Not each plant breeder was lucky with the site. If it is located on slope, then will be exposed to erosion – water will gradually wash away fertile soil. In "baldness" of kitchen garden can play role and wind. To preserve harvest, it is necessary to plow correctly the soil on slopes. Follow the recommendations of experienced agronomists and carry out antierosion processing of the site.
It is required to you
- - deep draining plow, shovel, subsurface cultivator;
- - cereals and other green plantings;
- - consultation of the competent agronomist.
Instruction
1. Plow kitchen garden on slope only across the parcel, but not from top to down. Master planimetric plowing – that is do the furrows repeating lines of natural relief for delay of water and fertile soil layer.
2. If slope very abrupt, along with furrows through each 15 m it is necessary to make rolls about 25 cm in height. Water (both rain, and snow) will be partially withdrawn from the site, however it will not wash away the earth.
3. Do parallel to kitchen garden of cavity ("krotovina") with a diameter about 6 cm and 40 cm in depth. About 100 cm one from another are recommended to have them at distance.
4. Work with deep draining plow, plowing the earth on depth of 50 m under garden trees. It is possible just to dig over the site shovel on 3 bayonets in depth. For vegetable beds it is not recommended to loosen the earth too deeply – if the place windy, then the subsoil layer to turn into dust and will be carried away from kitchen garden.
5. Study properties of cultural plants which you are going to grow up. According to plant breeders, the root system of the majority of vegetables gets on depth about 15-40 cm. So, for beet, potatoes, pumpkin and parsley it is enough to plow slope on depth from 15 to 30 cm; and for bean, pepper, peas, garden radish and tomatoes are there been enough by 10-15 cm.
6. Use subsurface cultivators (special purpose tools for bezotvalny processing of the earth) or plow and shovel for earth dump. Selection of tools, the nature of plowing and correction of its depth in the spring and in the fall, - all this depends on weather conditions and condition of the soil. If in well humidified areas the agronomists advise to plow the soil on slopes more deeply, then in droughty places and regions with frigid climate it is recommended to manage smaller loosening. Not to do mistakes, the beginner needs to consult surely with the good expert.