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If you work in a garden in early summer, you will have a good morning-time, even in your garden, in a garden -
.But it is not. Although the mass flowering ended, spring pruning and processing of plants from pests are long gone, it is still early to rest on your laurels and wait for the harvest!
No matter how he would like to calmly observe how the fruits are poured, the young growth rises above the crowns, there is not a minute for an idle holiday. In June, the time comes:
- to combat insect-activated insects and common plant diseases in the summer;
- watering and fertilizing fruit crops;
- cuttings of shrubs and trees for autumn planting material.
The attention of the summer resident requires vaccinations carried out in the spring, as well as plants that have suffered from insidious frosts. One of the most favorite Russian berries, garden strawberries in June blooms, bears fruit and gives a mustache. She also needs a lot of care.
Care for fruit trees and shrubs in June
When all the foliage is revealed and flowers are falling, stone fruit trees see dry branches better than in early spring. They, without waiting for the fall and without provoking the reproduction of pests, should be removed to live wood. Strongly affected branches cut out "on the ring."After sanitary pruning, cuts and cuts are treated with garden pitch.
Already in the summer hot sun quickly dries the ground. So that in the second half of summer and autumn the garden will provide the summer resident with a harvest, trees and shrubs from the first days of June should be watered regularly and abundantly. In total, during the growing season, irrigation is satisfied not less than 4 times, in hot dry periods and on sandy soils, the need for moisture greatly increases.
Depending on the soil, 4 to 7 buckets of water are poured per meter of area under the fruit trees. This makes it possible to completely soak the root system in various species at a depth of 20 to 80 cm.
Fruit shrubs, which respond faster to moisture deficiency, are watered twice in June:
- in the first days of the month, when the growth of the ovaries begins and the plants give a bright green growth;
- after 2–3 weeks, during the staining of the fruit and their intensive loading.
We must not forget about the weeding of the pristol circles. Heat and water bring to life many weeds, the fight against which in the garden is an important part of the work in June. Removal of unwanted lodgers and loosening the soil is combined with top dressing with nitrogen and potash fertilizers. After flowering, good use:
- infusion of 1 part of manure to 10 parts of water;
- a solution of 1 liter of bird droppings in 20 liters of water.
At the initial stage of development of the fruit, removal of the weak, damaged ovary is carried out, they are thought out and installed, if necessary, supports under the most loaded branches of the trees.
Reproduction of fruit crops by cutting in June
Works in June are directed not only at obtaining the harvest this year, but also at laying the future garden.
The beginning of summer is the most convenient time for reproduction by cuttings and layouts of such fruit crops as gooseberries and currants, black chokeberry, shadberry, plum, sea buckthorn and many other species.
Planting material from low-shrub bushes can be obtained using layering. To do this, strong shoots are tilted and secured in loose soil. In order to speed up the process of root formation at the place of powder on the bark, several transverse cuts are made. In June, gardeners need to pile up the place of rooting, weed, water and loosen the soil.
For fruit trees and vigorous crops, it is more convenient to use green cuttings with 4–5 healthy buds. Planting material treated with a rooting stimulator is added dropwise in a greenhouse. As a soil for rooting, it is better to take washed river sand mixed with peat.
At elevated temperatures and humidity, but not in direct sunlight, in 1.5–2 months, the cuttings germinate and are ready for planting or a graft.
The first June berries of
June is the time of flowering, fruiting and breeding of beloved garden strawberries, honeysuckle and early raspberries. In order for the plants to produce a generous harvest, they must be provided with moisture and nutrition, protected from pests and diseases.
Under the bushes of strawberries spread mulch or material replacing it, to obtain a large berry, mustaches are cut with daughter outlets, which can be used to lay a new plantation.
To protect the berries from powdery mildew, they should be watered in the morning. In this case, the spores of the fungus will be less likely to consolidate and cause illness.
In addition, in June it is necessary to treat the garden from pests, among which are not only those that spoil the long-awaited apples, plums and pears, but also no less dangerous aphids, attracting them to the garden ants, all kinds of moths. Apple trees and pears, especially in cool, wet weather, are treated for scab and fungal diseases.
