How To Use The Christmas Tree After The New Year Holidays

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

The New Year and Christmas holidays are noisy. But how can you not want to part with the forest beauty! For several weeks, the Christmas tree with its sparkling decoration delighted the family and gave a good mood! And after that, the hand does not rise to throw away its old tree. And you know what - it's not necessary at all! Even after the New Year's celebrations, pines and Christmas trees can still be useful both in everyday life and on the farm. And now you will find out how

With a light movement … the tree turns into a stick for the garden

First of all, the Christmas tree will need to be "disassembled" into parts. It will be necessary to saw off all branches from the trunk. Now the trunk can serve as an excellent support in the garden.

It can be used:

• for the installation of trellises in the vineyard;

• as a support for plants that require support - tall tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, peas, pumpkins and the like;

• as a decorative element for climbing flowering plants - clematis, decorative peas, morning glory.

Every summer resident knows that there are never enough strong sticks in the garden! Again, thinner twigs are useful for garters of raspberries and blackberries where needed. And the former herringbone will also serve as a support for the branches of fruit trees.

Spruce spruce blanket

We figured out where to apply the trunk and thick branches. Now let's see why you can use smaller branches.

First of all, spruce branches are an irreplaceable material for those who grow garden strawberries on their land. In winter, this is the best way to hide your strawberry beds. The fact is that spruce branches have a unique ability to let air through, but at the same time retain the snow that has fallen. Therefore, in frosts, strawberries will not freeze, and during a thaw they will not dry out. In addition, the spruce paws do not crumble, and during the thaw period, they do not crumble.

In addition to protection from frost, this spruce branches also serve as a barrier for the ubiquitous rodents who are just waiting for us to relax our guard and arrange a feast at our expense.

Every needle will go

Even if the tree has already begun to crumble, it will still come in handy. After all, coniferous litter is also a valuable material for a summer resident. How can he help us? Let's try to list at least some of the main beneficial qualities of this plant material.

Experienced owners carefully collect fallen spruce and pine needles in a bag. It is useful in the garden and in the garden as mulch. The soil under it remains loose for longer, and the weeds, on the contrary, grow less. Such a spruce blanket is very beneficial in that it allows moisture to pass through and helps to retain it in the soil. At the same time, the needles themselves do not get wet and are not saturated with water. Therefore, you can not be afraid that mold will start in the mulch. In addition, the needles contain phytoncides, which serve as a prophylaxis for the development of bacteria and the occurrence of diseases. Another plus is that this mulch will last much longer than cut grass or fallen leaves.

But it is important to know and remember that coniferous mulch is not suitable for every plant. The needles tend to increase the acidity of the soil. Therefore, it would be wise to use it only for mulching the soil under those pets that "like" an acidic environment. These are azalea, hydrangea, honeysuckle. Will come in handy near blueberries and strawberries.

The fact that spruce needles are rich in phytoncides is used by gardeners to fight diseases and pests in various ways. In particular, you can independently prepare an infusion from needles to combat diseases and pests. To do this, you will need 5 liters of hot water for a pound of spruce needles. The needles are steamed with boiling water and allowed to brew. 30 g of crushed laundry soap is added to the cold infusion. This remedy helps repel the cruciferous flea beetle. To do this, they are sprayed with lettuce, radish, cabbage, radish, rutabaga.

Coniferous smoke helps in the prevention and fight against fungal and bacterial infections in cellars and basements. For this, needles are mixed with sawdust in a bucket. The contents of the vessel are set on fire. But so that the needles do not burn, but smolder and smoke. Then the potatoes are fumigated for about 30 minutes, thanks to which they are better and longer stored.

And the needles can also be used as plant nutrition. To do this, take a half-liter jar of ash for 1 kg of needles. Add 10 liters of water and put on fire until boiling. After that, the broth must be filtered. When the product has cooled down, it is used as a fertilizer by spraying.