Yellow leaves: litter can be burnt, but it is better to use

Many gardeners burn leaves in the fall to make the garden from the litter. But there are a lot more rational decisions, how to deal with the natural material

Experienced gardeners share best way to use the leaves.

Cottagers and gardeners often gather fallen leaves and burn them, clearing the land. Our regular reader turned to the editor with this question:

"I recently bought a country house with a garden on the site. Autumn trees dropped leaves that I have burnt in makeshift furnaces. Learned from a neighbor to testify that it is possible to use this natural material is more rational. I want to find out the opinion of experienced gardeners about whether to remove the leaves from the site. If so, what with them to do the best. "

We have read the advice of experienced gardeners and cottagers, and produced some of the best solutions for owners of country houses. After considering the options, you will make conclusions for themselves about the feasibility of harvesting the leaves and their further use.

Content

• Why not remove the leaves
• Why, then, leaves the wiring?
• composting
• aerobic composting
• rapid fermentation
• anaerobic composting
• Soil for indoor plants and seedlings
• Making mulch
• Creating shelters for perennials for winter
• warm beds
• high beds
• lawn fertilizer
• Home decorations

Why not remove the leaves

Among the summer residents are those who advise to remove the leaves, and those who strongly recommends to clean the garden from the litter. Therefore it is better to consider the arguments in favor of both solutions.

So, vacationers, who do not clean up the foliage argument is the fact that in the wild litter nobody cleans. It accumulates on the soil surface over the years, forming a feeder layer for the proper development of the trees. Flooring has several functions:

• warms and protects the roots of the plants in the winter;
• loose mat passes to the air roots absorbs water, it gradually giving trees;
• during snowmelt land that does not freeze in winter because of the flooring, absorbs moisture;
• It does not allow moisture to evaporate quickly from the soil, preventing the appearance of soil erosion and crust;
• natural material peregnivaya become a valuable fertilizer, which reproduce well earthworms.

If you leave litter on the ground, after a few years the soil becomes here a dark, loose and wet. There will be a lot of nutrients needed for proper development of the trees. This fertilizer has nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, as well as calcium and other useful minerals.

Leaving a layer of leaves on the ground in the garden, you increase the chances of getting a fertile soil, capable of give the trees necessary for their proper development.

Why, then, leaves the wiring?

But not all gardeners leave the foliage at their summer cottage. In most cases, the litter must be removed, because the garden grow no wild centuries-old trees, and cultivated species. They can be quite moody, negative response to any adverse factors.

live not only earthworms in fallen leaves. Some insect pests also do not mind to get a winter in this medium. It can be caterpillars and weevils, aphids and other dangerous for the species. Among the hazardous ailments affecting natural material is called cherry leaf spot, powdery mildew, scab. If the garden is plagued by parasites and pathogens, it is sure to burn the leaves. Use them for any other purpose is not allowed. Even after processing the material will lead to re-infection of the garden.

If the garden has paths, lawns, with them, too, need to clean up the litter. Otherwise, the site will look like running. There carpet of leaves looks untidy. On the lawn litter plants closes access to light and air. This has a negative impact on the state of the grass. Just a few days spectacular lawn becomes yellow, and in some places appear prolysiny.

Some gardeners even burn the healthy leaves. But according to many summer residents, it is irrational. There are many ways to correctly apply a healthy foliage to improve the appearance of the garden species at their summer cottage.

composting

If the station healthy leaves, do not rush to burn them! Of them received an excellent fertilizer. It is necessary to prepare properly. To do this, make some compost pits in the area. Harvested material can be stored in bags, boxes or other suitable containers. It uses several different methods of composting:

• rapid aerobic fermentation;
• slow aerobic composting (the composition of a higher quality);
• creating compost anaerobically.

If the leaves are sick, they are burned. To be safe, if the litter seems healthy, it is necessary to process bio-insecticides and Chemical fertilizers. To this end, suitable drugs such as EM-1. Not only do they perform antiseptic treatment of soil, but will also contribute to the recycling of organic matter into humus.

Pits or containers for leaves should not be very large. But they definitely add plants from the area. It may be shoots of fruit plants, tops without root, and so on. D.

aerobic composting

Require to prepare the base of the branches, poles, shoots, the remaining of the spring pruning. This kind of the drainage layer which can be subsequently poddevat forks, increasing air flow to rot plant residues. This will speed up the fermentation process.

On prepared poured drainage layer young weeds. It is necessary to expand the harvested material. Can be laid on top of grass clippings from the lawn or other light vegetable waste. The layer thickness must not exceed 20 cm. Top poured ground. She watered the selected EM preparation. It is possible to fill several layers in the same sequence. Two months later, the workpiece can be transferred to the garden.

rapid fermentation

If you wait two months, there is no way you can make a rapid fermentation. It lasts just three days. This method allows you to quickly recycle fallen leaves. It is necessary to prepare a layer of drainage, leaves, grass, foliage and other plant components. Top, too, poured soil.

Before processing bioinsecticide layer need to pour hot water (temperature below 85 ° C). The preform is left for 5-6 hours, followed by the addition of EM-1, or other similar structure. Bunch povoroshit need a bit of a rake.

After 3 days immature compost is again treated with a solution, and then transferred to a bed. Garden dug leaving the preform in the ground. In September-October, he peregniet directly on beds. This spring the soil is light, full of nutrients. Rake land freed from the dense cover to start sowing.

anaerobic composting

This method involves the process of digestion in a specially prepared pit. Laid on the bottom layer of weeds and haulm. Then lay autumn leaves. Between them you need to pour the ground about 5 cm. Each layer should be slightly moist. To do this, they poured a little water.

After this layer is impregnated with EM-1. access of oxygen to organics locked, for which the layers tightly ram. The temperature in the well should be 27 +... + 29 ° C. If the temperature rises above 30 ° C, the content is wetted with water.

The preform is covered with polyethylene, sprinkled his grass bed. The fermentation process takes 4 to 6 months. Immature compost in a month, you can add to the soil. Earth will be more difficult to handle. The advantage is to keep the workpiece immature many nutrients. In such circumstances, the anaerobic microflora actively develops. Organic residues, lying deep in the ground, deprived of air. Anaerobic bacteria are better process plant components into humus.

Soil for indoor plants and seedlings

In addition to preparing the nutrient substrate for the beds, the leaves can be used for other purposes. Of them can make the soil for seedlings or soil for houseplants. Healthy leaves ram in a large plastic bag. This also put the weeds without seeds and roots, tops.

Package must be pierced in several places. During the fermentation the contents are periodically shaken. Inside should be moist, but not too much. Digestion process to take several months. When plant components turn into a substrate used for mass planting flowers and seedlings.

This primer has good friability and low acidity (pH about 5-6). It is an ideal material for the cultivation of begonias, cyclamen and other flowers with a delicate root system.

Making mulch

Of fallen leaves make excellent mulch. For this collection with neplodovyh trees and shrubs laid out on beds. From litter fruit trees do better compost. The advantage of this technique is to inhibit the growth of weeds. From the soil will not leach minerals beneficial to plants during the rainy season. Spring mulch or collect a rake, or buried in the soil.

Creating shelters for perennials for winter

Roses and chrysanthemums, and other perennial plants, you can hide from the winter cold fallen leaves. Almost all bulbous plants need an additional layer of natural insulation. Otherwise, they can not survive the winter. If the top of the plant put a layer of leaves, they bloom more quickly in the spring. But with the onset of heat is necessary not to forget to remove such "blanket". Otherwise, the plants may rot.

warm beds

In the spring of the first shoots in the garden can be observed earlier if autumn cover them with dry fallen leaves. To do this, you must first make a trench. The soil is left near the whole winter. In prepared deepening fill a prepared material. It spread dry grass mown, the tops and other crop residues.

Trenches need to pour water on the street if established, dry weather. Spring crop residues settle. They need to pour the ground, left near the beds. Top landing sites are covered with nonwoven material. This will allow the soil to warm up faster.

high beds

Another way of using fallen leaves healthy is to create high beds. It is necessary to put in place the trenches shields out of boards. In such containers poured leaves and other vegetation on top. They were watered and allowed to spring. During the winter, the plant material perepreet. In the spring, the ground floor will allow quicker warm up.

lawn fertilizer

When install the dry weather and good all the foliage is dry treat the surface of the lawn. For this purpose, the mower is necessary to remove the basket. Izmelchatsya leaves, allowing the grass to get enough air. They quickly penetrate into the ground, making it easier, more nutritious. If the pieces are too large, lawn quality noticeably worse.

Home decorations

the original form of the beautiful leaves can make beautiful bouquets, wreaths. They are used to create interesting crafts.

This work is fun to perform with the children. Garnish compositions may be other natural materials.

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