Garden processing in autumn: what to do to get rid of diseases and pests

Why cultivate the garden in autumn

In anticipation of cold weather, pests are busy looking for secluded places for the upcoming winter. As a home, they like to choose including fruit trees and shrubs. On them, insects will survive hibernation, wake up with the onset of spring warmth and begin to attack the garden, taking away its strength, spreading many diseases and depriving you of the future harvest.

By the way, fungi and infections also endure winter cold and destroy plants at the beginning of the new season. Therefore, in the fall it will not be superfluous to process the garden.

When to do fall gardening

You can start the procedure when the trees and shrubs drop their leaves by more than half. Although it is better to wait until the crowns become completely bare - at this time the buds on the branches will go dormant, which means that more powerful and effective chemicals can be used. It is necessary to have time to process the garden before the air temperature begins to steadily fall below 5 degrees Celsius. Although spraying later than these dates will not do harm

plants, it will simply be useless, since drugs for diseases and pests stop working at low temperatures.

What to do before gardening in the fall

To maximize the benefits of spraying trees and shrubs, follow a few simple rules.

• Gather fallen leaves with a rake within a radius of about 1 m around the trunk and under the bushes - pests can also winter in it. Plant residues should not be thrown into the compost, it is better to burn them.
• Using a stiff brush, clean the trunks and branches of trees and shrubs from moss, as well as lichen. Insects also like to hide in such vegetation.

How to carry out autumn processing of the garden from diseases and pests

Choose a dry and calm day, you can even overcast, but not rainy. It is better to spray the garden in the morning, so that by the evening the bark and leaves have time to dry. Otherwise, night fog and morning dew will worsen the effect of chemicals.

Remember to protect yourself by wearing goggles, a mask or respirator, rubber gloves, and a disposable gown or clothing that you don't mind ruining. About other security measures and garden processing rules read in our article.

Prepare spray solution

For 10 liters of water, you will need 500 g of iron sulfate or 200 g of copper. These funds do not dissolve well in cold water, so they can first be diluted in a small amount of warm water, and then add liquid to the desired volume.

Before pouring the solution into the sprayer, it can be filtered through cheesecloth so that the remaining pieces of the product do not clog the device.

Another option is to use Bordeaux mixture. You can buy a ready-made drug and dilute it according to the instructions on the package. Or cook it yourself by diluting 300 g of copper sulfate and 400 g of lime with 10 liters of water.

Keep your garden free of diseases and pests

Thoroughly spray the crowns and trunks of trees, and also generously walk along the branches of fruit trees. shrubs. Do not forget to cultivate the land in the near-stem circle. If the plants still have leaves, spray them from the outside and inside.

If you treat the garden with Bordeaux liquid, it can literally turn blue, and you should not be afraid of this. Copper in the composition of the product stains trees and bushes, and lime helps it last longer.

Whitewash the trees

After treatment, cover the tree trunks with a special garden whitewash from the ground to the point where the branching begins. This will not only protect plants from diseases and pests, but also help to avoid sunburn in early spring. An alternative to whitewashing is a special garden bandage, which needs to be tightly wrapped around the trunks.