Buying young seedlings best in the fall is an indisputable fact. At this time of year and the choice is greater, and the quality is noticeably better. But here's the catch: not all young varieties will be able to winter the cold winter and not die. And not always weather and land allows you to plant young seedlings in the soil. To ensure that your money has not been thrown to the wind, and you did not worry and did not get upset, we will tell you how to properly dig in the saplings for the winter.
What does it mean to "plant seedlings"?
Prikopka seedlings - is an opportunity to protect them for the long winter from unfavorable factors. For this purpose, the "youth" are specially buried in the ground, insulated and protected. All the nuances of this procedure read below.
Sapling for the winter
In autumn, in order to correctly prick the seedlings, you need to follow a simple algorithm.
1. Remove all leaves from the acquired seedlings. This is necessary in order to improve its frost resistance, and also save the seedling from loss of moisture.
2. Dig out the groove. In this case there are small subtleties:
- The groove should be on a raised platform so that there is no stagnation of water;
- depth about 40-70 cm, but not more;
- It is necessary to locate the groove from east to west;
- south slope do with a slope of 45 degrees.
3. We place our seedlings. And then there are several important rules:
- roots should look to the north, and the tops, respectively, to the south. By adhering to this, you will protect young shoots from sunburn and overheating in possible warm autumn days;
- the distances between the plants should be about 10-25 cm, in no case should they be stacked together.
4. Now proceed to the very burial. Spread on the roots 5-10 cm of land and pour well. Try to make the earth loose and shallow, otherwise inaccurate actions and large chunks can damage the entire root system. After the water has absorbed, continue to sprinkle the roots and the lower part of the trunk with earth. The height should be 15-20 cm. When throwing the earth, do not forget to compact the ground, only not brazenly kicking, just a few maneuvers with a shovel. So the earth will lie denser on the roots, and they definitely will not freeze in winter.
5. A little trick, if you are not dropping one plant species, or simply do not hope for your memory, then do not forget about the label, which should be made of plastic and buried with the saplings. The inscription is best made a marker.
6. In order to save your "kids" from rodents, put on top branches of blackberry, dog rose, raspberry or other thorny plants. Some believe that it is possible to put on top lapnik or hay, but the mouses are comfortable enough cozy mink under such cover. Therefore, learn from other people's mistakes - lapnik is not a good defense.
7. Now let's take care of the warming of the saplings for the winter. Have noticed that the nights have become colder, and the soil has frozen already see 3? It's time to warm up. Completely, to the very top branches, fill the seedlings with loose earth. Well, again, now being protected from the hares, spread around the thorny branches.
How to keep seedlings in winter?
In winter, at a distance of 2-3 meters, you need to remove snow from your cover, so that there is bare land around. With these actions you once again protect the plants from mice and other rodents who can dig their own passages under the snow. They do not need to touch the seedlings themselves, they will be under the blanket in the warmth under the snowdrift. That's all the wisdom. In winter, you do not need to do anything.
The basic subtleties of the autumn sapling of seedlings we told you. Now let me give you my friendly advice. Pits for future trees and shrubs are best digged in the fall, until the earth allows it to be done. In spring all this will be much more problematic.