Rosum's beds: description and scheme, pros and cons, rules for planting crops

The organic farming methods that can be applied to private plots are varied. Let's consider the principle of operation of the Rosum beds, their advantages and disadvantages. The sequence of building beds, laying organic matter in them, the process of watering with a solution and mulching. How to plant cultivated plants in the beds and properly care for the beds during the season.

How does the Rosum garden work?

This arrangement of beds was invented by the author for hot and dry regions in order to preserve soil moisture. But they can also be arranged in cold regions - the heat generated by organic matter will heat the plants from below.

Rozum's beds are arranged as follows: in the middle there is a trench with sides beveled to the center, in which organic matter is laid. Organic residues rot and become food for plants planted on the ridges, moisture approaches the roots, which condenses on organic matter in the trench. The ridges are located on the sides of the trench, and between them there are paths. Trench and ridges are covered with mulch to retain moisture.

Advantages and disadvantages

Rozum beds have the following advantages over regular ones:

work well on uncultivated and neglected lands;
yield increases by a third, regardless of variety or crop;
requires minimal maintenance, no need to dig the soil;
can be created not only before the growing season, but also in autumn, before wintering;
compost is located in close proximity to the roots of plants, from where they get food.

The disadvantage of the Rosum bed is that it takes up quite a lot of area, which is occupied by trenches and cannot be used for growing plants.

How to make such a bed?

It is easy to build it on any personal plot. You will need a shovel or a chopper, organic materials: branches of medium thickness and small, grass, tops, leaves, needles, the remains of vegetables and fruits, that is, everything that fits into the compost.

Markup

Before you start marking, you need to remove all plant debris, weed roots on the site. The length can be arbitrary, but it is not recommended to make a groove too long. In width, the bed is made according to the scheme:

organic trench - 60 cm;
two ridge-beds on the sides - 30 cm each;
track - 60 cm.

If you need to create several Rosum beds, you need to repeat everything.

Groove

The depth of the trench or groove is small - 25 cm, that is, on the bayonet of a shovel. It is made wedge-shaped. The selected land is sent to the ridges, due to which they rise above the ground.

Organics

Organics are placed in the groove in 3 layers. Below are rather thick branches, chips from firewood, pieces of boards, that is, something that does not rot for a long time. On top of them, branches of medium and small size are laid. This layer will collect moisture, condense it, then it will flow to the roots of plants on the ridges. At the same time, a layer of thin branches will serve as an aerating layer, air will also flow to the roots.

Then lay a layer of dry grass or leaves, on top of it - a layer of fresh grass, tops, kitchen waste. Everything is slightly tamped down. The layer of organic matter must reach ground level.

Solution

To make decomposition go faster, the organics in the groove are poured with a solution of EM preparations. The drug not only enhances and accelerates the fermentation processes, but also prevents the rotting of the mass. The presence of a solution helps to control the processes occurring in organic residues, fermentation takes place correctly and at an accelerated pace. The drug also stimulates the development of microorganisms that process the grass, they release carbon dioxide, which is also consumed by plants.

Since the organic matter in the groove will settle during the season, it must be laid, and each new layer should be watered again with a solution of biological preparations.

Mulching

The very last layer in the garden should be made of dry grass, straw, hay, that is, be mulching. The same layer is laid around the plants on the ridges. Mulch prevents moisture loss, regulates evaporation, prevents the beds from overgrowing with weeds, and the soil from overheating or cooling rapidly.

Crop planting rules

Since Rosum's beds are similar in structure and purpose to warm ones, they warm up earlier, so you can grow any vegetables on them, including early and cold-resistant greens. If this is not a cold-resistant crop, then it should be planted on the beds when the soil warms up to 10-15 ºС. In the year of the creation of the beds, it is advisable to plant the plants that need to be hilled, this procedure will keep the ridges in order.

The planting pattern depends on the particular crop, but since the width of the ridges is small, there is a lot of free space, and there is enough nutrition, the plants will be fully supplied with nutrients and light, even if they are planted a little denser than usual. Even combined or compacted plantings are allowed, while all crops give a good harvest.

You can plant not only vegetables, but also shrubs, such as raspberries, on the ridges of Rosum's beds. Young bushes will be well lit and ventilated, feed on organic matter rotting nearby.

Green manure plants of any kind are sown on the paths, the mowed mass of which replenishes the grooves when the organic matter settles. There, in the fall, you can also put the tops of the cultivated crop, if there are no diseases on it, sprinkle with a layer of earth and plant winter green manure.

Rozum's beds can be called intensive, because they manage to get more yield than ordinary ones, even with compacted plantings. During the season, if the land is fertilized, you can practically do without top dressing and reduce the amount of watering. There will be no need to carry out weeding, arrange separate compost boxes, burn branches left after pruning, and autumn foliage. All this can be laid in the grooves of the Rosum beds.