The crop is reaped, fallen leaves are removed, and it is possible to wait quietly for spring and new works in garden. But there is one more important issue - it is preparation of trees for winter.
It is unknown what weather waits for us in winter months therefore it is necessary to make secure and secure trees against freezing.
Artful enemy of plants along with frost and wind are insects wreckers. Their larvae can hide on trees all winter, staying in anabiosis, and to do harm only to the woken-up and weak plant in already early spring. Therefore it is very important to examine bark and branches of trees on availability of larvae and cocoons of parasites.
For protection of roots against frosts garden shovels and mulching will be put to use. Mulching call process of covering of the soil various material for the purpose of protection against cold and other external influences. This material or mulch without fail has to be organic and allow air and moisture into the soil. Gardeners generally use compost, straw, sawdust, peat. Before mulching the earth around trees needs to be dug over – the loosened soil not so strongly gives in to cold. After to put mulch layer, approximately the 10-20th thickness. Pay attention that these procedures are carried out before frosts. There is it that strong winter wind can blow snow from garden, leaving the earth naked. The naked soil will not be able to protect roots of trees from podmerzaniye. To avoid similar situation, it is necessary to buy garden stock which will protect garden from snow blowing. It can be snegozaderzhivayushchy boards which place around trees and they interfere with reduction of level of snow cover.
Having taken care of roots, we will pay attention to branches and trunk of plants. Young trees can suffer from strong blizzard, break from large amount of snow on branches or when frosting. The rope which needs to connect krone together will help to keep them. At heavy snowfalls not superfluous will periodically shake snow that branches did not bend from trees. Every year in the city we observe whitewashing of bark of trees. It is considered that such measure ruins wreckers. Unfortunately, the advantage of whitewashing at the end of April — the beginning of May is exaggerated. Its main goal is protection of tree against the sun. Autumn whitewashing in this case will be more effective because it will be able to protect bark from solar burns in February and March.
Meets many amateur gardeners and professional agronomists who are opponents of whitewashing. As alternative they suggest to wind bark and skeletal branches with white paper, tying up it cord.