Mulching beds - photos and videos, how to deal with weeds mulching

In conditions of not always a mild Russian climatemulching - this is one of the few tricks of these gardeners, which helps to fight all sorts of weeds and other pests in the garden and garden. The principle of mulching is very simple and effective: mulch is a kind of layer-insulation, which covers the soil beds. This layer protects the tender shoots on the beds from sudden temperature changes, especially typical for the central part of Russia.

Thanks to mulching, the land in the beds is notdries up and does not crack during a drought, does not over-wet due to heavy downpours. Mulch keeps the soil in a uniform state - that is, it is moderately wet and loose, and not rocky and dry. Another undoubted plus of mulching beds is that, thanks to the mulch, there is no need to constantly care for the soil - that is, to loosen, often water and thinn out the weeds in the beds.

You can mulch any garden-gardenplants: for example, mulch is very effective for increasing yield and protection against pests of strawberries and strawberries, any vegetable crops, fruit bushes. Mulching can not only garden, yielding plants, but, for example, flowerbeds with flowers-annuals or perennials.

Materials for mulching beds

As materials for mulching beds ondacha or in the garden can be used, in fact, any improvised means. Of course, they should be, first of all, natural. Excellent role as mulch materials such as wood shavings or sawdust, straw, old grass or foliage, turf, finally, normal compost and humus. If you do not have anything at hand, you can mulch the beds with a special film - you can buy it in almost any garden equipment store. And, finally, in the extreme case the role of mulch will be fulfilled by ordinary old newspapers, appropriately processed.

It is best, however, to use all the samenatural materials for mulching the soil - also because in this case mulch serves not only the protective layer, but also fertilizer. Wood shavings and sawdust, pieces of bark, straw - all these materials, mixing with the ground, increase the number of microorganisms in the ground, which, in turn, leads to saturation of the soil with nitrogen and nutrients. Thus, in time mulching the beds, you ensure yourself an additional yield of vegetable plants planted in mulch soil.

How to mulch garden beds with newspapers

If you go to the store for a specialThere is no time for mulching, and there is nothing at hand except old newspapers - do not worry, they are perfect for mulching beds, only first they need to be properly prepared. First, newsprint for mulching should be soft, dehydrated - that is, first it needs to be treated with water. The easiest way is to fold the pile of old newspapers in an enameled or plastic basin and add water, then let it brew. As a result, newspaper paper will become drowsy and turn into a homogeneous mass, which, in turn, needs to be laid out on the beds all over the soil surface. Withering up, this newspaper "film" will harden and it will form a kind of hard layer, a barrier through which no weeds penetrate.