Top dressing of fruit trees in the spring with mineral fertilizers. When and how to fertilize

With the beginning of spring, when all plants wake up after a long winter sleep, fruit trees and shrubs need to be fed. They need nitrogen, which will help the start of vegetative processes, will contribute not only to a good ovary, but also to productivity. fruit bushes.

How and with what they need to be fertilized, what are the features of the process, what recharges will favorably affect the crop - we will consider in detail.

What do you need to know about shrubs?

If you have private house or country cottage area, then you can’t do without fruit bushes. They will not only decorate the landscape on the site, but also give healthy, vitamin-rich berries. Moreover, for their cultivation of special skills and abilities is not required. main feature- take up little space, unpretentious, always in fashion. Among them there are such types:

• raspberry,
• currant,
• blackberry,
• gooseberry,
• edible honeysuckle,
• barberry,
• chokeberry (chokeberry),
• viburnum,
• irga,
• dogwood,
• sea ​​​​buckthorn,
• hazelnut,
• hazelnut (hazel),
• actinidia,
• fig,
• cranberry,
• lemongrass,
• rose hip.

Since berries help with many diseases, they are used not only raw, but also dried, frozen, in the form of jam.

Autumn - optimal time for planting, since it is easier to prepare the soil, as well as big choice planting material. But if in winter, due to climatic conditions, the soil freezes deeply, then it is better to plant in the spring.

In addition, caring for berry bushes includes not only watering, as inexperienced gardeners believe. Since the plants are perennial, they root system absorbs useful material a whole year. Fertilizers need to be applied not only in autumn, but also in spring. They should be both soil and foliar.

We choose top dressing in the spring!

Fertilizer for fruit trees and shrubs is best taken organic. Preference is given to:

• compost
• peat,
• humus
• manure.

They enrich the soil with useful substances, promote plant growth. Mineral fertilizers, which contain nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, are also used to feed berry bushes.

For fruit bushes, there is a specific feeding schedule:

1. In the first decade of May, when they are actively blooming.
2. May - the first decade of June - a period of increased growth of shoots.
3. The beginning of July, when the berries are tied.
4. Last feeding after autumn collection harvest.

We fertilize currant bushes

Currants can be planted, focusing on every taste: black, red, white, golden. But if caring for it is reduced only to infrequent watering, then every year there will be less and less berries, and in five years they will disappear completely. If you provide currants proper care, then the bush will be able to bear fruit in one place for more than ten years.

Since currants are ready for fruiting a year after planting, in early spring it is necessary to feed the plants with organic fertilizers.

To begin with, they are applied with nitrogen in the root method. To do this, carefully dig up, and then pour the earth around abundantly so that top dressing does not burn the young roots.

Humus is placed around the berry bushes and the earth is dug deep enough in a circle of at least 80 centimeters. In summer, in order to increase productivity, each bush is fed separately with 3–6 kg of compost, 10–15 g of potassium sulfate, 30 g of superphosphate.
In early October, under fruit bushes, chicken manure or humus to nourish the plants over the winter with useful trace elements.

We feed raspberries

To stock up healing berries until the next season, you should not forget about the benefits of mineral and organic fertilizers for raspberry bushes.

How to improve productivity?

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Experienced gardeners from organic matter, manure is chosen for feeding. The rotted ones are brought in in spring or autumn - for each square meter about 6 kilograms. Bird droppings in liquid form or compost from peat, dry leaves, manure will not only saturate the plant with the necessary substances of phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, but will also disinfect the bushes from pests. For raspberry fruit bushes, 9–10 kg per m2 will be needed as a top dressing.

Potassium salt and superphosphate are used for spring feeding. Opponents of mineral fertilizers can use wood ash instead of potash supplements. It does not contain chlorine, but there are useful substances that help growth and fruiting. Ash can be applied both dissolved in water and dry.

"Chemical" fertilizers are practiced for feeding both individually and in a complex composition. A mixture of phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium and manure contributes not only to the growth of new shoots, but also to lush flowering, as well as good yields.

The appearance of raspberry bushes will tell you what nutrients are missing:

• brown leaves - lack of potassium,
• thin, very weak shoots - phosphorus is needed,
• the leaves are yellow, small - feed with nitrogen,
• dark huge sheets - a lot of nitrogen, there will be few berries.

The main thing is to correct the situation in a timely manner.

Proper feeding for the "northern grapes"

That is what gooseberries are called. One berry of this shrub contains almost 50 kilocalories. Its composition is astounding beneficial vitamins and trace elements: iodine, potassium, phosphorus, copper, manganese, iron, organic acids, vitamins A, C, D, E. It is considered a dietary berry that not only helps with metabolic processes, but also works against anemia, removing from the body heavy metals and salt.

Gooseberry bushes should not be planted in places with high soil moisture, because in this case they will be attacked fungal diseases. This will lead to low yields, rapid death of the plant.

The first two years, young shrubs do not fertilize. They have enough organic top dressing made before planting. In the third year in autumn, the soil is fed with manure or humus by digging. In early spring, before bud break, urea and ammonium nitrate are added (15–20 g per m2). Mineral fertilizers are scattered near the bushes, they are covered with a hoe to a depth of about 8–10 cm.

How to properly feed gooseberries?

We program the harvest of sea buckthorn

This golden berry is indispensable not only for burns. Its beneficial properties have long been appreciated in Ancient China. In the wrong hands, it can quickly die. After all, the roots of these fruit shrubs are very close to the surface of the earth. Therefore, you need to carefully dig the soil near the bushes. The best option is to use a chopper for shallow loosening.

Sea buckthorn should be fertilized no more than once every two years with compost, humus (5–9 kg per m2). Do it better in autumn period after picking berries. From mineral fertilizers, potassium salt (25 g), superphosphate (60 g) is preferred.

Experienced gardeners advise twice a year to feed the plant with a mixture of sand and humus (2: 3), plus a couple of glasses of crushed egg shells.

If sea buckthorn grows on sandy ground, then a little nitrogen fertilization will not hurt her. Please note that no more than 20 grams of ammonium nitrate and 15 grams of urea can be added per square meter per year.

Please note that all types of fertilizers for the growth and fruiting of sea buckthorn must be applied before fruit formation begins.

Features of feeding dogwood

This is unpretentious plant will almost always give birth profusely. Breaks records for the content of vitamin C, and the bones have antiseptic properties.

It can be formed not only as a bush, but also as a fruit tree. Dogwood comes from the south, so he loves the sun, and very wet soil is contraindicated for him. There is evidence that dogwood fruit bushes can grow and bear fruit for almost three hundred years.

Used to fertilize the soil during spring growth. mineral supplements containing nitrogen and phosphorus. In autumn, the bushes are fed with potassium or wood ash. In order for the plant to bear fruit well, compost, humus, and lime are added to the soil. But you can’t feed dogwood with ammonium sulfate.

Feeding for barberry

This evergreen shrub- worthy decoration for garden plot. Its value is not only in beauty, but also in useful properties. It is believed that the use of barberry can prolong youth. And all because it removes toxins, cleanses the blood, eliminates harmful microbes from the body.

The natural habitat of plants is associated with dry and gentle slopes. clay soil before planting, fertilize with a mixture of sand and peat, humus or compost in equal parts. If the soil is acidic, then the soil in the holes should be neutralized with slaked lime (350-400 grams per bush) or 250 grams of wood ash.

Feed the barberry for the next spring after planting. The growth of young shoots is stimulated mineral fertilizers with nitrogen (urea) at the rate of 25 grams per average bucket of water. A similar feeding is carried out every four years.

fertilizers organic origin(manure, humus) feed shrubs before and after flowering. Prepare it like this:

1. a kilogram of humus is soaked in three liters of water,
2. filter after three days,
3. dilute the infusion (1 liter) with water in a ratio of 1: 3 /

This dose is enough for one fruit bush.

Potassium and superphosphate are added in the fall so that the barberry is prepared for winter period. Do not forget to water the bushes after you have applied fertilizer. Then the soil must be mulched with sawdust or peat.

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Helping hazelnuts bear fruit

This useful and tasty shrub is the closest relative of the hazel nut (hazel). If you decide to grow it yourself, you should be patient.

In most cases, hazelnuts will have to be grown from nuts. The soil should be quite loose, for this it is necessary to fertilize the soil with humus.

The plant is transplanted into the hole when it reaches 15-18 centimeters. Before planting, ammonium nitrate is fertilized, which promotes growth. The first recharge is made at the end of April, the second - in the first decade of June. Prepare four kilograms of manure, 45 grams of superphosphate, 45 grams of ammonium nitrate, 25 grams of potassium sulfate, the mixture is divided in half.

Hazelnuts are fed after heavy watering or rain. Fertilizers need to be scattered evenly on the soil and dig up the soil. In spring and summer, they do it shallowly, in autumn they dig twice as deep.

Why use foliar fertilizers?

In summer they are used for refreshment. fruit plants foliar fertilizer method. In this way, shrubs are fed not through the root system, but through the leaves. The point is that so nutrients get into the plant faster than through the roots.

Not only organic, but also mineral fertilizers are used. The only caveat is that very weak solutions must be used so that the salts do not damage the leaves. Therefore, the concentration of superphosphate should be no more than 4%, and urea and potassium chloride or sulfate - about 1%.

Plants are sprayed in the evening or early morning. During the day, the solution will evaporate quickly, so a similar process is possible only in cloudy weather.

Young leaves are treated with a weaker solution. For example, after picking currant berries, the bushes can be sprayed with a solution of 4 grams of potassium permanganate, 2 grams of boric acid, 8 grams blue vitriol. They are bred in ten liters of water. It is advisable to feed raspberries in this way after flowering and picking berries. It can be a solution of manganese or zinc, copper sulfate or ammonium.

Advantages of foliar fertilizers:

• contribute to an increase in flowering branches and the weight of berries,
• the number of carrion and rotting fruits is reduced,
• there are more young shoots,
• vegetative processes are faster.

Important points when feeding

If you decide to approach the process of feeding berry bushes responsibly, pay attention to the following details:

1. with abundant watering, the portion of nutrients should be increased,
2. before pruning bushes to increase the number of young shoots, the dose of feeding should be higher,
3. liquid types of fertilizers are applied around the plant at a distance of approximately half a meter from the diameter of the crown,
4. when the soil is often fed with ash, then mineral dressings do not need to be applied,
5. if at the same time top dressing is carried out with organic matter and minerals, then the rate should be halved.

Fruit bushes, like any plants, need additional nutrition. Timely applied fertilizers, correctly selected dosage and type of top dressing will favorably affect not only the growth of bushes, but also the yield of perennial plants!

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It is important to realize that fertilizing fruit trees and shrubs spring is an important event on the way to a bountiful harvest. At the beginning of the growing season, any crop on or in the garden needs a supply of nutrients, without which full development and good fruiting is impossible.

What do shrubs and trees need in spring

Most in spring period fruit trees and bushes need nitrogen. It plays a key role in their growth, in the development of a powerful root system, the formation of new leaves, flowers and fruits. Nitrogen-containing top dressing can increase yields, as well as significantly improve fruit quality.

In addition to nitrogen in the spring, garden plants need such chemical elements like potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, sulfur, boron, cobalt, copper, manganese. There are two ways to feed shrubs and fruit trees:

Spring complex mineral fertilizers– are a product of the chemical industry and are designed to meet the needs specific types cultures in a given period.
organic top dressing- are the result natural processes nature ( bird droppings or cow dung, compost).

Organic nutrition is part of nature

The first spring top dressing of horticultural crops

Experts advise feeding fruit trees and shrubs for the first time at the very beginning of spring. You should not wait until all the snow has melted, but the ground should thaw a little. For top dressing during this period, use nitrogen-containing mineral fertilizers ( ammonium nitrate, urea). Scatter them around each trunk over the snow, which, during melting, will deliver nitrogen and other important chemical elements to the root system of fruit trees with shrubs.

During such top dressing, it is important not to overdo it, as an excess of nitrogen will harm the crop. Having received an extra portion of this element, the tree will begin to develop its crown and root system so actively that it will leave very little strength for the setting and good development of the fruit. How to calculate the amount of feeding? Very simple - use about 40 g per young tree, about 100 g per adult.

Don't Overdo the Nitrogen Fertilizer

If you are a fan of organic fertilizing, wait until the ground has completely thawed. Prepare a nutrient solution by adding 300 g of urea, 1.5 liters of manure or 4 liters of manure to a bucket of water. For reference: use 3-4 liters of top dressing per tree.

Second feeding of fruit trees and shrubs

During flowering and leaf formation, bushes and fruit trees especially need potassium and phosphorus. Potassium is necessary for the formation of new shoots, increasing the level of sugar in fruits, as well as for the resistance of crops to diseases and adverse conditions. external factors. Phosphorus helps to strengthen the root system of bushes and trees.

Experienced gardeners say that it is better not to purchase mineral fertilizers containing both substances at once, but it is better to apply them separately to the soil. First, phosphorus, which has the name "superphosphate", - 60 g per mature tree. A little later, potash (potassium salt, potassium magnesia, potassium sulfate, ash) - 20 g per tree.

Third and fourth spring fertilization of garden plants

It is very important to feed berry bushes and fruit trees in the spring after flowering for the full development of fruits. During this period, organic is best suited. Of the organic fertilizers, gardeners especially liked compost. They are watered the root zone of flowering garden plants pre-diluted with water.

During the period of development of the fruit that has begun, it is advisable to once again feed garden crops with organic matter (mullein, compost, biohumus). If this is not possible, then purchase a special mineral mixture, with a slight predominance of nitrogen in the composition. Fertilizer is either embedded in the ground or mixed with mulch.

During flowering and ovary formation, fruit trees and shrubs need potassium and phosphorus.

Useful tips for feeding berry bushes and fruit trees

In the feeding of garden plants in the spring there are some features that every gardener must know:
carrier chemical substances water comes out of the top dressing to the roots of a tree or bush, therefore, after applying dry fertilizer, careful watering is necessary.
Liquid top dressing should not be applied to dry ground, so that burns do not remain on the roots.
Garden crops do not need to be fertilized during the first year after planting.
Fertilizer is best done in the evening.

Every experienced gardener is aware of the importance of fertilizing fruit trees and shrubs in the spring. Without it, the chances of getting a bountiful harvest are negligible. If you give the plant everything it needs, it will certainly thank you with an abundance of delicious fruits.

To obtain bountiful harvest, fruit bushes need to be properly cared for, one of the most important components of which is fertilization. Especially plants need additional spring top dressing.

Top dressing of fruit bushes in the spring is an important event on the way to getting a bountiful harvest. At the beginning of the growing season, any culture in the garden needs to replenish its supply of nutrients, without which its full development and good fruiting is impossible.

We will tell you in detail when, how and how to feed fruit bushes in the spring in order to provide them with good nutrition. We offer you a scheme for feeding fruit bushes, indicating all the rules and subtleties of this important procedure.

In spring, fruit bushes need to be fed with mineral and organic means.

organic fertilizers

The advantage of organic fertilizers is availability and also environmental friendliness. With regular use of organic fertilizers, the soil becomes looser and absorbs water better.

Compost is rotted plant debris. Its introduction promotes better digestibility of minerals. Poorly rotted compost is undesirable to use, weed seeds can be preserved in it.

• Manure fresh mullein is used or horse dung. It should be used with caution due to the high content of ammonia, which can harm the rhizome of the plant. To prepare liquid composition, for 1 kg of manure you will need 10 liters of liquid. When manure is applied during digging, it will need 10 kg per 1 sq.m.
• bird droppings contains large amounts of nitrogen, which stimulates rapid and balanced plant growth. It must be applied carefully, strictly observing the proportion, in order to prevent burns of the rhizome.
• In the form of a liquid fertilizer for an apple tree in the spring, litter is used in the following proportion: 100 g of litter / 15 liters of liquid. Moreover, the solution is infused for 5-10 days. Dry manure is used for digging.
• wood ash valuable high content of various chemical elements and is an excellent replacement for potash fertilizers. It is used as a soil protection against insects, rot and fungal diseases.
• Bone flour has a high content of nitrogen and calcium, is used to deoxidize the soil. Currently, bone meal can be purchased in specialized stores.

Mineral fertilizers

It is widely believed among gardeners that such fertilizers can harm both human health and plants. But, at rational use mineral fertilizers and strict adherence to dosages, this risk is reduced to zero, and the benefits are enormous. The use of mineral fertilizers is most desirable for microelement-poor and depleted soils.

1. nitrogen fertilizers(ammonium sulfate, urea, ammonium nitrate). Contribute rapid growth and positively affect the quality and volume of the crop. Sandy soils are more in need of such top dressing.
2. Phosphate fertilizers(superphosphate, phosphate rock). They contribute to the strengthening and growth of the root system. They are introduced into the soil and buried closer to the roots. Such fertilizers are not washed out of the soil, they stay in it for a long time.
3. potash fertilizers(potassium sulfate). Increase cold resistance and drought tolerance of plants, help fruit crops produce sugar. Potassium has a positive effect on the formation and growth of side shoots.
4. In spring, it is especially necessary for young trees. But it is not recommended to use it in its pure form. It is better when it is included in mixtures, for example, potassium salt or potassium magnesia. Contains a lot of potassium wood ash.
5. In peat or sandy soils, potassium accumulates worse than in chernozems.
6. Microfertilizers contain the most necessary trace elements for plants: boron, zinc, iron, manganese, sulfur, copper, manganese).

It is best to fertilize fruit bushes in the second year of cultivation. By this time, the bush is growing enough, shading trunk circle, and siderates do not cope with the task. Fruiting shrubs fertilize several times a season. This raises productivity well, replenishes the supply of nutrients in the soil.

First feeding of fruit bushes

Experts advise feeding fruit bushes for the first time at the very beginning of spring. You should not wait until all the snow has melted, but the ground should thaw a little. For top dressing during this period, use nitrogen-containing mineral fertilizers (ammonium nitrate, urea).

Scatter them around each trunk over the snow, which will deliver nitrogen and other important chemical elements to the root system of fruit bushes during melting. Moreover, it is necessary to apply fertilizers at a distance of about 50-60 cm from the trunk with the obligatory loosening of the soil.

During such top dressing, it is important not to overdo it, as an excess of nitrogen will harm the crop. Having received an extra portion of this element, the tree will begin to develop its crown and root system so actively that it will leave very little strength for the setting and good development of the fruit.

How to calculate the amount of feeding? Very simple - use approximately 40 g per young tree, about 100 g per adult. It is important not to overdo it during such top dressing, as excess nitrogen will harm the culture.

If you are a fan of organic fertilizing, wait until the ground has completely thawed. Prepare a nutrient solution by adding 300 g of urea, 1.5 liters of manure or 4 liters of manure to a bucket of water. For reference: use 3-4 liters of top dressing per tree.

Second feeding of fruit bushes

During flowering and leaf formation, bushes especially need potassium and phosphorus. Potassium is necessary for the formation of new shoots, increasing the level of sugar in fruits, as well as for the resistance of crops to diseases and adverse external factors.

Phosphorus helps to strengthen the root system of shrubs. Experienced gardeners say that it is better not to purchase mineral fertilizers containing both substances at once, but it is better to apply them separately to the soil. First, phosphorus, which has the name "superphosphate", - 60 g per adult bush.

A little later, potash (potassium salt, potassium magnesia, potassium sulfate, ash) - 20 g per bush. A special mixture is popular among Ural gardeners, which is prepared in a large barrel.

The proposed volume of fertilizer is designed for 4 bushes:

• 400 g potassium sulfate 0.5 kg superphosphate

• 2.5 liters of bird droppings (you can replace 250 g of urea or 2 bottles of Effekton)

• 100 liters of water

All components must be diluted in water and let it brew for a week. Then fertilize the bushes with the infused mixture in the root zone (50–60 cm from the trunk). Approximately 3 buckets of top dressing are spent on one fruit-bearing bush.

The third and fourth feeding of fruit bushes

It is very important to feed the berry bushes in the spring after flowering for the full development of the fruit. During this period, organic is best suited. Of the organic fertilizers, gardeners especially liked compost. They are watered with the root zone of flowering garden plants, previously diluted with water.

During the period of development of the fruit that has begun, it is advisable to once again feed garden crops with organic matter (mullein, compost, biohumus). If this is not possible, then purchase a special mineral mixture, with a slight predominance of nitrogen in the composition. Fertilizer is either embedded in the ground or mixed with mulch.

Foliar feeding of fruit bushes

In spring, fruit bushes can be fertilized not only by enriching the soil, but also by a foliar method. A weak solution is prepared from the mixture for feeding and the greens are sprayed with it. The leaves absorb substances well, the bush gets faster necessary elements. This method is considered an emergency aid to plants.

It is often used to stimulate shoot growth or if the root system or trunk is damaged and cannot fully utilize the nutrition from the ground. For foliar feeding, both organic and mineral mixtures can be used. Spraying the bushes with microfertilizers gives a good effect.

For example, boron contributes to more abundant flowering, zinc serves as a disease prevention, manganese increases the sugar content in berries and increases yield.

In order for the fruits to have enough calcium, in early spring fruit trees need to be sprayed Bordeaux mixture(4%), at the same time it will serve as protection against diseases and insect attacks.

With foliar fertilizer, very weak concentrations of solutions are used so as not to cause burns on leaves and wood.

Adult fruit-bearing shrubs for full growth and fruiting must be fertilized in the spring at least three times.

Features of feeding gooseberries

More than other shrubs, gooseberries need potassium preparations. For him are also useful outside root dressing a solution of potassium sulfate, boric acid, manganese sulfate. If the leaves of a young shrub turn yellow, it should be fed with ammonium nitrate (6-7 g per 5 liters of water). Read more HERE.

Features of feeding raspberries

In the spring, raspberries are fed with liquid mineral mixtures. You can buy a ready-made mixture or cook it yourself (10 liters of water - 10 g of potassium chloride, 40 g of superphosphate, 20 g of urea). Every 3 years, the raspberries are fed with organic matter (0.5 buckets per 1 m²). Read more HERE.

Features of feeding currants

The first feeding of the shrub with organic and nitrogen preparations is carried out in the spring before flowering. Then repeat after a couple of weeks. When the berries begin to set, the bush can be fed ready mix"Berry" or "Berry Giant". It will improve taste qualities fruits and increase the content of vitamins in them. At the end of spring, you can spray the bush with micronutrient fertilizers. Read more HERE.

• Liquid top dressing should not be applied to dry ground, so that burns do not remain on the roots. Garden crops do not need to be fertilized during the first year after planting. Fertilizer is best done in the evening. There are some features in the fertilization of garden plants in the spring that every gardener must know: Water acts as a carrier of chemicals from top dressing to the roots of the bush, so thorough watering is necessary after applying dry fertilizer.
• When carrying out top dressing, it is important to take into account that the root system of an adult bush goes beyond the width of its branches by about 50 cm.

Important! An excess of nutrients is just as dangerous as their lack. Therefore, follow the measure in everything, and your fruit bushes will thank you for your care with a generous harvest.

When fertilizing shrubs, two important aspects must be taken into account: soil growing conditions and their age. In the first 2 years, there is no need to feed if a sufficient amount of substrate was applied when planting the bush. Too zealous with top dressing is undesirable, since oversaturation with nutrients entails a decrease in fertility.

Based on the type of soil, it is determined which fertilizers for fruit bushes, and in what quantity, will be the most effective. For example, chernozem contains a sufficient amount of nitrogen, so processing with nitrogen fertilizers not recommended. But with sandy and clay soils, the situation is reversed.

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How to fertilize fruit bushes?

With the beginning of spring, when all plants wake up after a long winter sleep, fruit trees and shrubs need to be fed. They need nitrogen, which will help the start of vegetative processes, will contribute not only to a good ovary, but also to the yield of fruit bushes.

Fertilizing garden plants

How and with what they need to be fertilized, what are the features of the process, what recharges will favorably affect the crop - we will consider in detail.

What do you need to know about shrubs?

If you have a private house or summer cottage, then you can’t do without fruit bushes. They will not only decorate the landscape on the site, but also give healthy, vitamin-rich berries. Moreover, for their cultivation of special skills and abilities is not required. feature - they take up little space, are unpretentious, always in fashion. Among them there are such types:

1. raspberry,
2. currant,
3. blackberry,
4. gooseberry,
5. edible honeysuckle,
6. barberry,
7. chokeberry (chokeberry),
8. viburnum,
9. irga,
10. dogwood,
11. sea ​​​​buckthorn,
12. hazelnut,
13. hazelnut (hazel),
14. actinidia,
15. fig,
16. cranberry,
17. lemongrass,
18. rose hip.

Since berries help with many diseases, they are used not only raw, but also dried, frozen, in the form of jam.

Fall is the best time to plant because it is easier to prepare the soil and there is a large selection of planting material. But if in winter, due to climatic conditions, the soil freezes deeply, then it is better to plant in the spring.

In addition, caring for berry bushes includes not only watering, as inexperienced gardeners believe. Since the plants are perennial, their root system absorbs nutrients throughout the year. Fertilizers need to be applied not only in autumn, but also in spring. They should be both soil and foliar.

We choose top dressing in the spring!

Fertilizer for fruit trees and shrubs is best taken organic. Preference is given to:

• compost
• peat,
• humus
• manure.

Soil fertilizer

They enrich the soil with useful substances, promote plant growth. Mineral fertilizers, which contain nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, are also used to feed berry bushes.

For fruit bushes, there is a specific feeding schedule:

1. In the first decade of May, when they are actively blooming.
2. May - the first decade of June - a period of increased growth of shoots.
3. The beginning of July, when the berries are tied.
4. The last top dressing after the autumn harvest.

We fertilize currant bushes

Currants can be planted, focusing on every taste: black, red, white, golden. But if caring for it is reduced only to infrequent watering, then every year there will be less and less berries, and in five years they will disappear completely. If you provide the currant with proper care, then the bush will be able to bear fruit in one place for more than ten years.

Since currants are ready for fruiting a year after planting, in early spring it is necessary to feed the plants with organic fertilizers.

To begin with, they are applied with nitrogen in the root method. To do this, carefully dig up, and then pour the earth around abundantly so that top dressing does not burn the young roots.

Humus is placed around the berry bushes and the earth is dug deep enough in a circle of at least 80 centimeters. In summer, in order to increase productivity, each bush is fed separately with 3–6 kg of compost, 10–15 g of potassium sulfate, 30 g of superphosphate.
In early October, chicken manure or humus is introduced under fruit bushes to feed the plants with useful microelements during the winter.

We feed raspberries

In order to stock up on healing berries until the next season, one should not forget about the benefits of mineral and organic fertilizers for raspberry bushes.

How to improve productivity?

We are constantly getting letters in which amateur gardeners are worried that due to the cold summer this year, a poor harvest of potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, and other vegetables.

Last year we published TIPS about this. But unfortunately, many did not listen, but some still applied.

Here is a report from our reader, we want to advise plant growth biostimulants that will help increase the yield by up to 50-70%.

Raspberry dressing

Experienced organic gardeners choose manure for feeding. The rotted ones are brought in in spring or autumn - about 6 kilograms per square meter.

Bird droppings in liquid form or compost from peat, dry leaves, manure will not only saturate the plant with the necessary substances of phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, but will also disinfect the bushes from pests.

For raspberry fruit bushes, 9–10 kg per m2 will be needed as a top dressing.

Potassium salt and superphosphate are used for spring feeding. Opponents of mineral fertilizers can use wood ash instead of potash supplements. It does not contain chlorine, but there are useful substances that help growth and fruiting. Ash can be applied both dissolved in water and dry.

"Chemical" fertilizers are practiced for feeding both individually and in a complex composition. A mixture of phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium and manure contributes not only to the growth of new shoots, but also to lush flowering, as well as good yields.

The appearance of raspberry bushes will tell you what nutrients are missing:

• brown leaves - lack of potassium,
• thin, very weak shoots - phosphorus is needed,
• the leaves are yellow, small - feed with nitrogen,
• dark huge sheets - a lot of nitrogen, there will be few berries.

The main thing is to correct the situation in a timely manner.

Proper feeding for the "northern grapes"

That is what gooseberries are called. One berry of this shrub contains almost 50 kilocalories.

Its composition amazes with the amount of useful vitamins and microelements: iodine, potassium, phosphorus, copper, manganese, iron, organic acids, vitamins A, C, D, E.

It is considered a dietary berry, which not only helps with metabolic processes, but also works against anemia, removing heavy metals and salts from the body.

Gooseberry bushes should not be planted in places with high soil moisture, because in this case they will be attacked by fungal diseases. This will lead to low yields, rapid death of the plant.

Top dressing "northern grapes"

The first two years, young shrubs do not fertilize. They have enough organic top dressing made before planting.

In the third year in autumn, the soil is fed with manure or humus by digging. In early spring, before bud break, urea and ammonium nitrate are added (15–20 g per m2).

Mineral fertilizers are scattered near the bushes, they are covered with a hoe to a depth of about 8–10 cm.

We program the harvest of sea buckthorn

This golden berry is indispensable not only for burns. Its beneficial properties have long been appreciated in ancient China. In the wrong hands, it can quickly die. After all, the roots of these fruit shrubs are very close to the surface of the earth. Therefore, you need to carefully dig the soil near the bushes. The best option is to use a chopper for shallow loosening.

Sea buckthorn should be fertilized no more than once every two years with compost, humus (5–9 kg per m2). It is better to do this in the autumn period after the completion of the collection of berries. From mineral fertilizers, potassium salt (25 g), superphosphate (60 g) is preferred.

Experienced gardeners advise twice a year to feed the plant with a mixture of sand and humus (2: 3), plus a couple of glasses of crushed egg shells.

If sea buckthorn grows on sandy soil, then a little nitrogen fertilization will not hurt it. Please note that no more than 20 grams of ammonium nitrate and 15 grams of urea can be added per square meter per year.

Please note that all types of fertilizers for the growth and fruiting of sea buckthorn must be applied before fruit formation begins.

Features of feeding dogwood

This unpretentious plant almost always gives birth abundantly. Breaks records for the content of vitamin C, and the bones have antiseptic properties.

It can be formed not only as a bush, but also as a fruit tree. Dogwood comes from the south, so he loves the sun, and very wet soil is contraindicated for him. There is evidence that dogwood fruit bushes can grow and bear fruit for almost three hundred years.

To fertilize the soil during the period of spring growth, mineral fertilizers containing nitrogen and phosphorus are used. In autumn, the bushes are fed with potassium or wood ash. In order for the plant to bear fruit well, compost, humus, and lime are added to the soil. But you can’t feed dogwood with ammonium sulfate.

Feeding for barberry

This evergreen shrub is a worthy decoration for a garden plot. Its value is not only in beauty, but also in useful properties. It is believed that the use of barberry can prolong youth. And all because it removes toxins, cleanses the blood, eliminates harmful microbes from the body.

The natural habitat of plants is associated with dry and gentle slopes. Clay soil before planting is fertilized with a mixture of sand and peat, humus or compost in equal parts. If the soil is acidic, then the soil in the holes should be neutralized with slaked lime (350-400 grams per bush) or 250 grams of wood ash.

Feeding for barberry

Feed the barberry for the next spring after planting. The growth of young shoots is stimulated with mineral fertilizers with nitrogen (urea) at the rate of 25 grams per average bucket of water. A similar feeding is carried out every four years.

Fertilizers of organic origin (manure, humus) feed shrubs before flowering and after. Prepare it like this:

1. a kilogram of humus is soaked in three liters of water,
2. filter after three days,
3. dilute the infusion (1 liter) with water in a ratio of 1: 3 /

This dose is enough for one fruit bush.

Potassium and superphosphate are added in the fall to prepare the barberry for the winter period. Do not forget to water the bushes after you have applied fertilizer. Then the soil must be mulched with sawdust or peat.

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Helping hazelnuts bear fruit

This useful and tasty shrub is the closest relative of the hazel nut (hazel). If you decide to grow it yourself, you should be patient.

In most cases, hazelnuts will have to be grown from nuts. The soil should be quite loose, for this it is necessary to fertilize the soil with humus.

The plant is transplanted into the hole when it reaches 15-18 centimeters. Before planting, ammonium nitrate is fertilized, which promotes growth. The first recharge is made at the end of April, the second - in the first decade of June. Prepare four kilograms of manure, 45 grams of superphosphate, 45 grams of ammonium nitrate, 25 grams of potassium sulfate, the mixture is divided in half.

Hazelnuts are fed after heavy watering or rain. Fertilizers need to be scattered evenly on the soil and dig up the soil. In spring and summer, they do it shallowly, in autumn they dig twice as deep.

Why use foliar fertilizers?

In summer, foliar fertilizers are used to feed fruit plants. In this way, shrubs are fed not through the root system, but through the leaves. The fact is that in this way nutrients enter the plant faster than through the roots.

Not only organic, but also mineral fertilizers are used. The only caveat is that very weak solutions must be used so that the salts do not damage the leaves. Therefore, the concentration of superphosphate should be no more than 4%, and urea and potassium chloride or sulfate - about 1%.

Liquid fertilizer for bushes

Plants are sprayed in the evening or early morning. During the day, the solution will evaporate quickly, so a similar process is possible only in cloudy weather.

Young leaves are treated with a weaker solution. For example, after picking currant berries, bushes can be sprayed with a solution of 4 grams of potassium permanganate, 2 grams of boric acid, 8 grams of copper sulfate. They are bred in ten liters of water. It is advisable to feed raspberries in this way after flowering and picking berries. It can be a solution of manganese or zinc, copper sulfate or ammonium.

Advantages of foliar fertilizers:

• contribute to an increase in flowering branches and the weight of berries,
• the number of carrion and rotting fruits is reduced,
• there are more young shoots,
• vegetative processes are faster.

Important points when feeding

If you decide to approach the process of feeding berry bushes responsibly, pay attention to the following details:

1. with abundant watering, the portion of nutrients should be increased,
2. before pruning bushes to increase the number of young shoots, the dose of feeding should be higher,
3. liquid types of fertilizers are applied around the plant at a distance of approximately half a meter from the diameter of the crown,
4. when the soil is often fed with ash, then mineral dressings do not need to be applied,
5. if at the same time top dressing is carried out with organic matter and minerals, then the rate should be halved.

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With the onset of heat, growth and vegetation are activated in plants, and these processes are best carried out with the participation of nitrogen. Therefore, for fertilizing the garden in early spring, nitrogen-containing products are among the first to be used. The second most important are potassium and phosphorus. They are introduced later, at the stage of intensive growth and flowering.

Important for the development of fruit trees in the spring are substances such as hydrogen, carbon, magnesium, calcium, iron, sulfur. If trees consume hydrogen and carbon from the soil, then they need to deliver chemical elements through the introduction of complex mineral mixtures.

Ready-made industrial mixtures are more effective, as they also contain many microelements: copper, manganese, cobalt, boron in a form accessible to plants.

From organic materials, manure can be used as fertilizer in the spring various origins(poultry, cow, pig), peat, compost. Green manure crops introduced in autumn give a good effect.

By spring, they completely rot and form an effective natural fertilizer. Green manure is recommended to be grown on sandy and sandy soils, where the lack of humus is especially felt.

The first fertilizing with nitrogen is necessary for everyone without exception. fruit crops. For each type, you can choose the most best option fertilizers, but for this you need to know which plants to feed with what:

• apple and pear trees are well fertilized with urea, humus, ammonium nitrate, droppings, after flowering it is necessary to add superphosphate, a potash agent (potassium sulfate);
• for cherries, plums, the first dressing in spring may consist of urea, or ammonium nitrate, during flowering - from bird droppings, at the end of flowering - from manure, compost, dry organic mixtures;
• berry bushes in the spring they fertilize with potassium nitrate, nitrophoska, you can also apply ash with urea under the root (3 tablespoons of urea, 0.5 cups of ash / 10 l of water), or rotted manure with the addition of saltpeter (1 bucket of manure / handful of saltpeter).

What to do in March

The first feeding of fruit crops is carried out in early spring, when the snow cover has just begun to melt. During this period, nitrogen-containing agents are used - industrial mineral mixtures that stimulate the vegetative process.

Soluble mineral fertilizers are recommended to be scattered on top of the snow in the near-stem circles, which had to be well loosened in the fall. Such a surface fertilization of the soil is good because the melt water, penetrating into the ground, will dissolve and pull nitrogen with it.

Nitrogen products are evenly distributed around the trunks in a radius of about 50 cm - ideally, the radius of top dressing is outlined by the width of the crown. It is in this zone that the largest number root endings that actively absorb useful elements.

An adult tree needs 2-4 handfuls of a nitrogen mixture (100-120 g), a young one is enough, about 40 g.

When carrying out top dressing, attention should be paid to the location of the landing.

If the site is located on a slope, it is better to wait a little while applying top dressing, since the product can be washed away by melt water, which usually does not linger on slopes.

It is also undesirable to bring the mixture into frozen ground with large quantity snow - in this case, the fertilizer will lie on the soil surface for a long time, due to which nitrogen can partially evaporate.

When applying nitrogen-containing preparations in the spring, the dosage should be observed - the principle "the more the better" does not apply here. Excess nitrogen in the soil can provoke fungal diseases, as well as weaken the immunity of plants.

In such products, as a rule, the concentration of nitrogen is very high, in addition, potassium and phosphorus are present in their composition, which should be added a little later.

For seedlings and young fruit trees, organic top dressing with urea, liquid manure and droppings is more suitable. These fertilizers are diluted with water and applied directly to the soil under a tree or bush.

When cooking organic solution it is recommended to adhere to the following ratio: 300 g of urea / 10 l of water, 1.5 l of liquid manure / 10 l of water, 4 l of liquid manure / 10 l of water.

The approximate consumption of the solution per tree is 4-5 liters.

What to feed in April

April is the period of flowering and active formation of the deciduous part, so it's time to feed garden trees potassium and phosphorus.

Both elements are necessary for the strengthening and normal growth of trees. Phosphorus strengthens the roots, promotes their growth and fixation in the soil.

Potassium promotes the formation of side shoots, so it is especially important for young trees and seedlings.

It is desirable to use these components separately, therefore complex complex mixtures containing both components will not work in this case. Phosphorus fertilizer(superphosphate) is better to apply in the first half of April, deepening it into the soil of the root zone in close proximity to the roots. For each adult tree, 60 g of product is required, young tree half a serving is enough.

It is not advisable to apply potassium in its pure form - it is better if it is included in simple mixtures: potassium sulfate, potassium magnesia, potassium salt, furnace ash. potash fertilizer applied at a dosage of 20-25 g/1 tree.

At the end of flowering, garden trees can be pampered with organic matter. In April, be sure to pay attention to feeding pears and apple trees.

Many people prefer to use for this purpose the so-called green manure, which must be prepared in advance, since it takes 3 weeks to ripen.

The cut grass should be placed in a barrel, filled with water, covered with polyethylene, in which small holes should be made, and insisted. The finished product is diluted with water 1:10 and applied to the root zone.

Fertilizers in May

In the last month of spring, the formation of the ovary occurs and the growth of fruits begins, so fruit crops must be additionally fed with organic materials: rotted manure, compost, biohumus. In the absence of organic fertilizer, you can purchase a complex mixture with a slight predominance of nitrogen, the most suitable for of this type soil. In May, fertilizer can be applied in different ways:

• to close up in depressions in the soil;
• dig with the ground;
• mix with loosened earth in the near-trunk zone;
• mix with mulch, as well as straw, rotten leaves.

To fertilize apple and pear trees, you can use mineral and organic products at the same time. In mid-May, during the period of active flowering, it is necessary to feed the berry bushes - apply liquid manure or urea under the root with a small addition of saltpeter, ash.

May top dressing with mineral mixtures can also be carried out foliarly. In this case, the crown treatment solution should be slightly weaker than indicated in the instructions.

It should be understood that the green part absorbs nutrients well and the trees are saturated faster, but still, root dressing is preferable, since microelements with this method of application remain in the soil longer.

What you need to know

Growing fruit and berry crops you need to know what subtleties and features should be considered in the process of feeding:

• the root system of any plant absorbs the subcortex better in liquid form;
• young trees do not fertilize in the first year of life - seedlings should be fertilized only after full rooting, which is achieved, as a rule, in the second year after planting;
• it is advisable to apply any remedy in the evening, in cloudy weather;
• dry fertilizers are best applied to moist soil, when applying dry compost, manure, the soil must be well watered - the exception is nitrogen mixtures scattered over the snow in spring;
• liquid solutions are applied only to wet soil - top dressing in dry soil can lead to root burns;
• in the first years of a tree's life, the effect of applying fertilizer is less noticeable than during the period of growing up and active fruiting;
• the root system of an adult fruit tree significantly exceeds the boundaries of the crown projection (on average by 0.5 meters);
• in fertile soils organic fertilizer can be applied not annually, but once every 2-3 years, poor soils need annual and repeated feeding;
• lime fertilizer can be applied to the soil no more than once every 5-6 years.

Every gardener knows getting high yield impossible without special top dressing in the spring. Fertilizer, competently and timely applied during the growing season plays essential role in the further development of the plant - increases its chances for a healthy existence and successful fruiting.

Every gardener knows that in order to get a bountiful harvest, trees and shrubs need to be properly cared for, one of the components of which is fertilization. Especially plants need additional spring top dressing.

Why feed trees and shrubs in spring

Trees continuously consume nutrients from the soil, so over time the soil becomes “poorer”. Because of this, the yield of the garden is reduced, and young plants develop worse.

Even if the soil was fertilized in the fall, this does not mean that it does not need to be fed in the spring. After all, with melted snow it takes a lot useful elements, including nitrogen.

It was in the spring, during the renewal active growth plants, the soil especially needs additional fertilizing.

Types of fertilizers and their influence

In the spring, garden crops need to be fed with mineral and organic means.
Organic include:

• Compost - rotted plant debris. Its introduction promotes better digestibility of minerals. Poorly rotted compost is undesirable to use, weed seeds can be preserved in it.
• Manure, bird droppings . Enriches the soil with essential elements, improves air and moisture permeability.
• slurry . To get it in large capacity mix 1:3 manure and water, leave to ferment. Before fertilizing the soil, 1 liter of the resulting slurry is mixed with a bucket of water.

Mineral fertilizers include:

• Nitrogen (ammonium sulfate, urea, ammonium nitrate) . Promote rapid growth and positively affect the quality and volume of the crop. Sandy soils are more in need of such top dressing.
• Phosphoric (superphosphate, phosphate rock) . They contribute to the strengthening and growth of the root system. They are introduced into the soil and buried closer to the roots. Such fertilizers are not washed out of the soil, they stay in it for a long time.
• Potassium (potassium sulfate) . They increase cold resistance and drought tolerance of plants, help fruit crops produce sugar. Potassium has a positive effect on the formation and growth of side shoots. In spring, it is especially necessary for young trees. But it is not recommended to use it in its pure form. It is better when it is included in mixtures, for example, potassium salt or potassium magnesia. Wood ash contains a lot of potassium. In peat or sandy soils, potassium accumulates worse than in chernozems.
• Microfertilizers(contain the most necessary microelements for plants: boron, zinc, iron, manganese, sulfur, copper, manganese).

When to feed

The first feeding of fruit bushes and trees in the spring is carried out with nitrogen-containing preparations. Some gardeners are of the opinion that the best time for this - the period when the snow begins to melt actively. Nitrogen-containing soluble mixtures are recommended to be sprinkled directly on the snow in the circumferential circles. Seeping into the ground, melt water will dissolve nitrogen. Fertilizer should be scattered around the tree by at least 50 cm, and preferably along the width of the entire crown.

It is not advisable to use this method when the layer of snow near the tree is too thick and the ground is still frozen. The mineral mixture will stay on the surface for a long time, and most of nitrogen will be removed from it.

Most summer residents are of the opinion that in the spring fertilizer under the trees should be applied only when the plant has completely woken up from winter and begins to throw out buds.

When introducing nitrogen preparations into the soil in early spring, it is important to observe the dosage. Excess nitrogen can cause fungal diseases.

The second feeding of the garden is usually carried out in April. It falls at the time of flowering. For normal growth and development of trees in the future, it is recommended to add potassium and phosphorus.

Experienced gardeners do not recommend applying both of these components at the same time. Phosphorus is best applied in early April, and potassium later.
The third feeding of fruit trees and shrubs in the spring is carried out after their flowering with the use of organic fertilizers. They are laid in special recesses, dug up and mixed with the ground.

Fertile soil does not need annual organic feeding, once every two years is enough for her. And poor soil needs to be fed with organic matter annually, sometimes several times.

foliar top dressing

In the spring, you can fertilize the garden, not only by enriching the soil, but also by the foliar method. A weak solution is prepared from the mixture for feeding and the green crown is sprayed with it.

The leaves absorb substances well, the tree quickly receives the necessary elements. This method is considered an emergency aid to plants. It is often used to stimulate shoot growth or if the root system or trunk is damaged and cannot fully utilize the nutrition from the ground.

For foliar feeding, both organic and mineral mixtures can be used. A good effect is given by spraying trees and bushes with micronutrient fertilizers. For example, boron promotes more abundant flowering, zinc serves as a disease prevention, manganese increases the sugar content in fruits and increases yield.

In order for the fruits to have enough calcium, fruit trees should be sprayed with a Bordeaux mixture (4%) in early spring, at the same time this will serve as protection against diseases and insect attacks.
With foliar fertilizer, very weak concentrations of solutions are used so as not to cause burns on leaves and wood.

For spraying the crowns of pears or apple trees, you can use a solution of manganese sulfate or zinc sulfate at the rate of 0.2 g per liter of water. If two trace elements are used at once, then their dosage is halved.
Stone fruits (cherries, plums, apricots, cherry plums) will grow and bear fruit better if they are treated with urea diluted at the rate of 50 g per 10 liters of water in the spring. Spraying is repeated a couple of times at weekly intervals.
The result will be better if you use this method alternating with the classic root top dressing. It is the soil that is able to retain the substances necessary for fruit crops for a longer time.

Fertilizer rate

It is important to correctly determine the rate of fertilizer for one tree. Too concentrated solution can burn wood. And if there is not enough fertilizer, the plant will receive little nutrition. Therefore, it is necessary to adhere to the dosage and instructions for the drugs.

When calculating the amount of fertilizer for one tree, you need to consider:

• frequency and abundance of watering. If the plants receive enough moisture, then top dressing can be introduced in slightly larger doses;
• cutting time. After pruning, the dose of fertilizer is increased so that young shoots grow faster and better;
• fertilizer composition. If organic and mineral substances are simultaneously introduced into the soil in spring, their concentration is halved.

Spring feeding of young trees

Do not fertilize young one-year-old seedlings. It is better to start fertilizing them from the second year after planting.

Young fruit trees are fed in the spring with both organic matter and mineral preparations.

Organic fertilizers (urea, manure) are diluted with water in the proportion: 300 g of urea or 4 liters of liquid manure per 10 liters of water. One young tree should receive about 5 liters liquid feed. For a tree that grows less than 5 years old, it is enough to add about 20 kg of humus to the root zone.

Any liquid fertilizer is applied to moist soil, otherwise it can burn the roots of the plant.

In the first few years, the effect of applying fertilizers under the trees is hardly noticeable. It manifests itself more strongly with the approach of fruiting.

Spring top dressing of fruit-bearing trees

Apple tree

In the spring, a fruiting apple tree needs organic and mineral feeding.

An apple tree aged 5 to 9 years needs about 30 kg of humus, an apple tree older than 9 years needs at least 50 kg of fertilizer.

Slurry is diluted in a ratio of 1:5. A tree that has not reached 8 years old needs 30 liters of such top dressing, older than 8 years - about 50 liters.

The application of mineral fertilizers has a positive effect on the apple tree: ammonium nitrate, potassium sulfate, superphosphate, magnesium sulfate. Their norm is calculated according to the instructions in accordance with the age of the tree.

Pear

Spring top dressing pear is similar to apple top dressing, but has some differences.

Humus is necessary for a pear in large quantities. It is mixed with the soil in the spring during digging. A three-year-old tree needs about 20 kg of humus, and every year its amount is increased by 10 kg. After 11 years, the trees are fed every 2 years, applying 100 kg of fertilizer.

In the spring, a fruiting pear is sprayed with a weak solution of urea. The first time at the end of the flowering period, the second time is repeated after 10-15 days.

The pear responds well to spring feeding with mineral solutions: superphosphate, ammonium nitrate, potassium chloride.

cherry

Under trees up to 4-5 years old, humus is added every spring. They scatter it around the trunk, with a radius of about 0.5 m, with a layer of about 4 cm. For trees older than 5 years, one feeding with humus for 3 years is enough.
Urea, ammonium nitrate should be fed to trees in early spring and late May.

Plum, cherry plum

Humus for plum and cherry plum is applied at 10 kg if the tree is under 6 years old and at 20 kg if the tree is older than 6 years.

Plum prefers alkaline soil, so fluff lime or wood ash is often added to the composition of fertilizers for it.

Apricot

Throughout the spring, apricots are fed several times. First, nitrogen-containing fertilizers. Then after flowering organic. More often, urea, saltpeter, slurry, chicken manure are used for this.

Spring feeding of shrubs

In early spring, shrubs are fed with nitrogen-containing fertilizers. Ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate is well suited for this. Preparations are made when loosening the soil.

Together with nitrogen mixtures or a little later, you need to feed the plants with phosphorus and potash fertilizers.

Gooseberry

More than other shrubs, gooseberries need potassium preparations. Also useful for him foliar top dressing a solution of potassium sulfate, boric acid, manganese sulfate.

If the leaves of a young shrub turn yellow, it should be fed with ammonium nitrate (6-7 g per 5 liters of water).

Raspberry

In the spring, raspberries are fed with liquid mineral mixtures. You can buy a ready-made mixture or cook it yourself (10 liters of water - 10 g of potassium chloride, 40 g of superphosphate, 20 g of urea).

Every 3 years, the raspberries are fed with organic matter (0.5 buckets per 1 m²).

Currant

The first feeding of the shrub with organic and nitrogen preparations is carried out in the spring before flowering. Then repeat after a couple of weeks. When the berries begin to set, the bush can be fed with the finished mixture "Berry" or "Berry Giant". This will improve the taste of the fruit and increase the content of vitamins in them.

At the end of spring, you can spray the bush with micronutrient fertilizers.

top dressing horticultural crops- one of the most important spring work in the garden. Thanks to it, plants receive the necessary nutrients. Their development and fruiting depend on this.

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top dressing fruit trees spring

As soon as the plants begin to wake up from their winter sleep, they can be slightly fed with nitrogen-containing compounds. They activate the vegetation processes, as a result of which the garden will wake up a little faster and the plantings will actively grow.

Feeding trees in early spring is reduced to the introduction of nitrogen into the soil. To saturate the fruit-bearing plants with such an important trace element, urea (karbofos) or ammonium nitrate is suitable. The foliar feeding method is not used during this period of time: the trees are not yet covered with enough foliage, so the absorption of fertilizer through the crown will not bring desired result. Root feeding will occur gradually. As precipitation falls, useful microelements will move to the roots, the root processes will absorb them, after which the microelements are transported to all parts of the plant by tree sap.

Top dressing of trees in spring with urea is carried out and during flowering. Carbamide is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:35, that is, for 1 ten-liter bucket of water, there are about 250-300 grams of carbamide. Urea is introduced into the trunk circle. Depending on the age of the plantations, flavoring compounds are applied to a certain zone of the circle. Below we give a scheme for applying dressings.

After the plants have faded, you can feed the soil with organic matter. Top dressing of bushes and trees in the spring after flowering comes down to applying one of the following fertilizers to the soil:

• slurry (about 0.5 liters per bucket of water);
• green fertilizer (proportion 1:10 when mixed with water);
• chicken manure (about 300 grams of dry manure per 10 liters of water).

Watch the dosage of fertilizers. With a strong consistency ( elevated content active substance), a sweetening composition can harm plantings - injure the roots. If you plan to feed young trees in the spring, dilute the fertilizer more.

By the way, up to 2 years of age, seedlings do not require additional feeding, provided that they do not show signs of a lack of certain trace elements. If symptoms of deficiency of certain substances are detected, young fruit-bearers are fed with compounds that include a large amount of the deficient element.