Since ancient times, our ancestors used sideration to loosen and enrich the soil with useful trace elements. Nowadays, planting ciderats for the garden as in the spring, before planting the main crop, and in the autumn, after harvesting.
When is it better to plant the siderates?
But is it possible to sow siderates in the spring? Will it not harm the following crops that are planned to be planted after them? It's all about properly picked plants and their timely harvesting with subsequent embedding in the soil. In the spring period, as soon as the earth thaws, it is necessary to sow cold-resistant siderates, which are not afraid of spring temperature changes. These include mustard, winter and spring rape, rye, oats, phacelia .
These plants, in contrast to legume syderates, accumulate nitrogen in large quantities in green mass, and after its embedding in the ground they give nutrients to the ground. It is important to mow the greenery in time and dig through the area before the plants zakolosyatsya.
A good option is to mow two-week plants that have a thin and tender stem, which quickly decomposes in the soil, turning into compost. After the site with the siderates is dug, you can start growing any vegetable crops - potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants and other plants, which are usually planted in the soil in May-June.
Which siderates should be planted in the spring?
When spring planting in the previously treated loose ground, you can plant oil crops - radish, rapeseed. In addition to the beneficial effect on the soil of the root system, they drive pests out of the soil - nematodes.
It is very popular for sowing as mustard in spring mustard, which heals the soil and expels the wireworm from it. And from the disease of cultures with verticile will save planting in the spring of marigolds or a pharmacy calendula.
Cedar planting in the spring is simple enough and does not require special skills, the main thing is that the soil is dug up from autumn. Sow the seeds to a shallow depth in the thawed soil and seal with rakes. Due to the large amount of moisture in the land, crops do not need additional irrigation.
In the greenhouse, the same siderates are sown in the spring as in the open ground, but this practice is rather unpopular, because in early spring the place should be already free, and therefore it is more expedient to make a podzimnius sowing.
Such siderates as legumes (peas, vetch, seradella, alfalfa) are desirable to sow either in summer or under winter, after harvesting the main crop. After all, they are afraid of spring frosts and may die. In addition, these plants are grown more for building up green mass, which is then used for mulching and foraging livestock, and this takes time, which is not in spring, when it's time to plant new crops.
Spring siderates perfectly loosen the soil with their root system, and accordingly, make it more breathable and absorb moisture well. This is exactly what is required for cultivated plants for normal growth and a large yield.
When embedding in the soil green mass, which is not yet coarsened, its rapid release from useful
If you find that the land in the suburban or infield area has become stony and whitish, this means that the plants cultivated here for years have taken all the nutrients from the soil, and the rains and watering have supplemented it, washing out the valuable components from the soil and simultaneously forming calcareous and salt deposits on the surface.
All this in combination leads to a significant reduction in soil fertility and poor harvest. And the use of siderates as a spring fertilizer in the first season will increase the yield on the site.