How to cultivate the land in the greenhouse?

Many gardeners appreciate the greenhouse for the convenience of growing delicate thermophilic crops such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplants. Early cucumbers in early summer will also delight. However, at the same time, many lose sight of the fact that the natural renewal of the soil is disturbed in greenhouses, and a closed, warm and humid space provokes the reproduction of pathogenic flora and pests. Another problem in the greenhouse is late blight and whitefly.

Except them, there are plenty of pests for the season - these are aphids, thrips, spider mites. All of them feed on plant sap, which leads to inhibition of their growth and weakening, up to death. Ants and the development of sooty fungi also interfere with the development of plants in the greenhouse. As a result, the plants slow down their growth, then wither, lose leaves and die. But there is a way out in the fight against this scourge - to disinfect the soil and the very structure of the greenhouse in spring and autumn.

In autumn, greenhouses are free of plants, twine, supporting structures, containers and other equipment accompanying seasonal work. The time has come for sanitation - the closed space during the spring-summer season was occupied by many pests and pathogenic bacteria. Mold has appeared, which settles under the supports, racks - wherever it is humid and warm. If the pests are not touched, they will safely overwinter and will take up their "dirty work" in the spring, with the onset of a new season. This cannot be allowed, therefore, in the fall, a set of simple measures is taken to sanitize greenhouses and greenhouses. The methods, although simple, are time consuming, so it is better to do this in 3-4 steps. Such actions will help get rid of causative agents of dangerous diseases:

• olive spot;
• powdery mildew;
• peronosporosis;
• late blight;
• anthracnose;
• scab.

Pathogens easily tolerate frosts, and in the spring they become more active, causing a lot of trouble for the gardener. No soil replacement plans? This means that sanitation is a mandatory type of autumn work in greenhouses. The main measures for the disinfection of soil and greenhouses fall on the autumn period.

• First, they take out the trash, plant residues.
• From the inside, they wash the roof, walls, racks using disinfectant solutions - water with laundry soap, with the addition of bleach - 400 g per 10 liters. You can use dishwashing detergent, potassium permanganate, baking soda, formalin. They wash the room with soft microfiber cloths so as not to scratch the surface. A weak solution of copper sulfate kills moss and lichen on supports.
• After that, the autumn soil disinfection is carried out.
• Then comes the time for sanitizing the greenhouse with chemicals, depending on the diseases that affect the cultivation room.
• After that, minor repairs are carried out.

We will give some tips for those who have a polycarbonate greenhouse installed on the site. As already mentioned above, they wash the surface only with soft napkins, protect it from scratches. Snow rolls down more easily from a smooth surface, the sun's rays penetrate well through it.

First, let's talk about insect control. The elevated temperature and humidity is a whitefly's paradise. The parasite is so omnivorous that its menu includes 300 species of plants. Despite the fact that the whitefly is home to the tropical climate of South America, it has settled in greenhouses and greenhouses in the colder regions of the world. An adult insect can withstand temperatures down to -5 ° C. Hibernates in the upper layers of the soil.

And although in many regions of Russia winter temperatures drop below 5 ° C, this attack is tenacious - the death of adult flyers does not affect the number of offspring. Already in early summer, breeding centers are visible at the entrance to the greenhouses. The danger is brought by insect larvae, sucking juice from the leaf for 3 weeks. Grown insects are replaced by new generations, and so on throughout the season. The whitefly also lives in the house - it is worth bringing it from the garden, it will take up indoor flowers, it will be more difficult to get rid of it than in an empty greenhouse.

Thrips have a slightly poorer menu - up to 200 plants are included in the diet of tiny parasites. Both larvae and adult pests feed on the underside of the leaf, causing necrotic lesions in the form of discolored spots dotted with scattering excrement. This leads to drying out and subsequent death of the vegetable. The spider mite infects all crops in the greenhouse - both vegetables and flowers. Only females survive the winter, hiding in cracks, depressions, and the upper layer of soil. For shelter, insects use unharvested tops, roots, and in spring the leaves of seedlings settle down. Females lay eggs on the underside, and after 8-10 days offspring are born.

After harvesting, the gardener faces an urgent problem - in the fall they cultivate the land in the greenhouse from diseases and parasites. In the fight against pests, several methods are used - chemistry, using complex preparations, thermal. Biological - these are organic preparations and predatory insects. The latter method is harmless and environmentally friendly, but it is used in the spring. Predators will become indispensable helpers in the greenhouse, and in the garden too.

• The phytoseilus mite, which feeds on the spider mite, is settled at the rate of 70-100 individuals per m².
• The whitefly is handled by the encarzia rider, they settle up to 10 pieces per square meter. m².
• Aphids and ladybirds are used against aphids and lacewings. The latter are collected in the forest or meadow.

The problem is that you can buy them in a biolaboratory at greenhouse plants or in firms specializing in this, but this is not possible in every locality. Besides, use such drugs that affect organic matter, after which it decomposes and the death of harmful microorganisms:

• "Shine";
• "Baktofit";
• "Baikal M";
• Fitosporin M.

Their funds are small, and the benefits are incomparable - they saturate the soil with microelements, leave a beneficial microflora, and retain an active effect for a long time. The usual use is 100 grams per 10 liters of water.

Insecticides save from pests. Manufacturers produce them in the form of powders, sprays, liquids, granules and crayons. The main groups of drugs:

• larvicides - destroy caterpillars and larvae of parasites;
• ovicides - kill eggs of ticks and insects;
• acaricides - inhibit ticks;
• aphicides - destroy aphids.

Insecticides are used as follows:

• spraying:
• dusting;
• sulfur checker;
• introduction into the soil;
• in the form of a poisoned bait.

After growing tomatoes, late blight is handled by "Bordeaux liquid", "Abiga-Peak", "Consento", "Revus" and others. "Gamair", "Topaz" are suitable for powdery mildew. Trichodermin is intended for root rot. Universal disinfectants are Fitosporin M and copper sulfate.

Heat treatment without replacing the soil is steaming and freezing. In the first case, the soil is spilled with boiling water, then covered for a couple of days.The method is time consuming, since the size of the greenhouse requires a lot of hot water. If the farm has a steam generator, you can process the soil by steaming, after adding fungicides to the water.

Freezing is possible where there are frosty winters. The greenhouse is opened and left in this state for a week. Steaming and freezing have to be combined, since the frost will kill the adult insects, but will not harm the larvae and eggs. Spilling hot water does not kill adult pests that hide higher in the cracks of the structure.

From mold, a sulfur stick is burned in the fall, in the spring the room is treated with a solution of potassium permanganate with the addition of "adhesives" (soap, detergent). Soil mold is destroyed by alkalization - 3 times during the season dust the ground with wood ashmixed with crushed charcoal, the drug "Torfolin" helps a lot.

In the spring, it is advisable to wash the walls again with soapy water and sanitize Fitosporin M, diluting it as written in the manual. The resulting solution is spilled before planting that piece of land on which they plan to work in the near future. After watering, the soil is sprinkled with dry soil and covered with foil. After 2 days, seedlings are planted. Environmentally friendly folk remedies help a lot against phytophthora.

• Garlic solution - chop 40 g of garlic, insist in a bucket of water for 24 hours. Then rinse all inventory, greenhouse walls, spray crops.
• Periodic steam room - the microorganism will not tolerate the temperature of +30 C, therefore, on a sunny day, the room is closed and kept until the evening coolness. After that they are well ventilated.
• The crops are planted with siderates - white mustard, crescent, vetch, phacelia. As they grow, they are pruned and sown again.
• Marigolds and calendula are sown from nematodes.

In the next video, you will see the autumn cultivation of the soil in the greenhouse.