The season has ended, grapes are harvested. But work in garden is continued, it is necessary to take care of berries of the next year already now. Implementation of simple rules of leaving will help to preserve a lot of time, nerves and money.
Main works with grapes bushes in the fall:
1. Cutting;
2. Fertilizing;
3. Processing;
4. Shelter.
The sequence of points can be changed depending on circumstances.
Cutting
Autumn cutting has opponents. They consider that autumn cutting can stimulate the movement of juice, grapes will not manage to get ready for winter in time. But set of households and big farms surely cut off grapes before wintering, without negative consequences.
Cutting helps to reduce costs on means for processing from insects and fungi, facilitates process of the shelter.
Branches shorten, leaving 3 kidneys. Thin, damaged by insects cut out completely. Scraps usually burn. At addition in compost pit it is necessary to process fresh branches fungicide. The raw weight can become infection source on the site.
Important! Do not forget to process secateurs. Despite low temperature during the winter period, pathogenic fungi under the shelter quite actively breed.
Fertilizing
Surely feed up grapes. In the spring, during rapid growth of green material, the reserve of nutrients will be very opportunely.
Choose fertilizers which do not contain nitrogen. In them there has to be high amount of potassium and magnesium.
Processing
During the season large number of pathogens gathers on bark. As most of owners do not process bushes during maturing of berries, at warm and damp weather the microorganisms actively breed. Before spring processing they can get deep into plants, it will be very difficult to cure already got disease.
Use copper vitriol and other fungicides. After processing it is desirable to start the shelter that has not washed away chemicals rain at once. To cover as a last resort with not getting wet material.
Shelter
Thickness of the shelter is chosen proceeding from climatic features of the region. In the southern regions it is enough to lower rod on the earth, to cover with agrofibre, film, from above to fill up 10-15 cm of the earth, hay or other materials. In northern regions the protective layer is done more thoroughly. Height has to be at least 30 cm, is desirable more.
Important! Do not forget about protection against mice. Under film it is desirable to spread out the pickled grain. From folk remedies prokopchenny rags are most effective. They are stacked over rod, under film.
It is simple to implement these recommendations, in the fall grapes will thank you for timely leaving by abundance of the most tasty berries.