How to make planting windbreaks

Wind - is not very good effect on our sites. In winter, when little snow, the wind blows it from the site, exposing land that leads to freezing of plants, especially in cold days. Besides wind issushivaet soil around crops and contributes to soil erosion. And this must be fought.

How to deal

Windproof planted planting of plants (windbreaks). They will help to reduce wind speed, and in the same place to decorate your site. Many planting attract beneficial insects. Merits of a lot of windbreaks.

How to make a windbreak

You probably think that the problem can be solved by the erection of a high fence. But it is not out of the situation, because the obstacle does not eliminate the strong wind. Air flows overcome the height of the fence and quickly go down, causing turbulence that only complicates the problem. The best solution is to create the windbreak planting of plants, which will pass partly through the wind itself, reducing the rate of air flow. Simply make a windbreak when a large portion.

Where to begin?

It is necessary to determine the wind rose, ie, it is required to understand which side blows more often and much. And there planted bushes and trees. Wind weakens once the plants, but it gathers its strength after 8-10 windbreak height (for example, if the plant is 5 m, it is possible to protect yourself from 40-50 m).

Three-layer windbreak

Ideally, the windbreak should be a three-layer. The first layer consists of small shrubs and small trees. Second layer - high trees (pine, spruce, birch, maple, mountain ash, willow). Third layer - decorative (and any others) bushes (chubushnik, Forsythia, spiraea, etc...) Are quenched residues wind.

Thus, by making at windbreak, you protect your site from high winds.

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