Few can resist the urge to work in the garden in April, as soon as the snow melts. After a long winter, any work in the garden bring joy. But better still do not grasp it all at once, and highlight the main areas of focus.
First and foremost is cropping and inoculation, which take place before buds. Must be necessary to use a sharp instrument. Shears cut thin, up to 1 cm diameter, twigs. Thick branches easier to remove a two-handed power shears or sawing. Do not forget to use the garden var. We have a lot of good benefits for pruning – take them with you. If you are unsure whether to cut off a branch specific, it is best to leave it grow. Do not cut the spring of Actinidia, grape, maple and birch.
In cold soil micro-organisms do not work, providing the plants with nitrogen. It is therefore very useful early spring fertilization. You need only select the instant form, which with the melt water can easily reach the roots of plants. You can get ammonium nitrate or calcium or a complex fertilizer with micronutrients. It is especially important to fertilize the spring bulb flowers and shrubs.
At that time very necessary care for lawn. Grass beginning to grow with 5 degrees. Therefore, once dried up the puddles begin work. You first need to scour the fan rake the lawn to remove dead grass and “felt”, to raise the living and dry grass. On heavy soils, aerate the lawn holding a pitchfork or a special tool. After that are making a dry fertilizer lawn fertilizer for fast and healthy growth of grass.
In mid-April to mid-May the best time for planting with bare roots and transplant (division) of herbaceous perennials. Landing well better dig in advance. When planting, remember that direct contact of roots with mineral fertilizers is harmful to plants, so even moist soil need watering after planting.
Prepare a place for the May sowing. Will cover a film pricking patch, and the earth warms up better and earlier will be ready for processing. Loosened the soil crust or zamulchirovav surface, we keep the spring water. A prophylactically treating perennials from disease, will avoid many problems later.
More troubles await the owners rock gardens, roses, clematis and. Must be time to remove winter cover, remove the damaged parts of plants. Smaller plants often squeezes out the frost from the ground. They need to be transplanted or podsypat to bare roots of compost. These plants like heather, lavender, buddleya, it’s time to cut it short to save compactness.
Since gardening, remember the rule of gradually increasing exercise, keep your health!
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