What to do in February in the orchard, garden and flower garden - mandatory and necessary work
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CALENDAR OF WORKS IN THE GARDEN, FLOWER AND THE VEGETABLE
FRUIT GARDEN IN FEBRUARY
During the month, spend winter grafting stocks cuttings. The prepared material is kept until spring in moderately moist sand (in basements or cellars). Prevent premature germination of the kidneys with an unexpected increase in temperature.
In the orchard do not forget to trap the snow around apples, pears, cherries, plums.
In February, make sure that the snow does not break the branches of trees. Under the weight of snow melted from the melting, the branches break off and split, so after heavy snowfalls they shake the snow off the branches with wooden sticks. But in order not to damage the bark of the branches with blows, the end of the stick is wrapped in foam rubber or sacking.
A thaw in the middle of winter can destroy plants. This is because heat causes plant growth, and their roots cannot find water; the plant dries and dies. In such cases, in order to preserve the plants, they are watered (feeding water into the base of the trunk, and not into the crown) until the earth freezes. During a thaw, plants will get water that has been frozen in the ground.
Throughout the month, regularly check the reliability of winter shelters of plants.
At the end of the month, the need for fertilizers and chemicals to control pests and garden pathogens is calculated.
See also: Seeding of flowers for sprouts - January-February
GARDEN IN FEBRUARY
They buy seeds for growing seedlings of vegetable and flower crops, pots, soil mixtures for sowing, as well as trace elements for soaking seeds, fertilizers for feeding seedlings.
In the middle of the month seeds of celery, okra are sown for seedlings, and at the end - eggplant, sweet pepper (mid-season varieties and hybrids), tomato (mid-season varieties for greenhouses).
From the second half of February, you can start growing radishes in boxes on the windowsill. Seeds are sown according to the scheme 5 × 5 cm. Until seedlings appear, the air temperature is maintained at + 18 ... + 20 ° C, then it is reduced to + 6 ° C for a week. With the advent of the first sheet, the temperature is increased to + 14 ... + 18 ° C.
The onion, parsley and celery on the greens continue to be forked.
Buy onion sets, while it is still fresh and strong. A very small set (diameter up to 1 cm) can be stored at any temperature, it does not go to the arrow.
Believe stored crop. Potatoes and root vegetables are sorted out, removing diseased specimens. Heads of cabbage cleaned, removing rotten leaves.
We save plastic bottles. In small flat lids, it is convenient to check the seeds for germination, and cut bottles to cover seedlings in early spring.
FLOWER IN FEBRUARY
On the seedlings are sown seeds of tuberous and always flowering begonias, balsam and petunias.
Pelargonium cherencium. Each stalk must have a 2 - 3 interstitial and 3 - 4 leaf. Cut off the cuttings for an hour, dried, and then planted in a special peat ground. There is another option for rooting - cuttings put in the water, which add a tablet of activated carbon. Through 2 - 3 weeks, after the appearance of the roots, the cuttings are planted in pots of soil.
In the decorative garden watching conifers. All young Thuis must be protected from sunburn with burlap.
Put on the distillation of tulips. Rooted bulbs put in a bright place, watered regularly.
Do not forget to inspect the planting material stored in the basements - rhizomes of perennials, gladiolus corms, cannes, dahlia. The rotten parts are necessarily sprinkled with crushed coal and copper oxychloride ("Chom").
In February, the upper parts of covering structures built over rhododendrons, roses, tree peonies and other heat-loving shrubs are shown from under the snow. They need to be covered with a layer of snow, throwing them from the tracks.
At the end of the month, Korean chrysanthemums are exhibited on the window sills. After 2 weeks, as soon as young shoots start to appear, it will be possible to cut the plants.
At the same time, dahlias are beginning to prepare for cutting. Tubers taken out of storage and inspect. If, during storage, they are slightly worn, they are laid out on a damp cloth (it is good to use ordinary sackcloth), sprayed with water and covered with a film. Spraying is repeated every 2 - 3 of the day. After about 2 - 2,5 weeks, the tubers will look healthy, they will have small sprouts.
Do not forget!
- to spend winter grafting of rootstocks by cuttings to warm the snow around fruit trees, berry and ornamental shrubs, perennial and bulbous plants in a flower garden
- sow seedlings of tomato, eggplant and pepper, as well as begonias, balsam and petunias
- check the stored crop and planting material to cut and root cuttings from the mother bushes of the Korean chrysanthemum
See also: February in the garden - what can and should be done
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