Well, hare, wait a minute! Protecting the garden from rodents

On a garden plot, all trees and ornamental shrubs, without exception, need not only constant care, but constant protection. Traditionally, in the summer, any summer cottage is exposed to the invasion of hordes of insects, as well as to the spread of numerous diseases, and in winter there is no end to various rodent pests: mice, hares, rats that eat bark, eat branches and roots of plants. Therefore, protecting the garden from rodents is a necessary measure.

Often the injuries that animals inflict on plants lead to rapid damage to the plantings, especially young seedlings, the favorite delicacy of animals - apple trees, pears, plums, quince and cherry trees, suffer. On ornamental shrubs such as honeysuckle, hawthorn, visible damage from rodents can often be found.

Therefore, today we will give several recommendations for protecting trees and shrubs from intruders.

There are many ways to protect plants from winter and summer pests. Let's consider the most effective ones.

Who is the danger to the garden

Perhaps the greatest danger, due to reproduction at a rapid rate, is represented by field mice and hares. For food, they usually choose parts of green spaces that are underground. Quite rarely, common and water rats and families of beans, moles and shrews inflict damage to green pets. But the harm here will be relatively small - only the root system is in danger

Traditional methods of controlling rodents in the area: preventive actions against the appearance; mechanical methods; chemical methods; rodent prevention.

With the end of the summer cottage season, gardeners everywhere eliminate withered foliage and various debris that could attract rodents.

Particular attention should be paid to hay, this is a favorite delicacy of rodents. It is better if they are not at all on your site - and you will be protected by cats and hedgehogs. They, as a rule, can heroically cope with such pests. Rodents will be scared away by wood ash, sawdust with the aroma of kerosene, small peat chips. But you should not get carried away in this way - solid oil, autol and creolin, which can be scattered in the periosteal circle, lead to deep burn wounds on the bark. All rodent pests dislike certain odors, such as mint or tar-smelling liquids. Throughout the winter, places near the trees must be tamped, this will be a certain obstacle on the way of the animals to the trees.

A high fence near the house will protect you from curious hares, just like a mixture of fish oil with a pungent smell of mothballs - a hare will never consume bark from bushes and trees that have a pungent smell.

Protecting the garden from rodents by mechanical treatment

Wrapping can be a good obstacle for pests - trees and shrubs are covered with various materials for protection. Knowledgeable people often tie the plants on the plot with spruce branches, fragrant juniper, reeds or sunflower flowers. This will be a kind of shelter from the winter cold at the same time as reliable protection. It is best to tie the trees with the arrival of autumn, before the onset of the first cold weather, and in the first month of spring, the harness must be removed.

When tying, it is necessary to take care of the part of the shelter that is located at the bottom.It is necessary to scoop up the soil, make a strapping around the trunk, place it below ground level, and scoop up the earth itself along the edges. Lapnik is usually tied to trees only with the needles down.

Roofing material can also come to the rescue in the fight against numerous pests. Each trunk should be wrapped with sacking in a large amount. Roofing material is applied very tightly, pulled over with twine, plugged with a cloth or covered with clay, leaving a small gap. After the snow melts, the shelter is removed. Metal twisted cylinders made from pieces of fine metal mesh or nylon will protect the trunks of green pets. Layers should be very tight.

Freeing trees and shrubs from strapping:

This procedure is performed only in the evening and only on very cloudy days, gradually releasing the harness. First, it must be loosened for several days, leaning against the trunk of a tree, preferably from the south side. It is unacceptable to do this in sunny weather - the trees will certainly burn and young shoots can quickly dry out.

Protecting the garden from rodents with chemicals

Trees can be coated with a mixture of clay and cow dung, in a one-to-one ratio, the mixture should be diluted with water until thick sour cream and a full tablespoon of carbolic acid should be added.

You can also treat tree trunks with a useful mixture, which is successfully used to heal wounds of trees and shrubs: you need to take 0.5 liters. denatured alcohol and 400 g of finely dispersed rosin.

Each specialized store has a wide range of pesticides that can be purchased year-round if, for example, you do not want to prepare odorous coatings on your own. But you need to be extremely careful when there are pets and children on the site - you must not forget about their safety.

It is best to combine the above methods. Any suburban area should be regularly monitored, examined and interested in its condition, then there will be no need to treat wounds that have appeared as a result of the vital activity of rodents.