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  1. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    Most bacteria and fungi in the cold season cease vital functions. But there are some that activate at a temperature of about 0 °. First of all, we are talking about different types of snow mold.

    The main variety - Fusarium snow mold - is caused by the fungus Fusarium nivale. But there are scorpocial, pink, gray and other forms that differ in the type of pathogen, the area of ​​distribution.
    The most active snow molds in late autumn and early spring, under wet snow. For the prevention of wintering plants, especially roses, before the shelter is treated with fungicides, dust ash. The thaw of the shelter is aired.
    Lawns and creepers perennials from the autumn fed potassium-phosphorus fertilizers. Before wintering, the green cover is combed by rakes, removing the dead grass, the tangled "felt".

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  2. Timur. Voronezh

    No matter how much he experimented with grape varieties that supposedly do not need shelter for the winter, he was convinced that it was still necessary to cover the vine.
    But under a roofing felt or a film, grapes can vypret, under the shelter often mice are taken away and spoil the grapes. I solved the problem with the help of lime.

    I cut off the grapes, tie them and peg them to the ground.

    Then I dilute the lime in water to the consistency of liquid sour cream and lavishly apply the mixture to the vine with an old broom or a large brush. I let the lime dry for several hours and cover it with a layer of earth of about 30 cm. Under this shelter, the vine does not freeze, does not bark, mice do not bite it. In the spring I clean the ground, open the vine and shake it lightly - most of the lime is crumbled. That which did not fall off, I remove with a brush.

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