Protecting The Garden From Frost

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

Frosts for the garden often become a threat and a daunting problem. Too low temperatures can lead to loss of yield and moral damage to the summer resident. Winter is not always warm and snowy. In some seasons, there is very little rainfall, but the temperature of the soil and air is extremely low. These cases become dangerous for aboveground plants sheltered during the cold season. Many plants are damaged only from above, but sometimes damage is done to the root system. It is very difficult to predict the course of winter, and sometimes even impossible. So the only reasonable way out is additional protection of the garden from frost

In recent years, gardeners have managed to think over a large number of methods and solutions aimed at protecting crops from freezing. In some regions of the country, only the upper part of the plants located above the ground can die during frosts. In such places, the roots die only in rowan, strawberry and similar fruit crops. For the most part, their freezing occurs due to poor land. Adult plants are much less likely to be exposed to the threat of frost, because their roots are already more resistant and strong.

Young saplings with prolonged growth and development in autumn have less frost resistance. Cold snap resistance decreases with age and in adult fruiting crops. At the same time, severe frosts are not terrible for those plants that are actively developing in the first summer months and are timely prepared for the winter season. As a rule, these shrubs, vegetables and trees tolerate temperature changes well.

The structure of the soil is also important. Excessively moist and heavy soils reduce shoot development. Consequently, the frost resistance of such crops also decreases. However, on moist soil, plants are more protected from frost, since it freezes to a smaller layer. But it is important that there is no excess of water. Fruit plants on stony and podzolic soils have few products of photosynthesis. Therefore, they are classified as low-resistance. If fruit trees or shrubs have thick covers of grass in the aisles, then they will be the first to be exposed to frost. To avoid this circumstance, it is necessary to process the aisles with black steam and correctly apply fertilizers. Plants planted on deep cultivated soil tolerate frosty winters well.

The roots are frozen over in crops sown as shallow plantings in the early years of growth and development. Plants placed on hills and hills also feel good. To increase resistance to too low temperatures, it is necessary to do special vaccinations in the stem or crown of the rootstock. Too dense plantings are characterized by a special microclimate in which frosts and winds are moderate. Therefore, plants tolerate severe cold much better.

The combination of organic and mineral fertilizing components will help to increase the winter hardiness of plants. The state of the crops is noticeably improving and in the summer the fruit buds are not so loosened. Fertilizers based on the synthesis of potassium and phosphorus help well in protecting the garden from frost. But do not add nitrogen-containing products at the end of the summer season.

In the fall, you don't need to water the plants too often, as this will reduce the winter hardiness of the plants. Some summer residents increase their resistance to cold by spraying crops with solutions of certain microelements - boron, manganese, phosphorus. Plants can also be sprayed with mineral oils - for example, drug 30.

Frosts are more dangerous for too tightly cut trees, on which branches were cut down. It is best to prune in the spring when winter is over. Fruit, nut and berry bushes need to be carefully and anxiously looked after at any time of the year so that they do not suffer so much during the winter. Even at the beginning of planting, it is important to take into account the characteristics of certain varieties so that they are suitable for a particular growing region. In general, if you pay close attention to the plant throughout the year, then severe frosts will not be so dangerous, intolerable for it.