More recently, the first recommendations of the farmers to increase yields of many cultures have deep digging of the soil and the need for it mineral (chemical) fertilizers.Now increasingly talk about loosening the soil with plane and then mulch the ground.Why and how to carry out the agrotechnical methods, what materials made mulch is that it will give the farmer the ultimate, which is called the harvest?
life in soil
in soil-plant bed constantly being biological cycle.Soil microflora (bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi and algae soil) processes (feeds) plant remains: fallen leaves, withered grass.This is the most powerful force in the biological world, in the words of Academician VIVernadsky.For the existence of some need air in the soil, other cost and thrive without air.The microbes, organics and minerals are essential for the supply of earthworms, called it the main land reclamation.
And here comes to land a man with a bag of mineral (chemical fertilizers), and with a sharp spade.Carefully dig the soil, making it a fertilizer, it literally turns the whole world upside down soil.Anaerobic bacteria are killed by the abundance of air aerobic die, being deep in the earth.As a result, worms are hungry, besides the soil is saturated with chemicals detrimental to them.There are gardeners who have year-round No sornyachka not only in beds, but also between the rows, and some herbicides are not stingy.And what benefit?The soil is vulnerable to drought, hot winds and leaching of nutrients from its torrential rains.
mulching
to soil fertility must be loosening with plane to a depth of 5-7 cm and then mulch.Mulch - What is it?Clothing for soil protection and food for the soil microflora and fauna.Under this layer will be much more effective than the biological cycle of substances - the decomposition of organic matter to a condition suitable for the growth of the next generation of representatives of flora and soil inhabitants.
more popular organic mulch.What is it?The ground and rotted grass (same weeds, do not remove them from the mezhey after weeding or make compost from them), good straw, hay, leaves, husks of sunflower seeds, pine needles.Suitable mulch of sawdust, but only from stale or a specially prepared (pour in plastic bags, shed infusion of mullein and tie three weeks).It can be used as mulch paper, cardboard, pre-cut.Organic mulch gradually decomposes and becomes a supplementary feeding the inhabitants of the soil in the world.
Apply mulch to decorate the landscape.In this case, it fits and inorganic mulch.What is it?Gravel, sand, expanded clay.To include inorganic mulch black polyethylene and woven covering material, which is spreading under the berries, berries prevent contamination of ground.Decorative looks organic mulch of pine bark, wood chips of different colored trees.
benefits of mulching
mulch protects the soil against changes in temperature, moisture and keeps the structure of the soil, dampens the growth of weeds, decorates the landscape.Fruitful and tireless work of flora and fauna helps mulch.What is it?This is the life and prosperity of the soil, and thus human welfare.
