Ways of processing of leaves are given in article. It is described as to prepare and where to apply humus.
Autumn leaf fall – bright representation of the mother nature. Earth becomes covered by a cover from leaves of different coloring. What with them to do? It is possible to spread out on the neispolzuyeyomy earth till spring for prevention of growth of weeds, aeration and soil washing off. In the spring them to bring together a rake and perenesti in a kompostny heap. It is possible to add and a few the dry crushed leaves, especially if till autumn in compost doyobavleno there are a lot of green garden and vegetable waste.
But at the same time, decaying, leaves obrazuyut sheet humus – very effekyotivny means of improvement of structure pochvy, an excellent mulch and a podkislitel for plants – fans of sourish soil. How not to use such zamechatelyyony possibility and not to prepare own sheet humus!
SHEET HUMUS – NOT FERTILIZER
Sheet humus almost doesn’t contain piyotatelny substances therefore can’t zamenit fertilizers, as compost. Its dostoyoinstvo in improvement of ability of the soil to hold moisture. Humus – loved mesto dwellings of earthworms, big assistants to the gardener. Even to a floor ready, he can be of use to you good service.
COLLECTING LEAVES
It is necessary to begin with collecting fallen leaves. On big lawns, for collecting leaves, it is possible to use a lawn-mower if it is, having exposed edges on the biggest height of a cut. Thus leaves izmelchayutsya also gather in one place, saving the owner time and physical efforts. Izmelyyochennye leaves much quicker razlagayutsya also turn into humus.
It is possible to arrive and so – to collect leaves from a lawn a lawn-mower with the removed basket for collecting a grass. The crushed leaves upadut on the earth and soon them will be absorbed by worms, thus uluchshiv the soil on your lawn.
LEAVES TO LEAVES DISCORD
What leaves are best of all for using for sheet humus – to themselves vopros truck farmers often set.
It is possible to use any, remembering thus that term of decomposition of leaves of different breeds differs. Quickly (in a year), at a soyoblyudeniye of the correct conditions, leaves of the majority of listopadny trees (a birch, a maple, a hawthorn, a mountain ash, a hornbeam, a hazel grove and others), longer – an oak and topolya decay. Decomposition of leaves of evergreen breeds and needles can take 2-3 years, such leaves especially need crushing.
WE PREPARE HUMUS
Humus preparation (the sheet earth) differs from compost preparation. Griby, bacteria which actually razlagayut leaves also turn them into humus, pochti don’t demand some oxygen. In it and zaklyuchaetsya one of essential differences from production of garden compost. Therefore use special konstyoruktsiya for leaves (four wooden koyolyshka, fitted by a metal grid), the size of 1×1 m. Collected leaves densely stack and stamp. If such design isn’t present, it is possible to lay leaves in big plastic capacity or in dense polyethylene bags for a sadoyovy waste, having filled which with leaves, to puncture in several places, top to braid, without fastening in plotyony knot.
The main requirement to production of lisyotovy humus – obligatory soderzhayony the put leaves in wet sostoyayoniya. Autumn rains – good assistants in it if to hold a design for listev opened from above. In the plastic I eat bones it is possible to fill in water from a bucket or pryamo from a hose, without being afraid of remoistening. Addition of a green grass also sposobstvuet to process acceleration.
Now it was necessary to have patience and wait only.
HUMUS APPLICATION
Young, not completely rerotting lisyotovy humus is ready in 0,5-2, depending on quality of a bookmark and breeds of trees. In young humus, besides the dark soil, skeletons of leaves are well looked through, the whole leaflets and small sticks sometimes come across. It it is possible dobavlyat in compost, to the soil for landings in open soil or in containers, prikapyvat under plants, to use in a mulch kacheyostvo, for alignment of deepenings on a lawn.
The sustained sheet humus is ready in 1-3 years, depending on quality of a bookmark and breeds of trees. It predstavlyaet from itself the dark friable ravnomeryony soil without impregnations separate listev. It it is possible to use as well as moloyody humus, and also for a prorashchivaniye in it is mute seeds and for sprouts cultivation. It and very good additive to ground smesi for house pottery plants if to mix in equal parts with garden komyoposty and small sand or loam.
(On newspaper materials Rural house).