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How to Properly Prepare Garden Beds in Spring: There Will Be Friendly Seedlings and a Rich Harvest
06.03.2023 07:30
Updated: 14.04.2023 12:08
Proper preparation of the soil for sowing and transplanting seedlings in the new summer cottage season promises friendly shoots and a rich harvest.
Only in this case can you expect the plants to be strong and disease-resistant. Here's what to do in the spring.
In addition to simply planning the beds on the site, you need to take into account several other important points.
When to start
Work in the garden begins after the snow melts and the air temperature becomes consistently above 0 degrees.
The melt water should go away, the earth should dry out. For cold-resistant plants, the soil for sowing is ready when the soil warms up to +5 °C at a depth of 7-10 cm. For cabbage and root crops, this temperature is 6-8 degrees Celsius, for heat-loving plants, above 10. In order to speed up the heating of the soil, it is covered with black film.
Preparation
1. It is necessary to remove the remains of vegetation that were not removed in the fall, if necessary, dig up, loosen and level the soil with a rake. Digging is carried out if it was not done in the fall and to a depth of up to 15 cm.
2. To combat weeds, after the snow melts, green manure is sown.
3. To improve the composition of the soil, microflora is introduced into it using biofertilizers - "Baikal", "EM-1", for example.
4. Organic or mineral additives are added for top dressing. Humus and compost are added during digging or during planting in holes. About 10 liters of compost are required for digging per 30 sq. m. Manure consumption is calculated at 7-8 kg per 1 sq. m.
Complex or single-component mineral additives are added according to the instructions.
Arrangement of beds
If the site is located on a slope, the rows should be planned across.
The width of one bed should not be greater than it could be processed from both sides, i.e. approximately 1.5 m.
Natural lighting can be improved if beds for low-growing crops are planned from north to south (on flat areas). For tall crops, the best location is considered to be from west to east.
