How to save peach, apricot and cherries from the return of frost

In the spring the garden is very important to delay Bud break. This is needed especially for southern crops – peach, apricot and cherry. They are very early Wake up from hibernation and their flowers are often killed by the return of frost.

PRUNE IN THE SUMMER

The safest way to hold for 1-2 weeks Bud break is summer pruning. For example, apricots are not cut in the autumn, and in August after harvest. After such trimming buds are laid later and does not have fast spring start. On the crop, the same crop is affected only positively.

CHERISH the SNOW in the summer If the pruning is not done, then slow down Bud break is possible if to trample down the snow on the periphery of the crown. Thus, the prepared garden thaws slower, and the plants later start to the SAP flow. So you can slow down Bud break up to 5-7 days.

BLUE SPRAYING Further postpone the awakening of the trees by using the so-called blue spraying. That is garden handle 3% Bordeaux liquid. To do this, take 300 g of copper sulfate and 400 g of hydrated lime. Treat a garden before Bud break, trying carefully to spray the branches and bark of trees. Trees after this treatment are blue, hence the name of this application. The method is reliable and useful in that it protects against frost, and disease.

SPRING RAINFALLS will Retard Bud break and early spring watering trees. Should be done before the buds swell and shed the soil so that water permeated at least 30-40 cm Smooth surface so water will not get, so between the trees, make furrows or rings, which shed the water.

"SLEEPING pill" FOR of GRAPES For the vineyard of particular importance are techniques to slow the awakening buds. To the shoots do not fall under the freeze, with the opening of the bushes in the spring are not in a hurry. The bushes are usually open starting from April 10-15.

Spraying 3% Bordeaux mixture or 3-4% solution of ferrous sulfate will also help to lull the grapes for another week or two. You can still carry out pruning late in the spring, when the eyes are swollen. From this stress the plants for 5-6 days will stagnate.

Use another interesting technique – temporary tying of the vines. For this vine with sleeping kidneys are tied vertically to the trellis. In such circumstances, the first Wake up the buds on the top and bottom still asleep after frost affected the tops are cut off and then Wake up in the remaining kidney.

If there is no opportunity to put into practice all of the methods above delay Bud break, and promptly tie up the vines, after opening the bushes leave the vines on the ground and bent over them at a height of 20-30 cm tape on the wire arcs, which is removed when the danger of spring frosts. The subsequent tying of the vines to the wire trellis requires special care; by this time the buds are already blooming, and the shoots reach a length of 10-25 cm and more. published

Source: hozvo.ru/news/garden/zaderzhivaem_raspuskanie_pochek/