Why Spring Grass Grass?

In spring, after the snow in Russia and CIS countriesthe same picture is observed: the grass is burning along the roads, mountains, fields and meadows are burning. There may be several reasons for the fire, but the main ones are two: by carelessness, for example, an extinguished cigarette, and the intentional one is grass. What for in the spring we burn grass? Often the grass is set on fire by children or hooligans, rarely by mentally ill people, suffering from a passion for arson. Sometimes dry grass is set on fire by highwaymen and signalmen, thus caring for the stripe of alienation.

There are cases when deliberately set fire to grass,to cause a grassroots fire and to obtain permission for sanitary felling where it is not lawful to cut it. In some farms, stubble is burned especially, arguing that the soil is fertilized and heated, seeds of weeds are destroyed and easier to plow. Sometimes grass is burned in pastures, mistakenly believing that in this way the growth of new grass is stimulated. Some people, setting fire to the grass, are fighting such a barbarous way with mites and tick-borne encephalitis.

Burn garbage, including grass, in populated areaspoints are prohibited, you can burn only in specially designated places under the supervision of special services. But people, despite the prohibitions, having collected last year's grass on their plot, burn it. Why do we burn grass in the vegetable gardens in the spring? Some burn the grass for harvesting, others say that it is necessary to do this, as pest larvae and diseased plants are destroyed, as well as burning grass around the house, exclude the possibility of a fire, and still others do not even know why the grass is burning in the spring - everyone does it and I do like this.

However, this is not only not necessary, but alsoIt is dangerous, since terrible fires can occur, capable of destroying whole villages. Forest fires are a real disaster and bring both economic and environmental losses. In fires, beasts and birds are destroyed, the growth of stands decreases, shrinking trees become breeding grounds for pests and all kinds of forest diseases. The amount of oxygen and phytoncids that are released by the forest decreases, that is, there is a qualitative deterioration of the state of the forest, which makes it unfit for recreational purposes. Peat fires can occur, which sometimes burn for several months in a row.

The ecosystem is destroyed, as nature has its own laws that can not be violated.

Old grass during the winter rot and notprevents growth of a new one, just young shoots are hidden at first. After the fires, the weeds and the most unpretentious grass are the first to begin to grow, only perennial plants survive, whose roots are hidden in the ground, and the seeds of the annual die, so there will be no previous herbage.

So why spring we burn grass, if it can beto use properly? For example, some truck farmers clean the grass in compost heaps, where it pereprevet and receive, thus, quality humus. You can, without waiting until the grass perepreet, dig a garden. At a time when some gardeners and truck farmers are burning or harvesting grass in compost piles, others, experimenting, use it when planting potatoes. There are several ways of planting potatoes with hay. Some lay a layer of dry grass on the bottom of the groove, the grass is thrown potatoes and thrown earth. Others do the opposite: first throw potatoes, and then grass and land. You can loosen the soil and spread out a layer of grass without any grooves and holes right on the ground, put potatoes on top and just cover with grass, even without falling asleep on the ground. They say that with this method of planting, the potatoes will not fall ill with scab, since they do not come into contact with the ground.

Last year's grass is by no means the evil from which it is necessary to get rid by any means. On the contrary, if properly processed, it can bring tangible benefits to the site.