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- Winterizing beds - a checklist
- Plant cut in autumn
- Plant perennials and woody plants
- Pack sensitive plants
- Harvest vegetable patches and dig up
- Sow green manure on harvested beds
- Cover the beds
- Tips
Foliage protects the soil and any remaining plants from the cold
Winterizing beds - a checklist
In autumn there is a lot to do in the garden: The last fruits and vegetables have to be brought in, leaves have to be raked and all beds are to be made ready for winter. The actual work depends mainly on the planting. Naturally, empty, harvested beds are treated differently than those on which perennial shrubs and shrubs thrive.
Plant cut in autumn
Autumn is the ideal time for pruning many plants, especially trees such as shrubs and trees should now be pruned. But beware: Not every woody plant may be cut, also some species do not tolerate an autumn pruning. Therefore, always explore the appropriate measures for the crop to be cut before you take a pair of scissors. Contrary to other advice, most perennials should not be cut in the autumn, but only in the following spring.
Plant perennials and woody plants
Autumn is also the best time to plant many hardy perennials, shrubs and trees - as well as spring blooming bulbous flowers. Put the plant in the ground as early as possible so that they can establish themselves before the first frost.
Pack sensitive plants
Before the nights get really cold, you should pack warm wintery, yet sensitive plants - like roses - warmly. Cover the plants in jute or garden tissue and mulch the root area with leaves, bark mulch and straw. Edelrosen are also accumulated to protect the refining.
Harvest vegetable patches and dig up
Vegetable beds are harvested in the autumn, unless it is leek or certain types of cabbage. These vegetables are frost hardy and taste better anyway after the first frost. When the harvest is ready, prepare the beds for the planting season in the coming spring: heavy soils are thoroughly dug up, lighter ones simply loosened with a digging fork. Also, manure or compost can now be introduced into the soil.
Sow green manure on harvested beds
Green manure - in the form of phacelia or winter rye, for example - is also recommended for vegetable beds. The seed is often still at low temperatures of around five degrees Celsius and is simply dug in spring with.
Cover the beds
Once all the work has been done, cover both planted and empty beds. For this purpose, various organic mulch material is very well suited such as leaves, straw or bark mulch. This rots and delivers next year valuable fertilizer.
Tips
Before the winter, beds should no longer be fertilized - apart from rotting organic material. Only lime can be used if required.