How do you use sawdust in your garden and vegetable garden? I tell you where I use them and what effect they give

Not so long ago, I began to use sawdust in my summer cottage, although I had previously heard about their properties. But a neighbor in the garden tried to use them more than once and he did not like the result.

Other gardeners were delighted with the sawdust. I decided to try it. It turns out that everything is not so simple: you scattered sawdust and wait for the harvest.

To be useful, you need to use them correctly. Now I will share my little secrets.

How I use sawdust for trees and shrubs

I would like to tell all fans of gardens and vegetable gardens right away. I never use fresh sawdust, it is necessary that they "ferment" a little, for which I mix them with ash (it extinguishes acidity), add a little dry manure, put it in a large wooden box, water it regularly and I mix. Fresh sawdust oxidizes the soil and takes useful elements from it.

I use the resulting mixture for mulching the soil around trees and shrubs, and for fertilizing them. What are the advantages I get:

· The moisture under the plants lasts longer;

· Rotting, sawdust and manure are an excellent fertilizer for fruit trees and shrubs;

· The top layer of soil under the mulch remains not only wet for a long time, but also loose, does not dry out and does not turn into a crust. The plant roots get the moisture they need.

I use the same method in relation to gooseberries and currants: their roots are located close to the ground, some are bare, and sawdust protects well in summer from heat, in winter - from frost.

I cover raspberries with a thick layer of rotted sawdust, about 15 -20 centimeters, and pour on top with a solution of urea, part of which goes into the soil immediately, and the other remains in the sawdust.

During watering or rain, the fertilizer remaining in the sawdust again penetrates to the plant roots and nourishes them.

Sawdust for vegetables

I pour the rotten sawdust into a thin layer under the strawberry bushes, especially in a rainy summer, when the berries begin to rot when they come into contact with the ground.

After harvesting, the sawdust completely goes into the soil, since the natural decay process is enhanced by the work of earthworms. The soil under the strawberries becomes loose.

Last year I tried to grow "quick" potatoes. I took 20 potatoes, sprouted them a little, then put them in a box, where I had previously poured a layer of rotten sawdust and poured water over it.

Sprinkled on top with another layer. She covered the box with polyethylene and put it in the corridor, periodically watered it.

When the sprouts became about 8 cm in height, I transplanted the potatoes into the holes, covered them with earth. They ate potatoes earlier than all neighbors - gardeners.