November in the orchard

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WE COMPLETE PLANTING AND REFLECTING TREESTrees planted in the fall do well, as long as they are planted relatively early. At the beginning of November, we should finish replanting older trees and planting new trees and shrubs.

WE PROTECT TREES AGAINST FROSTIn November, we start protecting more sensitive fruit plants from frost. We can use organic materials, remembering about systematic control in winter due to the possibility of rodents nesting.

WE USE BREATH PROTECTIVE NETSFreshly planted trees like to be nibbled in winter by hares and rodents.The root collar of trees close to the soil is most often gnawed. Plastic nets are used to protect the trunks, which you can buy or make yourself and wrap the trunk of the tree.

LEAVING THE SOIL UNDER TREESLate autumn is a good time to liming the soil under trees and shrubs. By spring, the lime will dissolve and, together with the water from the melted snow, it will reach the plant root system.

PEACHThe species that freezes relatively most often is the peach. A drop in temperature below -25 ° C destroys most flower buds, and sometimes even entire trees. The easiest way to protect sensitive peach trees is to make a small mound of earth around the trunk. The mound should cover the base of the trunk to a height of about 30 cm. The soil is quite a good insulator and even if the above-ground part is cold during the extremely cold and snowless winter, he althy sleeping buds will remain underground.In spring, you can cut off the entire damaged part, and new shoots will quickly grow from the covered part, and a new peach crown will be formed within a year. Another way to protect plants that are less resistant to negative temperatures is to cover them with mats, thick paper or straw. In the latter case, it is necessary to check whether rodents, which like to spend the winter in such places very much, and nibble the bark of young trees, have not gotten in the way.

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