In autumn, many trees especially need additional care. In particular, this is moisture-recharging irrigation. What is it and when should this method be used?
What is moisture-recharging irrigation
Moisture-recharging irrigation is designed to saturate plants with moisture before a long cold period. Gardeners often believe that the rainfall in the summer is enough for plants to survive the winter normally. However, this is not the case, and if the autumn is dry, then they literally beg a person for help. This method of watering can be such a help.
This event helps trees calmly survive autumn without rain, as well as harsh winters, and it will also allow them to more easily adapt to spring and bloom in time. This is especially important if the winter had little snow and little rain fell in the spring.
How to water
An old plant will need about one hundred liters of water per square meter. If it is young, then you can limit yourself to half this volume. If the tree is old, then watering can be doubled.
For old and mature trees, watering is carried out one day. For young people, the total amount of water is divided into 2 or 3 days and produced evenly.
Who is it useful for?
Water-recharging irrigation is necessary for such crops as fruits, berries, nuts and ornamental trees.The need for this irrigation is primarily due to the summer drought, as well as the lack of precipitation in the fall. Moreover, autumn drought is more dangerous than summer drought for plants, because a small amount of sun negatively affects their life activity, and also because in the fall the root system of plants is not so active and can no longer obtain water from the deep layers of the soil.
Who is it harmful to?
Such watering can be harmful to stone fruit crops. The fact is that their Achilles heel is the root collar, around which water should under no circumstances accumulate, otherwise this area may rot, which will subsequently lead to the death of the entire tree. Similar plants include: cherry plum, cherry, sweet cherry, apricot, plum and other stone fruits.
Also, a similar method of irrigation can negatively affect other crops if they grow on heavy clay soils or in places where groundwater accumulates, as well as in low areas.
Thus, each tree in the garden requires a special approach, but the efforts will definitely pay off with increased productivity in the future.
