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Among the countless varieties and hybrids of sweet peppers, there are such as, for example, Ramiro peppers, whose popularity is literally global. And if most of the vegetables on the shelves of supermarkets are nameless, and it is almost impossible to find out about their varietal affiliation, then the name of this Ramiro pepper will certainly be on the package. And, as my experience has shown, this pepper is worth knowing about it and other gardeners. That is why this article was written.

Autumn is the busiest time. It is no longer hot, in the morning there is heavy dew. Since the earth is still warm, and foliage has already attacked from above, creating a very special microclimate in the surface layer, the mushrooms are very comfortable. Mushroom pickers are also comfortable at this time, especially in the mornings when it is cooler. It's time for both to meet. And, if not introduced to each other - get to know each other. In this article I will introduce you to exotic, little-known and not always edible mushrooms similar to corals.

If you are a busy person, but not without romance, if you have your own site and you are endowed with aesthetic taste, then explore the opportunity to purchase this wonderful ornamental shrub - Caryopteris, or Nutwing. He is also a "wing hazel", "blue fog" and "blue beard". In it, indeed, unpretentiousness and beauty are fully combined. Cariopteris reaches its decorative peak at the end of summer and autumn. It is at this time that it blooms.

Ajvar from pepper - vegetable caviar or thick vegetable sauce from bell pepper with eggplant. Peppers for this recipe are baked, and for quite a long time, then they are also stewed. Onions, tomatoes, eggplants are added to ajvar. For harvesting for the winter, caviar is sterilized. This Balkan recipe is not for those who like to make preparations quickly, undercooked and underbaked - not about ajvar. In general, we approach the matter in detail. For the sauce, we choose the most ripe and meaty vegetables on the market.

Despite the simple names ("sticky" or "indoor maple") and the status of a modern substitute indoor hibiscus, abutilons - plants are far from the simplest. They grow well, bloom profusely and delight looking healthy greens only in optimal conditions. On thin leaves, any deviations from comfortable lighting or temperatures and violations in care quickly appear. To reveal the beauty of abutilons in rooms, it is worth finding the perfect place for them.

Pancakes from zucchini with parmesan and mushrooms - a delicious recipe with a photo of the available products. Ordinary squash pancakes can easily be turned into a boring dish by adding a few savory ingredients to the dough. In the zucchini season, treat your family to vegetable pancakes with wild mushrooms, it is not only very tasty, but also satisfying. Zucchini is a versatile vegetable, it is suitable for stuffing, for preparations, for main courses, and even for sweets. delicious recipes- compotes and jams are made from zucchini.

The idea of ​​growing vegetables on the grass, under the grass and in the grass at first scares, until you feel the naturalness of the process: in nature, everything happens that way. With the obligatory participation of all soil living creatures: from bacteria and fungi to moles and toads. Each of them contributes. Traditional tillage with digging, loosening, fertilizing, fighting all those we consider pests destroys the biocenoses that have been created for centuries. In addition, it requires a lot of labor and resources.

What to do instead of a lawn? So that all this beauty does not turn yellow, does not hurt and at the same time looks like a lawn ... I hope that the smart and quick-witted reader is already smiling. After all, the answer suggests itself - if nothing is done, nothing will happen. Of course, there are several solutions that can be used, and with their help, reduce the area of ​​​​the lawn, and therefore reduce the laboriousness of caring for it. I propose to consider alternative options and discuss their pros and cons.

Tomato sauce with onion and sweet pepper - thick, fragrant, with pieces of vegetables. The sauce cooks quickly and turns out thick because this recipe is with pectin. Make such preparations at the end of summer or autumn, when the vegetables have ripened under the sun in the beds. From bright, red tomatoes you get the same bright homemade ketchup. This sauce is a ready-made spaghetti dressing, and you can also just spread it on bread - very tasty. For better preservation, you can add a little vinegar.

This year I often saw a picture: among the luxurious green crown of trees and shrubs, here and there, like candles, the tops of the shoots are “burning”. This is chlorosis. Most of us know about chlorosis from school biology lessons. I remember that this is a lack of iron ... But chlorosis is an ambiguous concept. And not always lightening the foliage means a lack of iron. What is chlorosis, what our plants lack in chlorosis and how to help them, we will tell in the article.

Korean-style vegetables for the winter - a delicious Korean salad with tomatoes and cucumbers. The salad is sweet and sour, spicy and slightly spicy, because it is prepared with seasoning for Korean carrots. Be sure to prepare a few jars for the winter, cold winter This healthy and fragrant snack will be very useful. For the recipe, you can use overripe cucumbers, it is better to harvest vegetables in late summer or early autumn, when they are ripe in the open field under the sun.

Autumn for me is dahlias. Mine begin to bloom already in June, and all summer the neighbors look over the fence to me, reminding me that I promised them a few tubers or seeds by autumn. In September, a tart note appears in the aroma of these flowers, hinting at the approaching cold. So, it's time to start preparing plants for a long cold winter. In this article I will share my secrets of autumn care for perennial dahlias and preparing them for winter storage.

To date, the efforts of breeders have bred, according to various sources, from seven to ten thousand (!) varieties of cultivated apple trees. But with their huge variety in private gardens, as a rule, only a couple of popular and beloved varieties grow. Apple trees are large trees with a spreading crown, and you cannot grow many of them in one area. But what if you try to grow columnar varieties of this crop? In this article I will talk about such varieties of apple trees.

Pinjur - Balkan eggplant caviar with sweet peppers, onions and tomatoes. A distinctive feature of the dish is that eggplants and peppers are first baked, then peeled and simmered for a long time in a roasting pan or in a saucepan with a thick bottom, adding the rest of the vegetables indicated in the recipe. The caviar is very thick, with a bright, rich taste. In my opinion, this cooking method is the best of all known. Although it is more troublesome, the result compensates for the labor costs.

Cultivation of stonecrop (sedum) helps to form a unique landscape of the park, garden and decorate the local area. Perennial, ornamental plants are spread over the surface of the site with a multi-colored carpet.

Is it difficult to cultivate sedums, are there poisonous varieties among them, and what kind of care is required.

Stonecrop is a succulent plant from the Tolstyankov family. It grows wild in American, Eurasian and North African natural landscapes.

The name sedum comes from the Latin - to pacify, soothe, and also sit; in Ukrainian - cleansing (to clean).

Stonecrops are known by other names:

  • Hare grass (cabbage);
  • Skripun;
  • young;
  • fat woman;
  • Fever Grass;
  • Sedum;
  • Hernia grass;
  • Living grass.

Description

Sedums differ in appearance: ground cover (10-30 centimeters), tall bushy (up to 80 centimeters). The leaves of the grass are rounded, fleshy, without veins.

The thickened stems of the fat woman contain leaves on them, and end with an inflorescence at the top. Shoots of a tuberous shape with roots sit firmly in the soil.

Stonecrops eventually conquer new areas of the site, forming a continuous cover. Bush forms are also able to grow.

There are poisonous varieties of stonecrop, some emit toxic substances into the air, adversely affecting surrounding plants.

Types of stonecrops - what are there

The diversity is great, hundreds of tropical and cold-resistant species are known. The most decorative of them are grown culturally, separated into separate genera (Ochitnik, Zhivuchnik, Petrosedum) and varieties.

ground covers

These are creeping species that cover the soil, ranging in height from a few to 30 centimeters. Spread on the ground, the bushes create the illusion of dense coverage, which makes them seem undersized.

Used to decorate alpine slides, rockeries, borders, roofs and walls. Planted in containers (including hanging ones).

Purple flowers of different intensity, 0.5 centimeters in diameter strewn with bluish, bluish leaves. The leaves have red patches. The length of the stems is 8-10 centimeters. The varieties are frost-resistant, demanding on light, moisture and looseness of the soil. Flowering: August-September. Example varieties: Rosenteppich and Rose Carpet.

Creeping stems, up to 25 centimeters long. It blooms with multicolored flowers in October. It is grown in containers, on alpine slides, rockeries. Used to create topiaries. Dragon, Mediovariegatum - the most common varieties.

Easily rooted stems spread out and reach a length of 15-20 centimeters. Flowers 0.7 centimeters in diameter, varying intensity of pink and red, appear in July-August. The bluish-gray leaves are decorative. Demanding on the composition of the soil (does not like alkalization), needs constant weeding and light watering.

The variety Variegatum is widespread. The shoots do not quite lie down, the rhizome becomes woody. Stems 15-25 centimeters have yellow flowers with stamens during the flowering period (July-September), then scarlet fruits appear. Loves watering, partial shade.

A rug 10 centimeters thick has flower stalks up to 30 centimeters high. The leaves are green, bluish, then turn red. Flowers yellow, pink. It grows rapidly and captures the area. Beautiful in containers. Watering is regular. Purpureum, Elegance are well-known varieties.

Beautiful, very decorative. Bushes up to 5 centimeters high, flower stalk 10 centimeters. Green leaves turn red in the sun, flowers are yellow, pink. This is a winter-hardy variety, unpretentious to the soil, does not like excessive watering. Roofs are greened for them, planted in rockeries, and topiaries are decorated.

Loves the sun, light and partial shade, blooms in July-August. A plant 15 centimeters high forms covers on the soil. Decorate flower beds, mixborders, spacious containers. The leaves are green, becoming bronze, red by autumn. Flowers in different shades of pink, burgundy, red and white. Only some varieties: Elizabeth, Tricolor, Album, Leningrad White and others.

The coating is dense, continuous height 5-10 centimeters, poisonous. green leaves, yellow flowers. Flowering June-July. Undemanding to the conditions of detention. It tolerates winter and drought well. It is easy to weed out and grows very fast. Sedum caustic - honey plant, Minus, Elegance varieties are interesting.

Bushes up to 40 centimeters, bluish-green leaves with pink inflorescences. It grows quickly, winter-hardy, unpretentious. Suitable for growing in rockeries, rock gardens.

Rare variety. Cover 4-5 centimeters. Green leaves turn red in the sun, creeping shoots have white flowers. Does not like drought, grows in partial shade. This evergreen will decorate borders and rockeries.

shrubby

This is a tall type of stonecrop. Such a sedum is unpretentious in cultivation: it grows on soil poor in humus, on rocky areas. high grades stonecrops need more watering than creeping ones, because their root system not covered by a continuous carpet of vegetation.

They bloom from summer to autumn, for many years in one place, they are more popular among gardeners than undersized counterparts.

Forms a bush 40-70 centimeters. The leaves are green, may be purple with a bluish tinge. Flowers white, white-pink, to deep purple. Blooms in August, until October, requires moderate watering. Produces aerial shoots, which are removed. This variety is grown in a spacious container, mixborders, single flower beds. Varieties - Iceberg, Carmen, Crystal Pink, Stephen Ward.

The bush is tall, up to 80 centimeters with pink or purple flowers. The leaves are green, oval. July and August are the flowering months. Rabbit cabbage is grown in mixborder groups, suitable for growing in a container. Bon-Bon, Red Globe, Trafl - varieties of stonecrop.

The shrub reaches a height of 50 centimeters. Blooms all summer. Likes shading, prefers poor soils, unpretentious appearance. Watering is moderate, regular.

This sedum grows up to 60 centimeters in height. Leaves are greenish-gray. Flowers of different colors: white, pinkish, pink. Late flowering in September-October. Sunny places are preferred along with partial shade. Watering is moderate.

How to care

Stonecrops are undemanding to growing conditions, they grow easily, turning the allotted area into a green meadow. Earth prefers loose, fertile, sandy, acidic.

It grows best in bright areas, does not bloom in the shade. Accumulates moisture and does not tolerate drought.

Landing in open ground, watering and weeding

Seedlings are planted at the end of May, June, after return frosts (all summer). It is good to add ash and sand to the soil. The site is chosen open, not under the trees. Holes are dug at a distance of 20 centimeters. Sedum will bloom in a year or two.

Stonecrops need periodic watering and weeding, they are oppressed from the neighborhood with weeds.

top dressing

Feed with diluted mullein or complex fertilizer. Do not apply fresh manure.

pruning

Bushes are formed at varietal stonecrops: green shoots are removed on multi-colored varieties so that the breed does not degenerate. Overgrown stems, dry inflorescences are also cut off, giving a compact planting.

stonecrop in winter

In regions where snow is plentiful, stonecrop is not covered for the winter. Preparation for wintering includes pruning almost all shoots. The remaining stems are sprinkled with earth. Cut shoots can be rooted, kept at home and planted in the spring in the soil.

Transplantation and rejuvenation

Sedum thickets are aging and need to be transplanted and rejuvenated. In spring or autumn, old branches are removed, young plantings are divided into parts and transplanted to another place. It is enough to carry out such a procedure once every 3-4 years.

How stonecrop reproduces

Reproduction is carried out in several ways: seedlings from seeds, cuttings and division of bushes.

Seedling from seeds

In April, you can sow stonecrop seeds in seedlings. Seeds are laid out on the surface of the soil (earth and sand), sprinkled with coarse sand and, moistened, covered with glass or film.

Seedlings are grown in a cool place. From time to time, ventilate and spray the seedlings with a spray bottle. After 2 weeks, the containers are moved to a warmer place. Shoots appear within a month. After the appearance of two leaves, dive.

Before landing on the street, they are hardened for a week, taking out for a certain time.

Reproduction by cuttings

Before and after the flowering of sedum, you can cut and plant a plant. This is a simple procedure, despite the fact that stonecrops take root well. Cut off part of the stem, deepen it into the soil or place it in water (until the roots appear). When the roots appear, they are planted in a permanent place.

The division of the bush

Produced in the spring by digging and dividing the roots. On each part, the presence of kidneys must be checked. Treat the cut with a fungicide and allow to dry. After a couple of hours they put it in place.

Pests and diseases

Rarely affected by diseases, it can rot from high humidity. Sore spots are cut off, the remaining shoots are disinfected. Pests that sometimes attack stonecrop are aphids, weevils and thrips (they fight with the use of insecticides).

perennial plants make their owners happy flowering and ornamental greenery throughout many years. They develop, new shoots, grow in breadth and up.

Overhead part of herbaceous perennials dying off with the onset frost, and their root system with growth buds stays in the ground.

Some kinds perennials tolerate cold, without dropping foliage. Therefore so important create favorable conditions for wintering plants.

Provide plant protection in winter period various types of shelters, timely , soil mulching(soil cover protective layer- hay, grass, sawdust, bark, gravel, sand and other organic and inorganic materials), storage tubers and bulbs of some species indoors. To accomplish the task, it is necessary to think over and draw up plan autumn work on the homestead.

How to prepare perennials for winter

There are several tricks which will help ensure the full protection perennials from winter frosts and during spring thaw. For various kinds flowers and shrubs apply:

  • pruning;
  • Warming;
  • Soil mulching;
  • Cleaning tubers and bulbs for winter storage.

Choice way autumn preparation depends on frost resistance plants.
To save cold resistant herbaceous perennials(brunner large-leaved, echinacea purpurea, sedum) enough cut withered above-ground part and mulch the soil in the place of growth.

This method gives possibility plant accumulate enough nutrients in the root system for wintering and spring rebirth. Hemp lignified stems are left so that they can detain snow cover.

Perennial plants, the aerial part of which does not die off(for example, wintergreen, hoof, etc.) not cut completely. First-years and non-frost-resistant species insulate spruce branches.

Before the shelter soil mulch over the root system peat or garden soil mixed with humus. Installed over large plants spruce huts or construct frame, which is filled with chips and covered with waterproof material.

The roots of some tuberous and bulbous perennials especially unstable to soil freezing save until spring in a warm room. At night temperatures +3 to 0 degrees start dig early flowering plant varieties (irises, crocuses,), then mid-flowering(mock orange, spirea, honeysuckle, viburnum, etc.) and late(, cannes, some varieties, hydrangea, etc.).

Roots and bulbs dry up at room temperature and sent Into the basement before spring planting.

Autumn pruning of perennials

After first autumn frosts begin pruning perennial flowers and shrubs. Until this time, the root system continues to feed on the above-ground part of the plants.

Favorable for pruning perennials, a period without precipitation is considered from the end of October to the middle of November.

Pruning herbaceous plants for the winter:

  • Prevents decay rhizomes;
  • Promotes removal infected viruses and fungal microorganisms of the aerial part;
  • Facilitates the process of mulching the soil;
  • Destroys larvae of polyphagous pests;
  • Provides safety growth buds;
  • Guarantees reliable insulation of the root system.

sustainable to the cold kinds perennials such as astilbe, bruner, aquilegia, feverfew, peonies, pruned to the height up to 5 cm from the surface of the earth. The soil around is mulched, sprinkled with a mixture of earth and peat or dry sawdust.

Leaves iris pruned up to 10 cm. stems delphinium leave high 25 cm, because they can get into the water and damage the roots. up to 20 cm shorten shoots clematis that appeared in the current season.

Pruning perennials bushes also start with the onset first frost. Rose branches shorten up to 30 cm, fully delete young shoots that cannot withstand severe frosts. bush carefully thin out, leaving up to five well-developed branches.

In large-leaved hydrangeas flower buds are born at the ends of last year's shoots, so pruning is done only for the purpose of thinning the bush.

After leaf fall from the bushes spirea cut at the root 25% branches. Removing faded shoots stimulates uniform development of the bush in the next season. young undergrowth trying to leave untouched. Jasmine before the onset of cold weather, thin out, cut out dry, crooked and diseased branches.

Digging for storage

Roots non-frost-resistant species perennials are dug up with the onset of cold weather and store before spring planting wet cool microclimate.

Early October dig bulbs gladioli and montbrecia, dahlia and begonia tubers. After the first frost clean up storage of roots eland indian.

Preparation for winter storage of perennial bulbs

  • Digging starts at dry weather when the leaves of the plants have already turned yellow;
  • shovel put on layer of earth below the level of the root system and carefully separate the bulbs along with the tubers and withered shoots;
  • Stems and roots are shortened up to 2–3 cm;
  • bulbs sorting out and throw away the damaged ones;
  • dried bulbs in a warm room 20–25 days;
  • Delete roots, upper husks and old bulbs, tubers are separated;
  • Through three days planting material clean up for storage in a room with a temperature up to +10 degrees.

tubers begonias dig after night frosts. Shoots are cut to height 2–3 cm. The tubers, together with the soil, are transferred for two weeks to warm drying room.

Then shake off from the ground, cut off the remains of the stems and stack for storage in cool wet room. Rhizome eland indian dig and store together with a clod of earth in the basement or

Before cleaning dahlia stems release from the top layer of the earth, and then pruned below this level. To extract the tubers around the bush, they dig a narrow trench and pry a layer of earth along with the root system. Then carefully clean the soil and sprinkle the damaged areas with peat. store root tubers in one row at a temperature 3-5 degrees and high humidity air.

It is important to know: Dahlia root tubers should not be dried in a warm room, as they dry out quickly and may die.

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Frost protection options

Unstable to frost plants should insulate for the winter. shelter can serve: a layer of soil, branches of coniferous trees, frame structures, lutrasil (non-woven material), reed mats, plywood, etc.

spruce branches is a good snow-retaining barrier. At the same time, the needles scares away rodents and provides ventilation shelters. Spruce branches are used for insulation clematis, whose shoots twisted and lay on the ground.

rose bush cover

Shelter of roses for the winter is happening in the following way:

  • pruned branches pull together and tied with spruce branches in the form of a hut;
  • curly varieties are removed from supports and insulate like clematis creepers;
  • Miniature species () are sprinkled with peat and covered ceramic pots;
  • hybrid varieties spud, tied with spruce and covered with plywood boxes;
  • Park crops do not need winter shelter.

chrysanthemums cut before heating almost flush with the ground and covered with spruce branches, reed mats or plywood. In order to insulate the root system, soil mulching is carried out in places where herbaceous perennials grow. Powdered dry peat and flower beds with bulbous primroses.

branches thermophilic ornamental shrubs bend down to the ground and cover with lutrasil - covering material, which is subsequently covered snow. The thickness of the cover can reach 80 cm, which positively affects the wintering of perennial plants.

The snow must stay loose and do not condense during thaws. Under the ice crust, plants can suffocate. Therefore, periodically it is necessary to check the condition of the snow flooring.

Interesting fact: to shelter small plants, you can independently build a frame house from non-woven material.

  • pruning small-colored herbaceous perennials level with earth. The soil above the root system is mulched to protect against cold and rodents;
  • roses and chrysanthemums should be insulated last because they can die from damping off. The shelter must be well ventilated;
  • Cropped parts of herbaceous perennials and shrubs burn and the ashes are thrown away to to avoid infection with viruses and fungal diseases of healthy plants;
  • To protect landings on Alpine rollercoaster they are completely covered nonwoven fabric, the edges of which are sprinkled with earth or pressed down with stones;
  • Do not do it cover the roots of overwintering perennials straw, since rodents can start in it;
  • young shrubs wrapped for the winter burlap or lutrasil. Also come with coniferous crops, which can "burn" in the sun at the end of winter.

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