Mulching – the useful agrotechnical reception allowing to keep moisture in the soil, to prevent overdrying of the earth and destruction by frost of perennial plants during winter cold weather.
It is required to you
- - peat;
- - humus;
- - rerotting opit;
- - ukryvny material;
- - decorative pebble gravel.
Instruction
1. Mulching, i.e. the shelter of top soil from external influences, allows to suppress growth of weed plants, to avoid formation of crust on the soil after waterings which interferes with penetration of oxygen to roots. Under mulch layer useful microorganisms develop better, and the fungal infection, on the contrary, does not take out such neighbourhood.
2. There is it because the mulch promotes creation of special microclimate, with participation of the water, air and thermal modes. The harvest on zamulchirovanny beds does not suffer from decay is soiled less, keeping attractive look.
3. Depending on preferences of the gardener, it is possible to use organic and inorganic materials for mulching. The organic mulch positively affects structure of the soil, changing its players. Inorganic mulch – the modern materials including modern ukryvny films, decorative stone, crushed stone, marble color crumb.
4. Such mulching carries out, besides practical benefits, and esthetic tasks. If it is necessary to combine both tasks, it is possible to use several elements for creation of decorative and practical mulch.
5. If it is necessary to achieve enrichment of the soil with useful microelements from mulching, then it is necessary to carry out it at the end of summer – early autumn, for protection against the sun and wind the mulching is carried out in the spring, in May. When mulching the soil between plants completely becomes covered to muffle growth of weeds.
6. That the effect of mulching was more notable, it is necessary to use various components. At regular introduction of mulch on the surface of the soil the nutritious humus which positively affects productivity of plants is formed. The top layer of fresh mulch should not be too thick not to do much harm to the soil and to provide access of oxygen to roots of plants.
7. If it is going to zamulchirovat garden beds, it is possible to use small new-mown grass, peat or humus. Perfectly straw will approach, but it is necessary to watch that it it did not contain seeds which are capable to sprout and create green carpet from weeds directly on bed. With care it is necessary to use sawdust for mulching – their unlimited application leads to acidulation of the soil and decrease in its productivity.
8. It is much more useful to use to mulching grass from bean plants, peat, the cespitose earth and needles. Keeping the soil from overdrying, during the season such mulch is completely dissolved in the soil, improving its structure and increasing productivity of plants.
9. Before mulching it is necessary to clear the soil of weeds. It is especially important to get rid of rhizomes of wheat grass, bindweed, goutweed. It is necessary that they could not use new conditions and have not expanded on new squares as the mulch cannot suppress their root system.