The nuances of using sawdust as fertilizer for the garden

The action of sawdust on the soil

Wood sawdust added to the soil makes it lighter, more loose, breathable and does not retain excess moisture. Such soil resembles peat in its qualities, allows better development of the root system of plants. Wood is an organic matter containing many useful substances, but even the process of its decomposition enriches the soil with beneficial bacteria, since carbon is released, which activates the microflora.

But in all this there is one nuance that makes gardeners abandon cheap, useful fertilizers: the tree significantly oxidizes the soil. And fresh sawdust takes nitrogen from the ground, which is very necessary for plants. To use sawdust as fertilizer, they can be mixed with horse manure, mullein, poultry droppings and allowed to refill. To use them with one hundred percent benefit, not to increase the acidity of the soil, and not to reduce the amount of nitrogen in it, you will need urea and lime. Then you get the perfect fertilizer.

Wood sawdust significantly enriches tired, infertile soils, in which there are no nutrients necessary for the active growth and fruiting of agricultural crops. But this does not apply to pine waste. Conifers contain antibacterial resins that greatly slow down the decomposition process.

Application

If after construction you have sawdust left, there is no reason to get rid of them. They can be perfectly used with great benefits for the vegetable garden or garden. The soil enriches rotted wood waste, but they can bring many benefits even in the process of their decomposition - this is a significant plus of their use.

In compost

Sawdust, simply left in the open, can rot for more than 10 years. The lack of moisture inside, the hardened crust on the outside - so there is no decomposition process. And if you make a compost pit, then you can quickly prepare a wonderful top dressing for your summer cottage. First, you need to lay out small wooden waste mixed with horse manure, then add plant remains - fallen leaves, cut grass, vegetable tops and kitchen waste, if there are no bones, meat, fat. It would be nice to periodically water all this with hot water, cover it with a film from the cold - in a year you will have an excellent fertilizer that can be used for garden or vegetable garden plants. If you add even a little earth with earthworms, the process will go much faster.

It is not easy to buy horse manure now, it is expensive, mullein or bird droppings can replace it in a compost heap, it is better to dilute them with water and pour sawdust with this slurry. But it is quite possible to buy urea - it will be cheaper, but the result will still be good. Completely prepared humus from a compost pit resembles a fat crumbly soil. So that there is no doubt about the acid balance of the soil, lime flour can be added to the sawdust. Thus, a universal organic fertilizer is prepared that will not take nitrogen, will not add acid, but will only bring useful substances that will make the soil fertile.

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As mulch

All plants in the garden can be mulched with sawdust. If, from the beginning of summer, cover the ground in the garden with a layer of sawdust 2-3 cm thick, this will save the vegetables from weeds, retain moisture, and save the owners from the need to often loosen the ground. And by the end of summer, the sawdust will almost imperceptibly mix with the top layer of the soil, making it lighter and more breathable. After harvesting vegetables, they usually dig up the ground - the sawdust will be evenly distributed and turn into fertilizer for the next plantings, you can also sprinkle it with lime flour to avoid soil acidification. Usually, at the beginning of summer, moisture must be retained, and later, an excess of it can damage the plants, therefore, it is advisable to perform such mulching no later than June.

If there were too many sawdust in the garden, and by the end of summer they did not mix with the ground, it is better to remove them so that this excess does not interfere with the freezing of the ground in the spring.

Fresh sawdust around the strawberry bushes will help it grow without weeds and pests, especially the spine of conifers. She is also able to protect potatoes from the Colorado potato beetle. If you spread shredded pieces of conifers between the bushes, the Colorado potato beetle will not eat your potatoes. But you will have to change the sawdust at least three times over the summer.

The raspberry can be covered with a thick layer of sawdust - up to 20 cm. Sprinkle it with lime on top and sprinkle it with a urea solution. Such mulch will protect the soil from moisture loss, make it looser and lighter, provide fertilizer constantly flowing to the roots, and rid raspberries from pests.

For greenhouses

When preparing the soil for greenhouses, the summer resident can mix sawdust with horse manure, crushed grass, leaves - this will perfectly warm it up. Only it is necessary to use rotted sawdust with rotted horse manure (or mullein) and, accordingly, fresh sawdust with fresh manure. If you prepare the garden in the fall, then you can lay the plant residues before winter, and in the spring, put horse manure on top, fill it with lime and tyrsa. On all this, put a little straw, soil with mineral fertilizers. Such a bed will warm up quickly and will constantly keep the temperature.

In the beds

With the help of sawdust, beds are formed and rid the garden of excess water. If the site is filled with melt water (or showers), then it is very convenient to dig a groove around the perimeter 20-25 cm deep and 30-40 cm wide.This groove is filled with sawdust, and the soil is transferred to the beds - there will be no excess moisture, the edges will not dry out, but the path will always be dry. After 1-2 years, fertilizer will be made by itself, with which it will be possible to feed the soil with general digging.

Sometimes summer residents organize high beds for vegetables or flowers - this can also be done with the help of wood waste. A trench is dug, at the bottom of which leaves, grass, sawdust, lime flour, urea (manure, if any) are laid. Then they put the grass on top again, return the dug soil. So that the edges do not dry out, they can be covered with turf, laid with foil. The process of overheating inside such beds occurs constantly, heating and nourishing the plants.

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