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What fertilizers can be applied in early spring directly on the snow: every summer resident should know this
03.01.2023 10:35
Updated: 13.04.2023 05:57
Summer residents claim that by scattering fertilizers on the snow cover in early spring, they managed to achieve unprecedented harvests.
Let's try to figure out whether this is a coincidence or proper agricultural technology, and if so, what additives can be scattered in the garden directly on the snow.
Snow cover thickness
This is a defining moment. If spring is early and there are snowdrifts 20 centimeters deep in the garden, then there can be no talk of any fertilizers. The additives will simply be washed away with the melt water to a depth where cultivated plants will not reach them.
Therefore, fertilizers are applied only on the minimum layer of snow, always observing the dosage. Another point is that organic matter is completely useless here, only mineral compositions are suitable, and in case of overdose they can cause harm to beneficial microorganisms and earthworms.
What to contribute
1. Superphosphate will only help melt the compacted snow, and then wash it away to the depths. In addition, the additive is useful if you prepare a solution from it and pour it directly under the plant.
2. Urea will also not give results, if only because it is useless to apply it before mid-June.
3. Calcium nitrate, if you sprinkle it on the snow, it will act as a nitrogen fertilizer. It is applied at the rate of 1 handful per 1 square meter of soil.
4. Ammonium nitrate will help melt dense snow and even ice crust. This is an inexpensive fertilizer that is used even in cold soil.
5. Complex fertilizers are considered by many to be the best option. It is believed that this fertilizer, applied on melting snow, will quickly dissolve in the soil, thereby transforming into a form accessible to plants.
And finally, on thin snow you can add other complex additives containing, in addition to nitrogen, iron and copper, zinc and boron, as well as other elements necessary for plants.
