Autumn is a "hot season" for gardeners-gardeners, because with the beginning of the cold season it is necessary to have time not only to harvest and store it, but also to prepare the site for wintering, which is the key to a good harvest in the new season. What autumn works are envisaged in the garden and vegetable garden in this period - in this article.
Autumn work at the dacha in September
During this period the horticultural gardener removes weeds, dry grass, foliage and fallen fruit, which attracts many pests to the site. It is in the first month of autumn that perennials begin to be cut and transplanted, including bulbous plants, rooted bushes, coniferous and deciduous trees. The soil near them must be loosened. If you need to cut old branches, add fertilizing and hilling, strawberry and strawberry leaves pruned, and organic fertilizers are introduced into the soil. They actively collect the harvest in the garden - they dig up potatoes, carrots, beets, and by the end of the month they will sip pumpkin, zucchini and cabbage.
Right now, vacationers are thinking about fertilizing the soil, choosing for themselves the most acceptable option. Experienced gardeners do not neglect the whitewashing of the garden during this period, as well as mowing lawns, catching and destroying pests.
Works in October
As soon as the foliage from the adult fruit trees completely fades, they begin to transplant the adult trees. This is the ideal time for planting trees and shrubs with an open root system, and the owners of their country houses continue to form the crowns of trees and bushes to the frosts. Gladiolus , dahlias and begonias dig out for the winter, and tulips, on the contrary, take root. Plant annual plants, flowerbeds are prepared for wintering, destroying weeds, loosening and leveling the surface layer. Carefully poured soil is watered and insulated with grass, manure and dry leaves.
Autumn work on the beds provides for cutting green shoots of lettuce and wrapping it with suitable non-woven material. Leeks are covered with a layer of compost or sawdust. Collect and destroy the tops, and at the end of the month you can already plant dill, spinach, radish and salad. As soon as the whole crop is harvested, the garden is dug up, but it is very important not to break large clumps of earth so that all the larvae of pests that winter there die. Increase the protection of the soil and provide a better warming in the spring can be by using the shelter ridge polyethylene black.
Works in November
Autumn work in the garden and country site this month completes the season. Young cuttings of fruit trees and berry bushes are taken for storage, and if on the bare branches of trees the ringed and unpaired silkworms have reduced their nests, they should be destroyed. In November, sanitary pruning of diseased trees is carried out, the trunks are whitewashed and the skeletons of the skeletal branches and stems are trimmed with fir paws, cherry and plum branches. Help raspberries survive the frosty winter can, if you connect the shoots with each other and bend to the ground. To protect the trees from hares and other rodents, trunks at the base are wrapped around an old newspaper, a layer of roofing material is laid on top of it, then an oilcloth or dense cloth is put on the wall, and then the construction is sprinkled with earth.
This month, planted hawthorn, mountain ash and viburnum. The prepared place is fertilized and watered. The remaining wintering vegetables are covered with peat, humus, or fallen leaves. Continue to plant cold-resistant crops - onions, lettuce, parsley, Peking cabbage, etc. Prepare seeds for the next season, like mineral fertilizers. Perennial plants and flowers are cut off.