Any summer resident will tell you, when we are preparing for the winter, we take three main steps: we cultivate the soil around the planting of fruit trees, take care of the warming of plants and shrubs, and also prevent the appearance of rodents. It is the description of these three points of successful preparation of fruit trees and shrubs for winter you will find below.
How to prepare trees and shrubs for the winter?
So, we start preparing the garden for wintering and our main task is to ensure its safety and fructification in the next season. And therefore we strictly follow the advice of gardeners:
- Before we begin to prepare the trees and shrubs for the winter, let's tackle the soil. The main problem is that arid summer and early autumn can cause the roots to freeze in winter. And this can happen even if the winter is mild. Rescue the state of watering, but moderate and infrequent. Humus and nitrogen additives will help enrich the composition of the soil, but clearly follow the recommended norms for its soil, so as not to get the opposite effect.
- The second and main stage is the warming of trees and shrubs for the winter. Here it is important to understand that shelter will be needed not only for plants with weak resistance to cold, but also for everyone after the image and abundant harvest. The highest degree of successful wintering with shelters such as lutrasil and coconut mats. They perfectly retain heat inside the cocoon after wrapping a tree or a bush. To prepare for the winter with snowless forecasts and frosts for fruit trees and shrubs, it is recommended to hackle with peat and lapnik, shelter by boxes or slate. Fruit trees
will require more attention, namely, soil preparation. In the area near the trunk, a lot of dry ground is applied, then they are covered with peat or sawdust, and humus and leaves are suitable. - As we prepare our site for winter, do not forget about our enemies, for fruit trees, we usually talk about rodents, and this also applies to shrubs. For areas with a lot of precipitation and a high layer of snow, this is a typical problem: the rodent just moves under a snow to a tree or a bush and simply gnaws its bark. Protect the bark can be with the help of a special industrial product in the form of a mesh or non-woven material, more cheap way - juniper or spruce. After wrapping the barrel with these materials, you need to pour in the earth and then walk around the site looking for branches and straw that are aimlessly lying around and can become a home for pests .