow.
8. Take care of protection of garden trees against rodents. For this purpose tie trunk with special grid. As a last resort, it is possible to use roofing material which should be removed in the spring immediately that bark of trees did not rot.