With the beginning of autumn, the summer cottage season comes to an end. And the owners are still up to their necks in work. After all, at this time the harvest is harvested, the land is prepared for winter, and shrubs are either planted or dug up. In a word, autumn work in the garden and vegetable gardens is quite intense. It will be good if the weather is merciful and gives us an Indian summer for a couple of weeks. But more often it happens that prolonged rains begin, smoothly turning into cold. Therefore, not a single gardening task should be postponed, otherwise you may simply not complete it on time.
At the beginning of September, the main attention of the owners takes orchard. Apples and pears are poured there, which must be removed in time to winter varieties were able to survive until spring. But how do you know when the fruit is ready for harvest? Outwardly - nothing. You need to pick one apple (pear) from each tree and cut it. There are seeds inside the fruit. The degree of ripeness of the fruit is determined by their color. If the seeds are still white, it means it’s too early to harvest. Completely brown seeds will indicate that the owner missed the moment. The fruits have already reached full maturity and cannot be stored for a long time. But light brown grains are the best time to collect. As a rule, these dates fall in mid-September, but during a dry summer it is better to start checking the seeds from the beginning of the month (every 3 days).
By appearance It is impossible to determine what stage of ripening an apple is at. You need to cut it and study the color of the seeds
If the deadlines are delayed, then some varieties of apples may fly off overnight when heavy rain or strong winds begin. A ripe apple is too weak on the stem, so don’t be late in harvesting, otherwise you risk being left without fruit in winter.
The keeping quality of fruits also depends on how they are picked correctly. You should not cling to the apple with your fingers and pull it down as hard as you can. Firstly, it will be difficult to tear off, because you are picking the fruits while they are not yet fully ripe, which means they are firmly attached to the stalk. And while you pull, your fingers will make dents in the flesh, which will begin to rot over time. Secondly, by pulling a branch with force, you can cause neighboring apples to collapse.
The correct way to remove the fruit is as follows: gently grasp it from below with your fingers and make a slight jerk upward, while simultaneously twisting the apple. In this way, the fruits are picked much easier and are not damaged.
If the tree is tall, then the role of the fingers should be performed by a special attachment, which is attached to a long stick. You can just cut off the bottom plastic bottle, nail it to the end of the stick and use it as a removal bowl.
From the second half of the month, they begin to fertilize the trees, scattering ash around the circles around the trunk. Over the summer, rains brought too much nitrogen into the soil, and ash can restore the balance.
At the end of September, pruning of the garden and planting of young fruit seedlings begins. Is it true, heat-loving trees(peach, apricot) is still better to plant in the spring to avoid freezing of the roots.
Hiding potatoes, tomatoes and cabbage
In September, autumn work in the garden begins with a general harvest of potatoes. All varieties should be harvested before the onset of the rainy season, because a wet crop will not be stored. The signal to start digging is dried tops. When harvesting, immediately sort the seed potatoes to hold them in the light for a little while. It is most convenient to spread the tubers in a barn for a couple of days so that they turn green. Such seeds are better stored and are not damaged by fungal infections. The rest of the potatoes are hidden in a dark basement immediately after harvesting. It should not be allowed to turn green, because the tubers become poisonous.
Potatoes that will be planted in the spring are collected immediately in a separate container, and then stored in the light for several days so that they turn green.
All unharvested tomatoes must be removed from the bushes before the onset of night cold. Already at +5˚, the delicate skin of tomatoes experiences a shock and begins to burst, which means that the vegetable will not ripen healthy. All harvested tomatoes are placed in boxes without pressing them against each other.
It is advisable for the boxes to lie side by side, but if there is no container, then no more than two in height. This way you will save bottom row from pressure, and ripe tomatoes will not begin to burst
Check the condition of the cabbage heads. If it has rained a lot, the heads of cabbage may crack. A little trick will help you avoid this: you need to pull each cabbage out of the ground to break the connection of the roots. Nutrition will be disrupted and moisture will cease to flow intensively.
Cabbage is not afraid of frost, so it is harvested last. But to prevent it from cracking from moisture, you need to undermine the roots
By the middle of the month they spend last feeding strawberries
October is the time to finish cleaning
In October, young trees and bushes continue to be replanted and thickened plantings are divided. Until stable cold sets in, it is necessary to plant permanent place raspberries, gooseberries and currants.
Leaf fall begins this month, and all fallen leaves should be removed in time. They like to hide in it for the winter fruit pests, so the garden must be completely cleaned. Compact all collected leaf litter into humus heaps, where it will gradually turn into fertilizer. Before the onset of frost, the trees are fed a little with potassium and phosphorus, and then loosened tree trunk circles. Through loose soil It is more difficult for frost to get to the roots, since the air does not let it in.
You must not leave fallen leaves in the garden, otherwise they will quietly hibernate under them all winter. garden pests and fungal diseases
In October, the garden is certainly whitewashed to destroy pests that are going to overwinter in the bark and to protect the trunks from sunburn
To avoid damage to young trees by voles, by the end of the month, wrap the bottom of the trunks with roofing material, metal mesh or other material that rodents cannot damage.
Vegetable garden in October: cleaning everything up
Autumn gardening work at the dacha ends in October. During this month, you will have to clean out everything that is still waiting in the ground: beets, carrots, radishes, rutabaga, daikon, etc. By the end of the month, persistent frosts will come that can spoil top part root crops, so try to remove them before they occur.
After the beds have been cleared, the tops should be removed and the garden should be dug up before winter. There is no need to break blocks of earth raised with a cultivator or shovel. This way they will freeze deeper, destroying the pests with frost.
Garlic is planted at the end of October, when the weather will be cold outside for more than a week (about +5 degrees)
As soon as the air temperature has stopped at around +5˚, it is time for winter sowing. Plant garlic, onion sets, carrot seeds, beets, and celery. Just increase the number of seeds in the expectation that some of them will freeze.
Main November works
With the onset of November, persistent cold weather begins. As soon as the weather forecast predicts the first frost, you need to cover the circles around the trunk with compost or peat, making a layer of 5 cm. This will allow the tree to calmly survive the winter.
Check the first snow for traces of mice. If they are still found, look for holes under the snow and pour poison into them.
We create a “coat” for planted seeds
Before the snow falls, you need to mulch all the seeds that will overwinter in the soil, including garlic cloves and onions. They can be covered with straw, a layer of peat, compost or leaves collected from the garden.
Hide all compost heaps under film so that mice do not flock to your garden for the winter. Under the sealed covering, plant remains are actively decomposing, and rodents will not live in such a stench.
When is autumn work? summer cottage completed - wish your garden and vegetable garden sweet dreams and you can safely leave your dacha.
Autumn is the period when we need to prepare the garden for winter period. It is at this time that we need to lay the foundation for a successful and fruitful harvest next season.
In this article we will talk about what work we will need to do in the garden in the fall.
What work should you do in the garden in September?
Garden. In the first month of autumn, we need to collect the remaining harvest (with the exception of some winter species) and begin to prepare the plants for the winter period. Many inexperienced gardeners often make the same mistake: the apples on the tree are overexposed, as a result of which they become overripe and fall off.
Such fruits very quickly lose their taste qualities, and they cannot be stored for a long time. In addition, if the harvest is late, the tree will spend additional energy, which of course will affect its health in the winter.
Also, do not forget that winter varieties of apples must be removed from trees before consumer maturity; they will ripen during storage.
September, one might say, is a kind of transition period, that is, instead of the work that we did in the summer, we begin to switch to autumn work.
Already at the end of the month it will be possible to start digging up the soil in the circles around the tree trunks, as well as start applying fertilizers.
In the first ten days of September, we plant rooted currant cuttings (white, red, black).
After the gooseberries and currants are harvested, you can begin to thin out the bushes. We prune raspberries in this way, removing fruit-bearing shoots and new underdeveloped ones.
We dig up the soil around the berry bushes, simultaneously introducing organic and mineral fertilizers.
At the end of September, for planting, we begin to take tree seedlings and rooted cuttings of berry cuttings from the nursery.
In the first half of September, we begin to plant head lettuce seedlings in a heated spring or winter greenhouse. For of this plant great value has a watering regime that will be carried out in the autumn-winter period, that is, in order to avoid the appearance of rot, watering should not be too frequent.
In September we start stocking up on soil, peat, compost and manure. We continue to actively care for autumn plants tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers, etc.
We begin to disinfect the walls and shelves of the greenhouse, frames, using for these purposes a 40% formaldehyde solution or an infusion of bleach (400 g per 10 liters of water).
In the first half of September in heated film winter greenhouses you can sow parsley. By January you will already have 2 harvests of parsley. We do the same with celery.
You can also start harvesting rhizomes of perennial vegetable plants.
Vegetable garden in open ground . In September it will be possible to start collecting carrots, tomatoes, onions, zucchini, parsley, and celery. This work is the most important in the garden this autumn month. The beds that were freed from vegetable crops, we begin to clear away plant debris and weeds, and then begin digging.
By this time all should be completed preparatory work for the storage of vegetable crops.
In the first half of September we continue to care for late varieties of cabbage.
What work should be done in the garden in October?
Garden. In October it will be possible to start pruning trees. We begin to clear the trunks fruit trees from dying bark. With the help lime mortar We whitewash trunks and skeletal branches.
We spray the tree crowns with the same solution. After the leaves fall, we treat the trees with a 6-8% solution of ferrous sulfate.
We continue to cultivate the soil in tree trunk circles, adding organic and mineral fertilizers, and, if necessary, lime.
October is also a more suitable period to fertilize fruit and berry plants. In cases where there was no rain in autumn, and fruit trees were not watered so often, we carry out moisture-recharging winter watering along the trunk circular ditches. The soil itself must be moistened to a depth of 50-60 cm.
Also, after the leaf fall period, you should not leave fallen leaves under the trees (we collect them and burn them).
If possible, remove heaps of grass and manure, branches and brushwood off-site. This way you can eliminate the possibility of attracting mice to the area for the winter.
To prevent the branches of young trees from breaking under the weight of snow, we tie them together.
To protect the bark early spring from rodents and sunburn, we tie the trunks with roofing felt, roofing felt or spruce wood.
We begin to cover the tree trunk circles with humus and peat, and cover them with soil from the inter-row spaces. When the first snow falls, we throw as much of it as possible onto the tree trunk circles.
We are also starting to prepare the berry fields for the winter. We cultivate the soil, always adding organic and mineral fertilizers.
We tie young currant and gooseberry bushes so that they are not broken by snow. We untie the raspberry shoots from the trellises. We bend and pin their tops to the ground or connect neighboring bushes together.
Having finished processing the berry plantations, cover the plantings with peat or humus, but so that the centers of the bushes are not covered.
Vegetable garden in a greenhouse or greenhouse. In October we sow new varieties of parsley for greens. To new year holidays appeared on our table fresh herbs, plant root crops with petioles and keep them at temperature conditions 4-8°C
We are carrying out preparatory work for growing vegetable crops in the new season. We begin to wipe the wire frame with kerosene, on which the film of the spring greenhouse has been holding all this time.
To disinfect the wooden parts of the greenhouse, we use a 10% solution of copper sulfate.
In October, you must definitely stock up on fresh soil, peat and humus, since in the future you may not have such an opportunity.
Vegetable garden in open ground. In October, we need to complete all harvesting work with crops grown in open ground.
We remove all plant debris from the vacated beds and begin to dig up the soil, but at the same time adding fertilizers. During digging, we also remove the rhizomes of perennial weeds and destroy the larvae of pests (if any).
What work to do in the garden in November?
Garden. This month of autumn all work on garden plot must be completed. Every day the soil begins to freeze deeper and deeper. Before frost sets in, we will need outdoor water pipes and drain the water from the barrels and remove them from the garden watering hoses, clean and dry all gardening equipment.
So that it doesn't wash off fertile soil, we make furrows across the existing slope on the site. We place shields and other means of snow retention in windy areas.
Snowless period for fruit roots and berry crops can be very dangerous, and therefore you need to take care of their safety. Using peat and spruce branches cover the tree trunk circles. For these purposes, you can also use a special covering material.
Vegetable garden in a greenhouse and hotbed. In November, the fruiting period of autumn-winter crops - cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce - ends.
After disinfection, the greenhouse can be used for forcing green onions, sorrel, celery, and parsley.
Vegetable garden in open ground. In November we insulate perennial vegetable plants, we check and calibrate vegetable seeds. We monitor how vegetables are stored in our cellar or basement.
You should also not forget about organizing food for the birds remaining for the winter. We hang feeders in the garden and vegetable garden, not forgetting to periodically add food there. In the future, the birds will thank you by destroying caterpillars and larvae of insect pests.
With the arrival of the beautiful autumn season, the summer cottage season is slowly coming to an end. However, the golden autumn still requires some work. Complex gardening work during this period is simple, but very extensive: the owners collect the gifts of the harvest, plant seedlings, and also prepare the soil, trees and all personal plot for winter holidays.
September
Garden
Mid-September is the prime time for harvesting most varieties of fruit.. At the same time, try not to allow the crop to become overripe, otherwise the fruits will be stored worse, and strong wind may break off and deteriorate.
It is convenient to determine the degree of ripeness of apples or pears by examining the seeds inside the fruit. If they are white, it’s too early to pick the fruit; if the color is light brown, it’s just right; if the shade of the seeds is dark brown, the fruit is already overripe. To easily remove the fruit, do not pull it, but slightly push it up while twisting it around its axis.
After September 15-20, start pruning plants, remove damaged and diseased branches. Sanitary pruning is usually done in the fall; it should not be as intense as in the spring. At the same time, rake up the remains and start from the leaves healthy trees.
This month propagate summer flowering plants by retraction or division into new shoots. And from the end of September you can start planting young seedlings - apply a nutrient mixture under them, water well and mulch.
If necessary, prepare holes or trenches for spring planting. It is advisable to cover them with slate so that the roots do not interfere with neighboring shrubs.
As long as there is no frost, feed fruit trees phosphorus and potassium preparations, then. Nitrogen cannot be added in the fall.
From the second half of September you can fertilize fruit trees(for adult specimens up to 2 kg per trunk, once every few years). To do this, make a groove along the contour of the tree trunk circle, pour ash into it, then cover everything with earth.
If you are growing strawberries, then you should trim its leaves and then feed it with liquid manure or complex fertilizer.
For a flowerbed, September is disembarkation time that bloom in spring: crocuses, etc. Also this month, winter (early) begins.
If there is no drain artificial pond cover it from falling leaves. Also look after: bring in autumn feeding, aerate, trim the edges, lay a new lawn, etc.
Garden
Cabbage among the main vegetables, they are usually harvested later, since they tolerate frost more easily than others. And to protect the heads of cabbage from cracking in rainy weather, slightly tear their roots, slightly pulling them out of the ground.
- Tip: Choose the most suitable day for gardening work according to.
October
Garden work
In October, continue sanitary pruning of trees and shrubs. Clean tree trunks and skeletal branches from damaged bark, moss, and lichen. Whiten the trees to protect them from frost, sunburn and bugs. You can add a little bone glue and red clay to the lime - this will protect the whitewash from being washed away during prolonged rains. Treat the hollows with garden varnish.
In October it follows in advance install supports, frames, make garters. Raspberries, or grapevine before the onset of frost, they should be bent, tied to pegs or to a frame, but it is better to cover them later, after the first frost.
For protection against rodents wrap and tie to the bottom of the trunks garden trees roofing felt or special mesh. This is especially important for young plants.
Until mid-October, continue to propagate and replant young trees(provided that they have already dropped their leaves) or plant currants, blackberries, gooseberries or honeysuckle in a permanent place.
If you have gladioli, cannas or dahlias– it’s time to dig them up and send them to the cellar for storage in a container with dry sand or sawdust. Also in October plant annual bulbs that will bloom in summer (daylily, allium, montbretia, etc.).
After all work, collect and throw away large debris and branches. Rotten and fallen fruits, leaves of diseased plants must be taken away or burned. Rake the foliage of healthy trees again and transfer them to compost heap, compact everything well.
Finally, in October, clean the gutters in the house, bring the summer house into the extension garden furniture, sweep, insulate the chimney, etc.
Work in the garden
In the first half of October, dig up the remaining root vegetables:, beets, radishes, etc.
If you have a greenhouse, prepare it for winter: check all the elements, clean, disinfect with bleach (300 g/10 l.).
Also, finally remove the garden in the open ground.
If the beds are small, they can be dug up for the winter. If necessary, apply fertilizer under spring planting. The soil can be covered with a dark film so that the soil warms up faster and is less clogged with weeds.
Towards the end of October or even at the beginning of November, 3 weeks before the first frost and when constant temperature about +5C, start planting tulips and ( , winter garlic, sorrel, onion, lettuce, celery, dill, etc.). Plant them a little further from the plan, as some of the seeds may die.
November
Garden
Before the first frost sprinkle tree trunks peat or dried compost layer of 4-7 cm.
When the first persistent frosts appear cover heat-loving plants covering material – spruce branches, agrofibre, etc. Don’t forget that you need to build frames or bend down branches ahead of time, in October, when the temperature is above zero.
Make 1-2 convenient bird feeders and after the snow falls, start them slowly. This is a good deed, and feathered friends will always help your garden get rid of pests.
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Mulch beds with winter-sown plants with peat, compost, straw or leaves. This must be done before the first snow falls.
This concludes the autumn chores at the dacha. Now all plants and soil can safely winter, waiting for warm and sunny spring days.
The amount of work in the garden and vegetable garden reaches its peak in September: people are joining the August events because it’s time to collect late varieties vegetables and fruits. In addition, you need to intensify garden care in September due to the approaching cold weather, have time to prepare planting pits For autumn seedlings, plant perennial plants, plant bulbous plants...
So summer is over... It would be more correct to say that it has flown by. This always happens: we wait for it for a long time, but we don’t notice its progress in our work, worries and worries. Uninvited autumn always comes early. True, in September, especially in the first half, its approach is imperceptible.
Autumn work at the dacha in September, most likely, will not be overshadowed by bad weather: the sun continues to warm, but its light has become softer, calmer. In the mornings, heavy silvery dew sometimes appears on the grass. The crucial period of preparing plants for winter begins. The gardening calendar in September is very busy; there are many important things to do.
In the meantime, the harvest of late plums is ripening, autumn varieties pome fruit crops, remontant strawberries and raspberries.
Dahlias, callas, chrysanthemums bloom profusely... But at the end of the month a nagging note arises in the mind: soon all this grace will be gone and, although there is still an “Indian summer” ahead, the time of parting with the garden is approaching.
What crop is harvested in September and how not to lose it? Late varieties of apple and pear trees are almost ready for harvesting. As soon as the seeds are half colored, it’s time to remove them.
The fruits of late varieties “arrive” in storage. Apples harvested in time are better stored. And the trees, freed from the harvest, will “think” about the fruits next year and will be actively preparing for the coming winter.
Anyone who is guided by the lunar calendar when working in the garden in September must identify in advance the days favorable for harvesting fruits. It is best to pick apples early in the morning, after they have cooled overnight. During storage they become more tasty.
What to do in the garden in September: garden work calendar
A number of urgent events are planned in the gardener's calendar for September.
In September, fertilizers are applied to trees and perennial plants. These should be organic and phosphorus-potassium compounds. Also gardening work for September include the preparation of planting holes for autumn plantings fruit trees, and with last numbers months they begin planting.
Trees are usually not watered at this time. The exception is young, non-fruiting trees. But they should be watered only during long, dry weather and very moderately.
What else needs to be done in the garden in September before frost sets in? This month is the best for harvesting and planting woody currant cuttings. IN southern region this work is carried out in the second half of the month, but if necessary, it can be postponed until the beginning of October.
Also on the list compulsory work At the dacha in September, regular collection of fallen fruits under the trees is included, as they can become a nursery. It is advisable not to compost rotten ones, but to bury them deeper in the ground, where they will quickly rot.
What else should a diligent summer resident do in the garden in September? By the end of the month, the budding of rose hips and seedlings is completed fruit plants. We weed and loosen the soil under the berry bushes, where layering was made in the spring, and water if necessary.
Work on the site in September: caring for strawberries
Urgent work on the site in September is caring for strawberry tendrils. They continue to be removed along with rosettes, weeds are pulled out, and the soil is loosened after each rain or watering. Preparing the soil for planting new bed, are landing. The heat has passed, the nights have become cool, the plants will take root well and good bushes will grow before the onset of persistent cold weather. To plant strawberries, you need to choose the most sunlit, well-windowed areas of the garden. No less important is what crop grew in this area before strawberries (predecessor).
It is better to plant strawberries after marigolds (tagetes), celery, dill, parsley, beans, peas, onions, and garlic.
When compiling a gardener's calendar for September, it should be taken into account that strawberries should not be planted after potatoes, cucumbers, and tomatoes. If organic matter was not added to the predecessor, they do it now. Up to 100 kg of well-rotted manure or 0.5 kg of superphosphate, 0.6 kg of potassium sulfate or 1.5 kg are added per 10 m2 of beds. wood ash. The soil is dug up onto the bayonet of a shovel with a revolution of the layer and the surface is leveled with a rake. This work should be done at least 2-3 weeks before planting.
If seedlings are taken from their own plot or from some other, but not specially improved, it aboveground part Before planting, it is advisable to dip for 2-3 seconds in a solution of Iskra-M or Fufanon-Nova (do not wet the roots) to free them from pests.
The choice of method for planting and placing strawberry plants depends on the illumination of the area. In well-lit areas, thickened planting is used - two-line (50 cm is left between the tapes, 25 cm between the lines in the tape, and 15-20 cm between plants). The mustache between the lines is subsequently removed.
Strawberry varieties that have large bushes and are heavily affected by gray mold grow better in more sparse plantings, with 20-25 cm between plants. Less leafy plants are less affected by gray rot, and they can be placed more densely - every 12-15 cm.
When planting strawberry seedlings, the main thing is not to bury the growing point - the “heart”. Planted plants are watered and the soil around the bushes is mulched with sawdust or humus with a layer of 2-3 cm for better survival.
Work in the garden in September: fertilizing plants and harvesting
In September there is no less work in the garden than in the garden. Late varieties of tomatoes are ripening. If the plants become infected with late blight, the fruit will also become infected. They need to be collected and lowered into hot water with a temperature of 60°C for 1-1.5 minutes, then pour cold water, dry and ripen.
If received small harvest, here is the explanation: at air temperatures above 32 ° C, pollen becomes sterile. And sharp fluctuations in day and night air temperatures lead to the appearance of diseases.
When compiling a gardener’s calendar for September, be sure to consider the following:
- Take away cauliflower should be with rosette leaves when the heads reach their maximum size, but before they are loosened, and broccoli - in the phase of incomplete ripeness.
- Unripe tomatoes do not need light, but temperature. Tomatoes ripen best at a temperature of +18...25°C. Unripe, green tomato fruits contain poisonous substance solanine, so you can’t eat them raw!
- Parsley and celery leaves stored during the fall and winter contain more vitamin C and other substances than leaves cut from plants grown in a greenhouse during the winter.
- Do not get carried away with copper-containing drugs when. They inhibit leaf growth and fruit ripening.
- Divide old rhubarb bushes and plant them in new beds every 4-5 years. The dug up bushes are cut with a shovel and the roots that are too long are shortened. To fertilize plants in September, when planting, 1 tablespoon of phosphorus-potassium compounds is added to the bottom of the hole. The holes should be well mulched with humus or rotted compost.
- The bleached artichoke baskets, which were tied and wrapped in black film or black agrill last month, are removed.
- Storing vegetables begins with harvesting.
- Onions grown without excessive watering are preserved better than those that have been frozen.
Planting bulbous flowers in September and replanting plants
In September, they continue to collect seeds from perennial and annual flower plants : rudbeckia, coreopsis, echinacea, cloves, lupine, asters, tagetes, purslane, zinnia, salvia, celosia, calendula.
Of the named plants, only zinnia and salvia require spring sowing, all the rest are best sown before winter.
Seeds for spring sowing must be dried (preferably in air), thoroughly cleaned and stored in a cool and dry room, provided with labels. Do not forget that seeds of not only flowers, but also all crops are stored in paper or cloth bags; plastic bags are not suitable for this.
Plant replanting continues until the end of September - this applies to such perennial flowers as: irises, phlox, lilies, daylilies, delphiniums, aquilegias, daisies and others. And the second half of September - best time for propagation of peonies by divisions. The rhizomes of perennials are carefully dug up, freed from the soil, washed in water, cleaned of rot, and disinfected in a solution of the drug “Maxim” or in 0.1% potassium permanganate (1 g per 1 liter of water). Before planting, fresh cuts can be powdered charcoal or grey. And the main thing is to maintain the planting depth.
Also in September, perennials are transplanted, blooming in spring and in the first half of summer. And the plants blooming in autumn(chrysanthemums, perennial asters etc.), planted in the spring.
In the second half of the month, reduce watering of dahlias. As they fade, the inflorescences are removed. For better ripening of tubers, one or two pairs are also removed lower leaves. At the end of September they spud root collar to protect it from possible early frosts.
Clean out the gladioli, dig up all prematurely yellowed (dead) plants and destroy them along with the corms. They are sick with fusarium. But healthy ones are not afraid of frosts; they are dug up in October.
Stop watering the roses so that the shoots have time to become woody before covering.
September is the time to plant bulbous flowers (narcissus, hyacinths, muscari, etc.). By lunar calendar It’s better to do this on the waning moon.
The basic rule when planting flowers in September is to plant the bulbs at a depth three times their height, counting from the bottom. Small bulbs (muscari, scylla, snowdrops, “wild” tulips) are planted at 5-6 cm. To a depth of 10-12 cm - large bulbs of varietal tulips, hyacinths,. And hazel grouse bulbs are generally buried almost 15-20 cm.
If the weather this month is sunny and warm, then many plants will continue to grow and bloom on balconies and loggias. They are still watered abundantly, but they are fed only once every 10 days.
In case of unfavorable weather conditions plants put out for the summer begin to be brought into the house. First of all they remove southern plants, for more cold-resistant ones, prepare a covering material: agril or plastic film. The inclement weather will pass quickly, and Indian summer is still ahead.
We finished fertilizing the tub crops and reduced their watering. We will return to fertilizing (in March).
Cacti gradually stop growing and are now watered much less frequently. In the absence of frost, they continue to be kept on the balcony or moved indoors to a sunny window.
What needs to be done in the garden in autumn period. What garden work needs to be done in September, October, November.
Garden work in September
Plant bulbs of spring-flowering plants - tulips, daffodils, lilies, etc.
plant blooming in summer perennials.
Replant biennials sown in summer (June-July) to a permanent location.
Collect seeds and clean them.
Transplant chrysanthemums into pots and place them in greenhouses for rooting and flowering.
Clean the greenhouses, lay heaps of manure processed in the greenhouses to obtain humus, and prepare peat soil.
Plant evergreen deciduous and coniferous trees and shrubs.
Garden work in October
Trim dry stems and foliage of lupine, delphinium and other perennials, preparing them for overwintering.
Prepare the greenhouses for winter, transport the turf to the greenhouses and put it in piles.
Dig up rhizomatous perennials, divide the bushes, and plant them in a permanent place.
Hilling up and winter water-recharging irrigation perennial plants and tree crops.
Dig up the dahlia tubers, dry them and put them in the basement for storage.
Dig up the areas without breaking up the lumps.
Dig up anemones, gladioli, tuberous begonia, buttercups and montbretia.
Clear the area of plant debris and fallen leaves, collect leaves and put them in piles (to make compost) and holes (to collect leaf soil).
Take the manure to the beds intended for planting flowers next year.
Hill up from frost, prune and cover for the winter herbaceous perennials, clematis and roses.
Prepare stakes for gartering tall plants.
Plant after leaf fall ornamental trees and bushes.
Garden work in November
Prepare cuttings of beautiful flowering tree crops for winter and early spring grafting.
Clean the seeds from the most beautiful annuals or perennials and pack them in separate paper bags for storage.
Trim hedges formed from trees and shrubs hardwood, cut out neglected and bare shoots to approximately half their height to stimulate the regrowth of new ones.
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