autumn months are perfect for collecting and storing seeds of desirable landscape plants. It is to get a good idea, free of weed seeds. The leaves are a golden opportunity to enrich gardener ground. Do not incinerate or leaves bag autumn.
gardeners generally that dead plant stalks left in beds are never good. Tiny bacteria and fungal spores on infected plant parts spread diseases on plants of the same kind next year. It is better to collect, then burn or bag and take it from the field leaves diseased stems, dried fruits, etc. insects, snails and other garden pests take refuge in plant residues and woody waste.
leaves fall to the ground, and decompose into humus. Similarly grow grasses, then die lay flat on the floor, then decompose and add organic material in the upper layers of the soil.
Organic Gardening focuses to make along with grass clippings and leaves compost or mulch on these natural processes using plant materials such as plant stems and leaves of garden cleanup.
Once seeds and diseased plants are removed, the remaining waste from the fall yard and garden cleanup are the raw materials. Moisture, air, nitrogen and carbon feed the microorganisms that decompose (rot) vegetation, weeds and tree leaves. Decomposition takes place efficiently when plant parts are crushed and mixed in the right ratio of carbon for energy and nitrogen for protein production.
Green materials such as grass clippings and kitchen vegetable scraps are nitrogen sources. Fertilizers may also be used. Dry tree leaves, bark nuggets, wood chips and sawdust are all carbon sources.
With a higher proportion of carbon slows the decomposition process. Too much nitrogen can make a smelly compost heap. You should hand-operated or secateurs prefer to cut plant stems and leaves into pieces, before they put on the compost heap.
You can check your mower to mulch with leaves and bag like. They decompose by mid-summer of the following year. There is a slow but simple method for composting.
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