FEEDING-FERTILIZER FROM WOOD CHIPS WITH YOUR HANDS How to increase soil fertility? This issue is increasingly of concern to owners of private houses and summer residents. With the disappearance of animal husbandry as a mass phenomenon, there is a shortage of organic fertilizers. After all, today not everyone dares to keep a cow or a pig. Therefore, a bunch of branches after pruning bushes or trees that are piled up can help improve the soil ...
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A GARDEN ON THE PLOT WHERE THE SOIL IS CHALK! Peasants, not knowing soil science, determine its properties and degree of fertility by the appearance of the soil. The black earth is good, and the white is infertile - this is the meaning of the sayings of the French, Spaniards, ancient Romans. And here is a German proverb that is related to gardening: "Black earth will bring a large harvest of fruit." So what, readers will say, if ...
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BROWN AND WHITE SPOT OF APPLE AND PEAR AND COCCOMYCOSIS OF CHERRY AND CHERRY We continue to acquaint readers with dangerous fungal fruit diseases and methods for their prevention and treatment. BROWN SPOT OF APPLE (PHYLLOSTICTOSIS) affects the leaves of an apple tree, less often - a pear. In early or mid-summer, rounded or angular spots appear on them, often with a dark brown rim. Unlike …
Garden and cottage - read more ... Cherry coccomycosis, apple phyllosticosis, pear septoria - symptoms and descriptionONE WATERING - AND THERE IS NO ONION FLY! My onion was suffering from onion fly. And then one day the daughter brings a recipe that was given to her by a man - apparently, an experienced gardener. She works in a pharmacy and noticed him because he kept checking the weight in grams when shopping. She asked him why he asks about weight, ...
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AUTUMN HARVESTING OF CUTTINGS From late October to early December, when the plants shed their leaves, cuttings can be harvested for winter and spring vaccinations. It is important to be in time with the procedure before severe frosts (stable sub-zero temperatures). Otherwise, the shoots from which the cuttings are prepared may freeze slightly, which will negatively affect their survival in the future. HOW TO CUT THE SHELLS Cut the cuttings (scion) well sharpened ...
Garden and cottage - read more ... Harvesting cuttings in the fall: a memo for the gardener