The beginning of April not always pleases with surroundings: somewhere else still snow can lie, and the frosts which are not promoting warming up of the soil at all are frequent at night. However every day the day becomes longer, and the sun rises above and above, therefore – time for spring country works has come.
At the beginning of April of gardeners waits for a lot of work. It is necessary to manage to carry out cutting of trees and bushes, airing of winter shelters, to protect plants from solar burn, to seed seedling, to flirt behind perennials and lawn.
Cutting of trees in the spring
The krone of fruit-trees and bushes needs to be cut off during the period between thawing of snow and the moment of swelling of kidneys. Some gardeners underestimate spring cutting. Actually, this very important issue. Thanks to banal cutting it is possible to increase quality of fruits and productivity of trees and also to adjust their growth.
Extent of cutting depends on age of trees and bushes. The important value has also frequency of cutting. If you resorted to it from time to time, then it is necessary to tinker fairly.
Airing
Airing of the hydrangeas covered for the winter, roses, rhododendrons and other thermophilic plants, it is necessary to begin with the middle or the end of March. Everything depends on weather conditions. For airing it is necessary to choose sunny days with above-zero temperatures. The covering which protects landings needs to be raised at first gradually and only over time to increase access of fresh air. The covered landings have to get used to new temperature condition that they had no stress gradually.
Protection against solar burns and frosts
At the beginning of spring for plants the risk of receiving solar burns is high. Especially it concerns hvoynik. Their burns, as a rule, develop only on open part of krone which is turned to the sun and is barefaced snow. After burn the needles ryzhet, often occupying the most part of krone. That it did not happen, you are not lazy to throw up snow from paths on the bared part of the Alpine hill. High hvoynik who cannot be thrown snow the fir-tree fir twigs will approach. It needs to be recorded on plant tiers from below up.
Care for lawn in the spring
To start March the alternation of frosts and thaw is typical. Such weather patterns is dangerous to lawns. The snow which has melted in the sun with arrival of night frosts easily becomes covered by ice crust which complicates access of air to lawn. For the reason that snow completely has not thawed, on lawn there can be impartial bald spots. That it has not occurred, break ice crust in process of its emergence.
Care for perennials in the spring
Special attention to perennials needs to be paid when snow completely descends. It is necessary to remove the died-off escapes and leaves from landings. Also it is necessary to carry out on regular basis prevention on fight against diseases and wreckers of perennials.
Crops of seedling
Crops of seedling – one more important business for the summer resident in the early spring. Great time for crops of many annual plants is the third decade of March. Keep in mind that soil for seedling can have different structure, but it surely has to be fresh, that is earlier not used for cultivation of plants. It is not necessary to fry thoroughly and overincandesce the soil as this process kills also elements necessary to seedling. To all other, it destroys structure of the soil.