Features feeding apple trees in the summer

The pledge of excellent yield is top dressing, which are carried out in compliance with the frequency and application rates.Apple trees just need a large amount of minerals, especially during the laying of flower buds. What and how to properly feed trees in the summer, let's talk in this article.

The apple tree is a rather tender plant, especially at a young age. Feeding without special needs will only bring harm. In general, if the apple trees do not have enough nutrition, it is noticeable even with the naked eye. If the trees do not have enough nitrogen, the foliage becomes shallow, faded. When there is little phosphorus - the leaves become bronze in color, and a clear lack of iron is characterized by yellowing of the leaves, a complete loss of color.

When the trees lack calcium, foliage will curl and fall off, and a lack of copper content will cause dark spots on the leaves. Foliar application will help to correct the situation and saturate the trees with necessary and useful substances. But the maximum success can be achieved if the methods of introduction alternate and use also root dressings.

Now a little more about the shortage of other substances. So, signs of magnesium deficiency:

• leaves turn crimson or lemon-colored, while the edges and veins are green;
• young leaves are like mosaics.

In case of boron deficiency:

• leaves begin to die off;
• few ovaries, flowering is also weak;
• fruits become ugly;
• There are corked areas inside the apple;
• the top of the branches dries up.

These are clear signs that the tree is experiencing a “boric hunger”. Especially often it is found on acidic soil.

If trees are low in potassium:

• foliage is bent down;
• all branches are thin, weak;
• There are many flowers on the apple tree, and the fruits are hard and bitter.

By and large, apple trees need both mineral and organic fertilizers. As organics are used:

• compost;
• mullein;
• chicken droppings;
• horse dung.

From the category of phosphate plants, superphosphate + phosphoric flour is of great interest to gardeners, and from the discharge of nitrogen, urea. Potassium salt, potassium sulfate is most often the source of potassium.

Universal vitamin cocktails, widely represented in the distribution networks of different cities, are also successfully used. They immediately contain a complex of micro and macro elements.

To this type include:

• ammophos - combines phosphorus and nitrogen compounds;
• nitrophoska - contains a huge amount of substances such as nitrogen, potassium, copper, boron;
• nitrophos - perfectly absorbed, it contains nitrogen and phosphorus compounds.

In the second half of the summer period, only substances of the phosphorus-potassium type are needed. They are necessary for the growth and proper development of future bulk and tasty apples.

And now we proceed directly to the methods and options for making supplements. Let us also turn to popular recipes, which, by the way, are relevant for many gardeners, since they have a milder effect.

Summer feeding of apple trees is of great benefit, so you should not underestimate it. The main difference between such dressings from spring is that not only nitrogen-type fertilizers, but also potassium salt, as well as phosphate fertilizers are allowed.

If the summer was pretty hot, then additional feeding can be made several times. The main condition is to observe the interval between fertilization, which is 10-14 days.

Let's start with the popular recipes. The first - feeding with the use of ash. This tool will allow the apple to fruit effectively.

We take 1 glass of wood ash and dilute it in two liters of hot water. All this we mix, wait until the ash is completely dissolved. After that, the volume of the mixture is increased to 10 liters and carefully sprayed the crown. This feeding can be done during the entire period when the apples ripen. Do not forget about the ten-day interval between application.Completely stop making fertilizer 30 days before picking apples.

You can use the following recipe: take 1 kg of superphosphate, 800 g of potassium sulfate, 500 g of urea, and dissolve all this in a 200-liter barrel of water. Let this mixture last for about a week. The average consumption of the mixture - 4 buckets for watering one tree. In order not to burn the entire root system of apple trees, pre-spend watering with clean water. But in the rain such dressing is not carried out, there must be dry weather.

The next version of the fertilizer - a solution of bird droppings or mullein. To properly prepare it, take a large container (the most suitable is a 200-liter barrel) and fill it with water. Then dissolve 5 liters of bird droppings in water. This volume is on average enough for feeding 5-6 apple trees.

Feed the trees in the evening or early in the morning so that the nutrients do not evaporate ahead of time. Feeding is carried out as follows:

• The stem of the apple tree shed a bucket of water;
• then the tree is poured over the prepared solution with a distance of 0.5 meters from the trunk;
• re-spill the stem of the stem with water.

At the very beginning of summer, apple trees need minerals. Therefore, in June fertilizers should be applied, which include potassium and phosphorus. You can use the following recipe: in a ten-liter bucket of water we dilute 1 tablespoon of potassium sulfate. This solution is sprayed crown of trees, so that the foliage on both sides was processed.

Also great for dressing and all known boric acid. The recipe is simple: add 2-3 mg of boric acid crystals to a ten-liter bucket and mix well.

On average, after 2 weeks you can feed the apple with nitrogen. Urea is quite suitable for this. The solution can be used in two versions:

• if summer is hot and drought, it is better to spray the crown with a solution;
• if the weather is rainy, then root dressing will have a greater effect, in this case the tree trunk circle is simply spilled with fertilizer.

Top dressing in July will also bring significant benefits. During this period, we use potash and phosphate fertilizers. If it's hot outside, sprinkle a crown of vitamin composition. You can also make a mixture with a nitrogen content, only keeping the interval, which was already mentioned earlier.

During fruiting, trees can be fed with sodium mixtures. In the period of ripening apples, it is very important. Carries it according to the following recipe: take 1 kilogram of nitrophoska, 1 tbsp. spoon of sodium humate. All this is dissolved in a 200-liter barrel of water. In the evening, spill the tree circles of the apple trees with the resulting solution.

A good result is given by feeding the so-called "green" fertilizer, that is, an infusion of different herbs.

In August, apple trees can be fed with both organic and mineral fertilizers. During this period, organic matter is placed around the trunk:

• if the trees are young, then stepping back 40 cm from the trunk;
• if the apple trees are old (over 15 years old), then 1 meter from the trunk.

On one young tree bring a bucket of organics, on older trees need to use two buckets. It will be great if you apply fertilizer for mulching materials.

Be sure to ensure that in summer the soil under the apple trees was a bit wet, but overflow is unacceptable. Moisture is needed so that minerals dissolve well, since it is difficult for apple trees to take moisture from a great depth.

For lovers of organic gardening, the use of various siderats as a fertilizer will be highly relevant. It looks like this: they dig up the soil, in the process freshly mowed green manures are being buried in it. This allows apple trees to get nitrogen and other nutrients.

It is worth mentioning about one more substance for dressings. This is bone meal. It contains a lot of calcium, phosphorus and there is a small dose of nitrogen. Bonemeal is usually added as soon as the crop is harvested.

This substance disintegrates for a long time, 6-8 months. It turns out that if you make it after picking apples, by the spring period the necessary elements will fully enter the soil.

Bonemeal need to make 1 time in three years. Pristvolny circle of the tree while digging up and make 200 grams of bone meal per apple tree.

You can also use fish meal, it perfectly restores the damaged root system of apple trees, but we must not forget that it deoxidizes the soil.

If we talk about the terms in which fertilizers should be applied, the schedule looks like this: if you have planted young apple trees, then in the first year of feeding they, in principle, are not needed. But in the second year after disembarkation, you need to start fertilizing.

The first time you need to feed the trees in your garden in the middle or end of April. It is during this period that the first green foliage usually appears on apples.

For the second time you apply top dressing at the very beginning of flowering. The third time the trees are fed up on the 15th of June. Trees are saturated with potassium and nitrogen. Most often use foliar method, but in the heat it is permissible to apply and watering.

In late August, they feed the apple trees one last time. Fertilizers at this time saturate trees with minerals and significantly improve the quality of the soil.

As for the rules of application, they are simple. If it is hot outside, then it is better to water the trees in the evening so that the moisture does not evaporate too quickly. There is also a kind of fertilizer scheme that you should pay attention to:

• before making additional dressing, the soil is watered with clean water;
• the fertilizer solution is distributed over the already moistened soil;
• watering again with pure water.

Those who grow up columnar apple trees need to know that these trees need vitamins and minerals somewhat more than others, since these varieties produce a lot of fruit on a small number of branches that require nutrition.

There are gardeners who feed after the harvest. The effectiveness of this feeding is still a big question, but many agree that it will not bring harm.

Now consider the necessary dosages, which should be observed during dressings.

Fertilizers should be applied taking into account the age of trees, soil type, weather conditions. For example, if the soil contains a large amount of clay, then mineral substances are best brought under the root, using watering. On such a basis, fertilizing can be done only once.

If the soil in your garden is closer to chernozem, then apple trees should be sprayed with trace element solutions, and organic should be watered only if there are signs of a fungal disease.

If the trees are less than three years old, then you can feed them with dry fertilizer. The granules are placed in near-trunk circles, and then with the help of a rake they are shallowly added dropwise.

When the root system is fully formed, you need to apply fertilizer to a depth of 30-40 cm. For this purpose, make small grooves, they lay fertilizer.

You can apply and wells of appropriate depth. A hollow tube is inserted into each well, and a vitamin solution is poured into it. On 1 square. soil meter on average need 2 wells.

Novice gardeners often make some common mistakes:

• do not respect the interval between fertilization;
• feed more often 5 times a year;
• they feed the apple tree for the first time after flowering, and not before it starts.

To avoid problems with yield or "overfeeding" fertilizers, it is necessary to strictly observe the terms and dosages of the application.

Also, inexperienced gardeners should be aware that 30 days before picking apples, you must stop any additional feeding.

In the next video you will find an express method of feeding the apple.