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Important things which you can do in the garden during the cold season Check cellar Particular attention should be paid to ventilation With insufficient air circulation in the basement, the humidity level will increase, due to which harmful microorganisms will multiply and the process of rotting the crop will accelerate It is also necessary to check vegetables and fruit for rot and get rid of spoiled ones, otherwise they will stimulate rotting of the whole crop... Tree inspection In winter, UV rays are a strong threat to trees. The best defense is whitewashing. If you did not do this in November, be sure to do it in the winter. It is also necessary to immediately get rid of dried fruit, as they are carriers of various diseases Berry pruning The purpose of winter pruning is the formation of shrubs and trees If it is not produced, then plants weighed by old branches bear less fruit. Usually a similar procedure is performed at the end of winter. In winter, crop seeds (pears and apples), barberry shrubs and certain types of stone fruits (plums and cherries) are cut. Snow accumulation Snow deficiency affects all garden plants, trees and shrubs. A set of measures helps to deal with this problem. It is necessary to begin to accumulate snow before the onset of severe frosts. It is advisable to do this at a temperature of about 0C, then the scattering of snow will give the maximum result. Take off old bark In winter, trees can often meet damaged bark, which indicates a pest that has settled in it. In this case, it must be cleaned and washed the treated area with a solution of copper sulfate (3%). Rodent To provide plants with protection against rodents, a number of measures must be taken. First of all, trees are covered with spanbond, spruce branches, elastic ribbon, nylon tights and other materials. In addition, they resort to additional means: lay out the bait poisons and all kinds of mixtures with a specific smell. Caring for the garden in winter will help the crops growing in it survive this time painlessly and be in good condition with the onset of spring. All this will positively affect the yield in the next season

Garden maintenance in winter Pay the main attention to the snow cover, which, on the one hand, is the most reliable covering material, and on the other, can cause damage and even death of plants! Snow accumulates on the crowns of trees. Subsequent thaw or cooling, in the absence of strong winds, leads to compaction of snowballs. Under their weight, tree branches can be strongly deformed and even break Also, pay attention to the accumulation of snow on the standard tree...s (weeping grafted forms), evergreen shrubs (mahonia, holly, rhododendrons). Immediately after the snowfall, go around all the landings and, with careful pole blows on the branches, discard the compacted snowballs, destroying the packed snow inside the crown Heat the planting at a distance of 50-60 cm from the trunk. This will block the moves of mice and water rats around the trunks of trees and shrubs Perform this procedure three to four times during the winter If you manually remove the snow around the house and from the roofs, pay attention to the snowdrifts collected in this way, they are very compacted. If thaws and frosts alternate, ice crusts form in the thickness of an already dense snowdrift. Plants under this dense ice cover are deprived of natural ventilation and very often are frozen in the thaw, after which they disappear Thus, the formed snowdrifts must be scattered in a timely manner, not allowing their compaction. Do not throw heavy plates of snow, icicles and chunks of ice onto snow It is unacceptable to use salt and anti-icing reagents in the garden, as this leads to severe salinization of the soil and death of plants Sanding along paths leads to clogging of adjacent lawns and flower beds. Such a snow-sand mixture should be collected separately and transported At the end of winter, trees and shrubs should be cut All large sections should be treated with garden varnish or paint. Small can be left without processing

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