My husband and I moved to the village a few years ago, and I do not cease to enjoy our Russian winter - I love to go out into my snowy garden, admiring the beauty of nature. However, sometimes this beauty becomes frightening, and I begin to worry, like our apple trees, plums, cherries will survive cold.
This year I got ice rains several times. Of course, the spectacle of the charming - the tree was stood as crystal, and the ice was wrapped in the wind. But instead of pleasure from contemplation, we wondered how to help our garden.
Than dangerous ice rain
Under the ice rain, the thickness of the "crystal" coating on the branches sometimes reaches 3-4 cm, and a load of several tens of kilograms is loaded onto all the tree.The kidneys, covered with ice shells, can freeze and die, which means that the future harvest is under threat. And the crust of the ice on a prikranome circle overlaps the air access to the roots, which does not make it easier for the unfortunate trees and without that difficult wintering. Hardened snow or ice can damage the crown by squeezing into the trunk ring.
How to help plants
Ways to help the garden is not so much, and some folk methods can rather harm than to save. The first thing you need to do is gently mix with the branches of snow using a broom, a soft rag on the sink or a long stick.
If the branches leaned too much and are about to break, it is better to neatly substitute the backups, as is done when they are bent with a rich yield. It is necessary to raise them in slowly, without sharp movements, so as not to provoke faults.
In the princess circle, it is necessary to destroy with a garden shovel or forks, and if the ice managed to damage the bark - to treat the wounds with disinfecting solution and smeared with garden wrair or paint based on olifa.
If the size of the garden is allowed, then in its perimeter (but not closer than three meters from the trees) you can register fires: the open fire is not needed, it will burn the crown, but smoke will help melt the ice on extreme branches and reduce the load on them. A sharp drop temperature plants will not feel, therefore harm to the kidney will not. But experts still recommend not to force the process of thaw, but wait until nature does for you.
Last year I was very worried that Ice armor would ruin the kidneys. To check, I carefully knocked down the ice with a small twig, then cut it off, took it into the house and put it in a water vase. After a few days, the kidney swollen and blossomed - they were alive by 90%. And in the summer of plum, with which I took this thread, gave a full-fledged harvest.
Snow-covered or looked at the thuuy and juniper, it is better to gently lift and tie, having put the initial form: the wood of conifers is very plastic and can preserve the bends formed due to the elements.
What you can not do
Do not give in to the first gust to free the trees from the ice captivity - there is a big risk of injury to branches and provoke new faults. For the same reason, you should not try to raise the branches, which soldered to the ground, or shoot down large areas of ice. It is enough to break up the formed icicles - it will make weight easier. Some grief-gardeners are trying to warm the branches of the solder lamp or water them with boiling water, causing burns and burns.By installing the backups, make sure that they are not too high: the garbage trunk will not allow returning the branches to its original position, but they may well be allegedly. You should not raise coniferous shrubs, strongly splashing on Earth. But it is not necessary to cover the frosthed paws with snow either.
Work on speech broken branches is better to postpone until thaw.
Prevention measures
In order to note in the middle of January, that winter came suddenly, it is desirable to prepare garden plants in advance, because it is easier to make mistakes than to correct. Therefore, we are with a spouse since the autumn we have our thermo-loving thui into special covers. If you have no such devices, it is enough to wrap the trees on the spunbond spirals with wide ribbons.
Trees with a well-formed crown suffer from winter elements much less. In the fall, try to give your trees the proper look - the side branches should be at an angle of no more than 45%, then the snow will not linger on them. Timely remove the congument of the crown, cutting out shoots growing in the middle.
And be sure to follow the forecast of weather forecasters to protect your garden from this destructive beauty.