2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Despite the fact that autumn still pleases with warm days, it becomes noticeable how the earth begins to breathe cold, and it is felt that the first frosts are just around the corner. To protect the garden from the approaching negative temperatures, it's time to worry about taking a number of protective measures and protecting your garden, both from the winter cold and from the invasion of the site during this period by hungry rodents
Warm in cold weather and protect from rodents
Fruit trees are afraid not only of the long cold winter months, but also a sharp unexpected short-term cold snap. This natural phenomenon causes severe damage to pets: burns, frostbites. And that's why you need to follow the weather forecast, and also be fully armed when autumn presents such a surprise.
First of all, it is necessary to protect the tree stem and root system from cold weather. The so-called hilling of trees copes well with this task. This technique is especially relevant in those regions that cannot boast of a wealth of snow cover in winter. In addition to a mound of earth, wrapping and tying tree boles with various natural heat-insulating materials will serve as a good service.
What some gardeners consider garbage for other thrifty owners turns into excellent protection during frosty days. Dry sunflower stalks, pumpkin and cucumber tops collected from the beds, straw, old newspapers, corrugated paper used for bouquets - all these are excellent materials that retain heat and at the same time allow the bark to "breathe". In addition to weather protection and uneven heating of the bark, a thick layer of such a shelter protects the tree from damage by hares, mice and other rodents.
To surely protect your garden from the visits of uninvited guests in the person of hares and other living creatures, while the owners leave the dacha unattended for a long time, it will be superfluous to make a high protective fence of the site. For this purpose, it is better to purchase a sheet of galvanized wire. A more economical option is to fence the tree trunk with a metal mesh. It needs to be dug into the ground. Also, reeds, spruce branches or roofing paper can serve as assistants in protecting the bark from sharp teeth and claws.
Cleaning tree boles before whitewashing
In late autumn, whitewashing of boles and skeletal branches of fruit trees is performed. For this, various formulations are used:
• lime;
• clay with lime;
• clay with lime and mullein.
It is important that the solution turns white after drying, otherwise there will be no scattering effect of sunlight, which protects the bark of trees from overheating and the formation of burns.
Before whitewashing, tree trunks need to be prepared. For this purpose, they are cleaned of the formed lichens, dead areas of the bark. If this is not done, such places will become a refuge for future pests, centers of accumulation and spread of pathogens.
To make the process easier, choose a cloudy day or time after rain for cleansing. In this weather, the dead tissue will better move away from the living healthy wood. To work with young trees, when cleaning the trunk, use wooden knives or just a washcloth made of straw. Old pets are wielded with wire brushes and scrapers. First of all, they work with metal scrapers. Then the remains are removed with brushes.
In order to prevent the spread of diseases and pests, before such cleaning measures, a mat is spread on the ground around the tree, and all plant residues that have fallen on it are subsequently burned. This must be done in order to destroy the parasites and their larvae lurking in the bark. After that, the bare areas are treated with garden varnish.
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