Humus — very effective remedy for improvement of structure of the soil and increase in its fertility. Besides, the soil containing humus detains moisture much longer, thereby helping cultural plants to transfer drought and frost. It can make this fine means independently quite to gardeners and gardeners especially as material for its production always is near at hand.
It is required to you
- - the fallen-down foliage;
- - rake;
- - 4 wooden pegs;
- - metal gauze.
Instruction
1. Begin preparation of humus in the fall. At this particular time in gardens or in neighboring territories huge amount of material for its production — fallen leaves from trees and bushes. It is possible to bring together them with the help grabel in any weather as solar, and rainy. And wet foliage is exposed to decomposition quicker.
2. For preparation of humus it is possible to use the most various foliage. However at different types — different terms of decomposition. So leaves of deciduous trees (birch, oak, maple, etc.) turn into humus pretty fast, in only one year.
3. Recently it became fashionable to decorate garden with coniferous and evergreen plants (box, yew, privet, rhododendron, different types of juniper and many others). Their foliage and needles can also be used for preparation of sheet humus, but it will longer decay, up to two-three years. To accelerate process, it is recommended to be crushed in Schröder or the lawn-mower.
4. Make special design. Mark square with the parties of 1 m. Thrust in each corner on one wooden peg. Fit them the metal gauze. Also instead it is possible to use any plastic container or plastic bags for garbage.
5. Lay collected foliage in capacity and densely stamp, from above water. The container should be held opened that foliage was humidified with rains.
6. Further it is necessary only to wait for result. To fall of next year excellent young sheet humus which can be used as mulch will turn out, having scattered around fruit-trees and bushes, or prikopav to the soil around plants.
7. In 2-3 years from foliage the so-called kept humus turns out. It is dark friable substrate which perfectly is suitable for cultivation of seedling. If to mix it with compost and sand, then it will turn out pochvosmes for houseplants.