What Plants Can Be Used To Curb Soil Erosion On A Slope

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

The main difficulties in strengthening the slope are determined by the degree of soil erosion and the angle of inclination of the surface. The negative impact of the movement of rain or melt water along the slope is manifested in the movement or loss of soil. In addition, water often forms furrows on the site, sometimes deep, preventing the plants from developing normally, sometimes even washing them out.

Therefore, if you have just such a site, then before planting plants on a slope, consider measures to protect the soil from erosion. The best way to manage drainage and control erosion is to cover the slope with a foil in which holes are made for planting plants, or netting, which are now commercially available. Over time, the plants sown there grow, their roots firmly grow into the ground, and the casing layer and mesh by this time are partially or completely destroyed.

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Another way to develop a site on a slope is to turf it. For this you need to sow herbs there. The choice of seed types is now very large. I can advise you to sow seeds of white clover, meadow or red fescue, bluegrass. The seeds should be sown in moist, fertilized soil. Caring for herbaceous plants is usual - fertilizing with fertilizers in spring, early summer and autumn.

Usually, after winter, the soil on the slope dries out quickly. This feature of the slopes should be used. Many bulbous flowers feel good here: daffodils, woodlands, crested beetles, as well as poppies, hellebores. If the slope is gentle, then in the first year sow cereals and annual flowers, the roots of which will strengthen the soil and protect it from erosion. A good effect is given by using organic mulch on slopes, however, on a steep slope it is easy to wash off.

When planting most plants - trees, shrubs, flowers - on difficult slopes, you can dig a shallow hole, but around the plantings you need to make a hill of fertile soil. It will help curb erosion and give plants more resilience. Plant groundcover and bulbous plants small. When planting without film, green manures - phacelia or clover can be sown as compactors in empty places in the first year.

If the slope has a slope of 15-18 degrees, planting there is possible without special support. A gentle slope can be divided into strips with hedges of Potentilla, Mahonia, Chokeberry, Currant, Spirea, Cotoneaster. Plant trees between these hedges - apple trees on dwarf rootstocks or squat and spreading shrubs.

If the slope is steep, fences are necessary, which can be large stones or boulders. They delay soil creep. Plant ground cover crops or vines between them, including clematis without support. Groundcover roses and wild rose hips have a widely branched system of thin roots, with the help of which they are firmly held even on steep slopes. On the slopes, plant ayuga or tenacious, ivy, ground cover phlox, shrubs - Canadian turf, Dammer's cotoneaster, Fortchun's euonymus, prostrate juniper.

On dry rocky slopes, you can plant different types of bells, blackheads, stonecrops. Taller plants can be placed on the lower end of the slope. Plant tall, strong and vibrant crops in dry places - roses, euonymus, willow, Japanese quince, privet, rosehip and others. In damp places, you can plant loosestrife, marigold, forget-me-nots, black cohosh, funkii, sedges, cereals and ferns. On sunny slopes, you can plant wormwood, ceratostigma, aromatic herbs, cloves, loosestrife, purse. In partial shade, you can plant a tenacious, geranium, ivy, St. John's wort, lamb, periwinkle and others.

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