What to treat trees in the garden with in the fall: tips from experts

Trees should always be prepared for winter frosts. If they are fertilized in time and pruned correctly, garden trees will easily survive even harsh and snowless winters. In spring, they will awaken more quickly and begin to bloom.

Treatment should be carried out after the last harvest. OBOZ.UA tells what and how to treat garden trees in the fall.

What you need to do with trees in the fall

Autumn care includes a number of activities, in particular:

• treatment from pests and diseases;
• sanitary, shaping or thinning pruning;
• cleaning of trunks from overgrown growths and bark;
• disinfection of hollow trees, e.g. with iron sulfate solution;
• disinfecting, treating and treating wounds;
• removal of branches, dead wood, leaves, bark residues, lichens, mosses;
• digging of tree boles and shrub rows;
• application of phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.

How to treat garden trees in the fall

Fruit and berry trees, in particular apples, pears, cherries, plums, peaches, as well as shrubs - grapes, gooseberries, currants, raspberries in the fall should be treated with special compositions from pests and diseases. This will help in the next season to get a generous harvest. If plants are left unprotected, the risk of outbreak of infections and pests increases.

Plant debris and soil can cause an outbreak of infections and pests, especially with the arrival of warmth, so treatments should be done before winterization.

Gardeners advise treating trees that have shed their leaves with pesticides. During this period, they are less dangerous for the environment, unlike spring treatments.

The choice of means depends on the type of pests and infections affecting the garden. You can buy an effective insectofungicide of systemic-contact action.

The use of these preparations helps to clean garden trees from dangerous insects and their larvae. Aphids, mites, pinchworms, honeybees, leafhoppers, moths, and moths can destroy crops and damage trees. Insectofungicides also destroy pathogens of fungal diseases.

It is necessary to carry out a qualitative treatment of seedlings along the branches on all sides - this can be done twice. It is also necessary to disinfect seedbeds in a radius of 3-4 meters under the trees.

In addition to pesticides, the following solutions are recommended for the prevention and treatment of fungal diseases:

• Bordeaux mixture (3%);
• copper sulfate (5%);
• iron sulfate (7%);
• potassium permanganate (2%);
• table salt (5%).

Treatment should be carried out in dry and windless weather, and the temperature should be at least +5°C.

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