The author of the text is dr inż. Wojciech Pusz
In October, intensive work in the garden is carried out, including the collection of fruit and vegetables. During these activities, it may turn out that our crops are infected with bacteria and fungi.Often, such damaged plants are thrown into the compost.However, it is worth remembering that some pathogens can survive in it for several years, for example bacteria causing wet rot - about 5-7 years.
The bacteria that causes angular blotch on cucumber leaves can also survive for many years. Symptoms of this disease are initially beige, watery spots on the leaves, which over time dry up and crumble, leaving characteristic, irregularly shaped holes on the leaves.Symptoms of this disease also appear on fruits that are they rot. Again, avoid throwing infected leaves and cucumbers on the compost.
It is similar with cruciferous vegetables infested with cabbage syphilis.The symptoms of this disease are growths on the roots.Avoid throwing onto the compost plants infested with scleroderma, which is manifested by the presence of white woolly mycelium on infected plant organs.
Fruit tree leaf compost
There are many other diseases that can survive in the compost for up to several years.The best way to utilize plant organs infected by bacteria and fungi is to smoke them.If it is impossible, let's throw them to the municipal trash.
Often we also put weeds in the compost, which we remove from the beds, but on one condition - they should not be in the flowering phase, because this way we can introduce seeds into the compost, which in the future will return to our hard-tended beds .
