Winters in midland of Russia severe, adverse. Are frequent to thirty - and even forty-degree frosts. Closer to surface of snow cover temperature falls by several degrees below. In such conditions at fruit and stone trees the trunk and skeletal branches often freeze slightly and if snow dropped out a little, then and roots. Young trees and thermophilic grades are especially vulnerable. As a result of podmerzaniye the gardens either perish or develop extremely slowly and do not fructify. To avoid it, in the fall trees warm.
It is required to you
- Peat or sawdust, natural heater (newspapers, straw, cane, felt).
Instruction
1. Execute autumn processing of fruit-trees. The dehydrated plants freeze quicker therefore in October carry out prewinter watering of the garden, especially if the fall was droughty. Carefully dig over the earth around trunks shovel, trying not to damage roots. Do not break lumps – the glybisty soil will less be condensed during the winter and will longer keep moisture. Fill up pristvolny circles with layer of sawdust or peat. Further, if long there are no heavy snowfalls, collect snow and pour it in pristvolny circles.
2. Put newspaper sheets in several layers, envelop them trunks and skeletal branches up to the height about 2 m from the level of the soil and roll up cord. The lower part of trunks of fruit-trees can be warmed any natural materials in the winter: cane, straw, felt. Do not fix heater by metal wire as it can also become the podmerzaniye reason.
3. With the advent of steady snow cover in addition warm trees cones from snow around trunks. Do not rake up snow from pristvolny circles. At the same time you will leave peripheral root system without protection, and it will be chilled. Organize the system of snow retention on the site: scatter large branches, put boards on the opened, blown places. Plant link plants (sunflower, etc.) and do not dig out them for the winter.
4. When spring thaw begins (in midland – in the first decade of April), remove warming. If not to make it, trees can rot.