Decorative garden: autumn discounts
Autumn is inherently associated with discoloring leaves. We used to admire golden or red ones on trees, often, even when choosing woody species for the garden, we are guided by the spectacle of colors that they show in autumn. Also, flower beds should be planned in such a way that they will delight you at this time of the year.
In addition to autumn flowers and grasses, let's include species whose leaves change their colors beautifully before winter.Some of the geraniums delight with hot autumn red (including the red Geranium sangiuneum and the meadow G .pratense) and the Statice sinuata lobes. The leaves of the funkai also turn red throughout the winter. The golden leaves of the funkai will illuminate even the most gloomy corner.It is worth combining them with species that are always green, e.g.common tongue , hoof-rose or dark burgundy oak leaf .
Balconies and terraces: return home time
All plants grown in containers, with few exceptions, must be protected against frost. Many of them require wintering at home.Those that can not withstand even the slightest frost come from the tropics.These include: velvetleaf, bougainvillea, camellia, Citrus species, banana tree, tibuchin, lantana, fuchsia.
Slight frost (up to -5 ° C) can be tolerated by: pencil, mug, olive, myrtle, some palm trees. Frost down to -10 ° C can withstand: pomegranate, laurel, aucuba, orange and wireworm palm.For almost all container plants, we have to prepare bright, airy and cool (5-10 ° C) rooms from autumn to spring. The best is a porch, a bright basement, garage or an unheated room. Water the plants very sparingly during winter dormancy.
Trees and shrubs in October
Planting time
We plant roses in rebates, remembering to mound them at the end of the month. In addition, we plant trees and shrubs with the so-called bare root.
We prepare winter coats
We prepare and collect winter covers, for example you decorate them from coniferous trees and shrubs. We leave fallen leaves on flowerbeds (but not on lawns) as a cover for the winter.
Valuable compost
We can dig compost in flowerbeds, as well as use it for planting trees and shrubs.
Important treatments
We are draining the garden irrigation system. We are preparing new discounts for spring plantings. Leave the soil dug, uneven, in the so-called sharp furrow.
Vegetable: we plant onion and garlic
In the middle of the month, we can plant a spring onion with a diameter of at least 2-3 cm in order to obtain an early spring onion with chives.The bulbs should be planted deeper than in spring, i.e. the top of the onion should be approx. 3 cm below the surface of the soil.We can also plant the garlic by the end of October.
Place large, he althy cloves in the soil at a depth of approx. 5 cm. The autumn crops of onions and garlic should be covered with straw, leaves or thick agrotextile after the soil freezes on the surface.
Orchard: storage of pears
Pears are one of the few domestic fruits that are suitable for longer storage. It is best to use cellars, dugouts and other unheated rooms.The appropriate storage temperature for pears is below 3-4 ° C.Regular airing of the rooms is usually enough for several weeks of storage.There is adequate humidity in the cellars.
In other rooms, you can put a vessel with water so that the fruit does not lose water excessively. When they breathe, they also release ethylene, which causes them to overheat more quickly. If you sense a characteristic pleasant aroma in the room with the apples and pears stored, it is a sign that the fruit will not lie down for a long time and will have to be used up as quickly as possible.Pears of autumn varieties for storage are collected before they are ripe.
We break them while they are still hard and not very tasty, but have reached their size. The first dead fruit that has fallen from the tree is a sign that it's time to harvest. For storage, we choose only fruit that is plucked from the tree. Damaged, bruised, wormy and with symptoms of diseases are not suitable.Each fruit must have a stalk, otherwise various pathogens may penetrate the pear.Only late varieties such as 'Conference', 'General Leclerc', 'Concorde', 'Confectionery' and 'Lukasówka'.
