Before plants begin to grow intensively in spring, they must be treated with special solutions. In parks and gardens, this procedure is carried out at the very beginning of the spring period, after it is no colder than 5 degrees outside.
What gardener did not want to have a garden on his site that would differ from all the others in its extraordinary beauty. But for this it is simply necessary that the trees are not sick. In this regard, at the very beginning of spring, you need to take care of the destruction of harmful insects that have overwintered in the bark of the plant.
Most importantly, do not forget that spring spraying of the garden from pests and diseases can be carried out only if the outside temperature is at least 5 degrees.
How to prepare your garden for spring processing
Before proceeding with the direct processing of plants, it is necessary to inspect them. It happens that during wintering some of the branches freeze and die. If you find such branches, they should be carefully removed from the plant with a hacksaw. You need to remove the old bark from the surface of the trunk of an old tree, and for this you need a metal brush. However, remember that young plants should not be bark removed. The near-trunk circle of a shrub or tree must be thoroughly cleaned of foliage, since the surface of the soil also needs processing. The fact is that in the spring time, harmful insects can be in the soil, which have successfully survived the winter and are ready to start spoiling garden crops.
The first treatment should be done before the kidneys swell. The fact is that in early spring, aphid larvae, as well as caterpillars, begin to wake up. If the treatment is not carried out, then when the buds open, the awakened harmful insects will actively begin to spoil them.
How to spray trees in spring
Of course, it only depends on the gardener himself how he will ultimately process his plants. But before deciding which solution to prefer, it is necessary to conduct a thorough examination of all trees, as well as shrubs in the garden. There are many options for the solutions used to treat trees. The most safe and affordable for humans will be described below. For example:
- copper sulfate:
- inkstone;
- bordeaux mixture;
- urea.
Each of these products fights harmful insects with approximately equal success.
Features of processing at the beginning of the spring period
The first processing of horticultural crops using the above means can be carried out immediately after the snow cover has completely melted. For processing, you should choose a cloudy, as well as a calm day.
For example, you have chosen to spray trees Bordeaux liquid... First, the solution must be prepared. You will need about 150-200 g of quicklime, as well as 100 g of copper sulfate. These substances must be poured into a bucket of water and mixed thoroughly. In order for the resulting solution to stick well on the bark and not be washed off by the first rain, soap intended for washing should be added to it. At the beginning of the spring period, experts advise treating the plant with a 3% Bordeaux liquid. However, in some cases, young trees are not processed.
Urea (urea) can also be used for spraying garden crops in spring. Most often, this tool is recommended to be used only when there are a lot of harmful insects on the crop. This is usually the case when no spraying was carried out last year. This tool is able to freeze the growing process of the tree. However, this is not a disadvantage of urea. The fact is that in this case, the flowering of the tree will come a little later, when the frosts will probably have passed.
Be careful! Mixing urea with superphosphate, dolomite, chalk or lime is prohibited.
The second processing of trees is carried out using Bordeaux mixture, but this procedure must be completed before the flowers bloom. In this case, for the second treatment, you need to use a 1% solution. He may well cope with those harmful insects that survived after the first spraying.
inkstone It is also widely used in spring processing of horticultural crops. It is excellent at destroying fungi, lichens and caterpillars. This tool helps to eliminate pathogens, lichens, fungi, mosses from the surface of the bark. As a result of spraying with this substance, the bark of the tree becomes more elastic and looks much healthier.
In the event that there are mostly old trees on the garden plot, then processing should be carried out 2 times per season, namely, in spring and late autumn. It should be remembered that these mixtures not only destroy harmful insects, but also have a positive effect on the yield of garden crops.
For each individual tree, a certain volume of mortar must be used. When buying a ready-made product, you must study the attached instructions, since the required dosage must be indicated in it. It is difficult to determine to what extent an individual tree is processed.
Remember! A tree or bush must be processed on each side. And how the spraying will be carried out depends on the type of sprayer. Remember that it is imperative to process the surface of the soil near the tree, as pests can also live in it.
