This time learn to mulch your trees, especially in February is the ideal time to do it; Here we teach you how:
The purpose of mulching the soil around the trees is to prevent water from evaporating into the land and losing nutrients; it is perfect for regulating the temperature at the roots during spring and summer.
What is mulching?
_ Eliminate plant cover on the ground like grass or weeds. And after this, place organic material that provides nutrients and does not remove nutrients.
-Moisture will concentrate and prevent it from evaporating the nutrients.
-The layer must be 2 to 4 inches thick. It prevents the growth of grass and other plants.
-Mulching materials:
Use organic materials, such as peat, leaf mulch, composted manure, straw, compost, sawdust, bark, wood chips or dried grass clippings, and any other type of organic waste.
How to quilt a tree?
1-Mark the perimeter around the tree so you will know how much grass you must remove.
Mark in the shape of a circle with lime; this inner part to remove.
2-proceed to remove the herbs from the roots to prevent them from growing again.
3-place a curb around the previously marked circle. It prevents the herbs and grass from spreading back inwards. The curb damage should be of some flexible material.
4-It is advisable to place a layer of newspaper under the mulch to prevent weeds from growing underneath.
5-Finally add the mulching layer of the selected material of about 2 or 4 inches.
Examples of types of mulching:
Pine bark:
Pine bark is a material that comes from waste used by the timber industry.
Straw:
Straw is an agricultural by-product of the dried leaves and stems of cereals. It is an organic residue that takes several years to decompose.
Compost:
An agricultural mulch; organic waste: pruning remains, grass clippings, fallen leaves, etc.
Volcanic gravel:
It is made by crushing rocks from volcanic areas, a very porous and light material.
Colored gravel and pebbles:
Agricultural mulch; complement it with slow-release fertilizer to provide nutrients to the soil.
Plastics:
It is common for mulching to use plastic covers for agriculture; since you can cover large areas.
