Why do they burn grass in the spring? Application of a tourniquet. What you need to know! Why do they burn last year's grass?

10.03.2020

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In autumn and spring, we traditionally set the grass on fire. Throughout the world, this “tradition” has long been prohibited by law.

Let's look at the 5 main reasons why our grass is set on fire:

1. Many people are convinced that if you burn last year’s grass, the new grass will grow faster. That by setting it on fire, they also fertilize the soil.
- It's a delusion!!! The effect of faster grass growth as a result of burning is apparent. Dry grass simply hides the young green shoots at first, and unburnt areas appear gray. While in blackened, scorched areas, green grass is clearly visible.

People who claim that burning last year's grass is necessary are deluding themselves and misleading others. Every act of arson is a crime against the natural world.

The seeds of plants and the grass itself die above the surface of the earth and the seeds underground, on the ground. Not all plants are perennial. Many are annuals and reproduce by seeds. As a result of burning dry grass, the species composition of meadow vegetation and fauna is depleted.

Wherever the fires have passed, the former forbs will no longer be present; weeds will take over the vacated territory.

Insects, hedgehogs, birds, frogs and toads, reptiles, small mammals, earthworms, and all beneficial soil microflora die, including those that help plants resist diseases.

Grass fires lead to a noticeable decrease in soil fertility. Litter - protects the soil from freezing in the winter months, and from dangerous compaction in the summer.
Organic matter burns, which ensures the porosity and looseness of the soil, its moisture capacity, and the ability to retain elements of mineral nutrition for plants in those forms from which they can quickly be released into the soil solution. During a fire, nitrogenous substances escape into the atmosphere, and the ash is quickly washed out of the soil by the first rain.
Without organic matter, soil erosion (destruction) occurs very quickly.

Grass fires cause great damage to forest edges and trees in their vulnerable place - the root collar area. And they just might get burned.

2. They burn out for profit. After a ground fire in the forest, sanitary felling is prescribed - this is how they cut down where it is prohibited by law.
Or, so that the state does not deprive land speculators of the right to agricultural land, who bought up shares from collective farmers and do not cultivate the fields - they burn the grass, so the field takes on the appearance of being cultivated.

3. Tourniquet for fun or while drunk.

4. Road workers and signalmen burn - so as not to clean it up - it burns along with the grass.

5. Habit. I don't know why, but everyone does it.

Consequences of burning grass

1.They set their neighbors on fire. Houses and buildings burn along the path of the grass fire.
2. Animals and plants die, the species diversity of meadows is destroyed, and only unpretentious weeds remain.
3. Soil fertility decreases and erosion begins.
4. Trees die even from a grass fire, for example, oaks and lindens are very sensitive to fire.
5. They lead to forest fires, which are generally difficult to extinguish. A forest fire is a terrible disaster for any region of the country. In addition to the loss of the value of the wood itself, the cost of extinguishing fires, this can include losses from a decrease in the amount of oxygen, phytoncides released by the forest, deterioration in the quality and condition of forests, their unsuitability for use for recreational purposes, etc. Forest fires destroy animals and birds living in forests , reduce the growth of tree stands, increase windiness and weaken forest areas, and then the drying out stands become hotbeds of pests and forest diseases. Forest fires cause enormous economic and environmental losses.
6. At the site of arson, normal life of plants and insects is restored only after 5-6 years, and often never restored.

Save nature, let the grass lie dry and a whole cosmos of life live in it!

Some naively believe that the ash obtained after burning grass is extremely useful, enriching the soil with potassium. These mini-arsons are also credited with the function of saving from various types of ticks, getting rid of seeds and spores of weeds, and accelerating the growth of new grass.

However, the harm caused to the soil and ecosystem through burning grass is much greater than the benefit brought - enrichment with potassium contained in the ash and unburnt roots. The balanced, harmonious life of a small world is disrupted, where insects and every blade of grass know their place and continuously interact with each other.

Grass is burned for other reasons as well. For example, teenage hooligans commit arson out of nothing to do, and adults behaving carelessly throw cigarette butts into dry grass. Some organizations carry out arson frauds in order to obtain permission for preventive (sanitary) deforestation. On agricultural land, grass is burned to save fuel and to make it easier to plow the land.

All of the above can easily grow from a small to a large fire that cannot be stopped by just a few people. Especially if there is a forest belt or grove nearby. This is quite dangerous, since the fire can reach residential buildings. And since trees are planted along the roads and in many areas, the risk is quite high. And this does not take into account associated factors, such as hot and windy weather.

At the same time, the condition of the forest deteriorates. Peat fires can also start and can burn for several months in a row.

Forest fires cause both economic and environmental losses. Because of them, birds and animals are destroyed, tree stands are reduced, and dying trees become breeding grounds for all kinds of forest diseases and pests.

Think before you do

If you nevertheless discover a similar habit of burning grass, think about it and try to get rid of it. Remember:

Cleaning the area in this way requires constant monitoring and attention.

Last year's grass is not an evil that needs to be gotten rid of by any means. If processed correctly, it can bring significant benefits to the site.

Reckless arson or negligence (throwing a cigarette butt into dry grass, not extinguishing it properly) can lead to a fire.

When choosing a way to improve the chemical composition of the soil, give preference to fertilizers made from natural humus (manure, rotted leaves,

Seeker 05/27/2014 - 12:49

There are many photographs where fighters have a medical tourniquet wrapped around the butt of their machine gun. Is there any practical use for this, besides being constantly on hand in case of injury? As far as I understand, such storage of the tourniquet renders it unusable and, if you try to use it for its intended purpose, it will simply break.

Mazilla 05/27/2014 - 13:11

We read the top topics of the Army section.

Seeker 05/27/2014 - 13:14

Read. What if I'm a civilian?

Mazilla 05/27/2014 - 13:23

Seeker
Read. What if I'm a civilian?

Then by letters and syllables.
Again.

Seeker 05/27/2014 - 13:28

Made. Can I delete something that is not related to the topic of the question?

RONIN 218 airborne 05/27/2014 - 14:01

1. When constantly exposed to external factors (rain, dirt, snow, sand, sunlight), the tourniquet very quickly becomes unusable. And despite its apparent external integrity, it may burst at the moment of application and fail to perform the necessary functions.
2. When manipulating a weapon, the tourniquet can again break and unwind (as a rule, this happens at the most inopportune moment), which will create a lot of problems in a combat situation.
3. There should not be any foreign objects or devices on the weapon that are not intended to be installed on it.
4. The fighters’ medical packing is always located in the same way (in one pocket on their clothing, unloading bag or pouch). This is done so that in battle you do not have to search through all the pockets of unloading or clothing for the necessary aid supplies. Using a tourniquet and IPP located in a specially designated pocket is much easier and faster than unwinding them from the butt.
5.If you need to fold the stock, you cannot do this with a tourniquet.

To experiment, wrap the tourniquet around the stock, secure it, and then try to quickly remove and apply it. Try the same thing from your pocket and it will immediately become clear.

In addition, no matter what the counter-strike pros say, you can simply lose a machine gun in battle. This often occurs during a near rupture, contusion, etc. and in addition to weapons, you have also lost first aid equipment, which in this case you will most likely need...

landing 05/27/2014 - 14:02

Seeker
There are many photographs where fighters have a medical tourniquet wrapped around the butt of their machine gun. Is there any practical use for this, besides being constantly on hand in case of injury? As far as I understand, such storage of the tourniquet renders it unusable and, if you try to use it for its intended purpose, it will simply break.

think correctly.
Well, there’s also a little convenience from touching your face not to the metal of the butt.

vladdrakon 05/27/2014 - 15:02

This tourniquet is clumsy. From the same opera as a spent rocket launcher pulled over a flash suppressor, supposedly from dust. Gun oil corrodes rubber and
The resulting cracks tear up the unshaven cheek when inserted into the butt during recoil. The bandage inside the butt is also for fashion. All these brave gadgets in the form of a tourniquet and other glasses on a bandana and gloves cut off at the phalanx give a plus 15 to the bonus for a distant enemy sniper to choose your carcass as a target.

zaurbek 05/29/2014 - 22:29

Cheap show off. While you unwind it from the butt and heal the wound, you will lose a liter of blood. And elasticity is lost in practice.

Rus-s 05/30/2014 - 09:09

And who can say the pros and cons of the handle on the forend?

Father Mikhail 05/30/2014 - 09:43

A normal and practical device. The main thing is that there IS a tourniquet. loses elasticity? Throw it out and wind a new one. And in the butt frame there is also an inspection package inserted. Very convenient and practical.

vladdrakon 05/30/2014 - 10:18

For me, it’s more convenient and practical to place a parachute lanyard in the side pocket of the sleeve. And the same tourniquet, if God forbid, weighs nothing and you can even pull it out with your teeth when needed and always have it with you, and who knows how else you can use this rope for another purpose.

But they say now that people are actively using women’s tampons as a hemostatic agent for wounds, very interesting; Have any of the comrades come across this?

vladdrakon 05/30/2014 - 10:32

And who can say the pros and cons of the handle on the forend?

I haven't tried it personally; and in the army for such non-statutory modification of weapons, previously scolding would have been inevitable. But I believe there is a rational grain in this, it’s not for nothing that the Hungarians and Romanians in their versions of the Kalash regularly install the front handle on the forearm.

lynx145 05/30/2014 - 10:42

Cheap show off. While you unwind it from the butt

Echo of Afghanistan. in 79, there was at least a pouch for stores. Razgrueks were made from life jackets; a Chinese “bra” was the best gift. The dressing bag was screwed into the butt frame with a tourniquet. Now yes, there is no need for winding.

Rus-s 05/30/2014 - 12:53

Napkins of this type are sold in pharmacies.

Warrior555 05/30/2014 - 13:07

I read about the tourniquet that it is more of a “tribute to fashion”. Rubbing a dirty tourniquet around a wound is not very helpful.
About paracord (parachute line) as a substitute - interesting.
On the front handle - it is also convenient for long-armed people, when they come across an oversized weapon and it is inconvenient to hold it by the fore-end.
Ballistic glasses are a useful thing, it’s a pity that for us this is a matter of personal initiative among people.

Rus-s 05/30/2014 - 13:46

Rubbing a dirty tourniquet around a wound is not very helpful.

Isn’t it applied above the wound? How does it come into contact with the wound?

Warrior555 05/30/2014 - 14:19

In battle conditions, when a large vessel has been broken or a limb has been torn off, when people are being dragged somewhere, running and falling, of course there will be a professional medic nearby (and not a friend/colleague with shaking hands, smeared with everything possible) who will apply a tourniquet with an experienced movement where necessary with millimeter accuracy 😊. In reality, even applying a tourniquet yourself in a non-combat situation without rubbing dirt from it into the wound is not so easy. All of course IMHO. It’s better to ask those who have done this in a combat situation.

zaurbek 05/30/2014 - 16:47

vladdrakon
woman's tampons

Some women's pads are used as insoles in shoes. It’s very comfortable, by the way, and your feet don’t sweat.

Mazilla 05/30/2014 - 17:04

Warrior555
In battle conditions, when a large vessel is broken or a limb is torn off, when people are being dragged somewhere, running and falling,

I doubted it.
I went to the combat unit.
I read it.
Doubts disappeared.

Warrior555 05/30/2014 - 18:47

Mazilla - so I wrote that I did not serve and did not fight. Why doubt it 😊. I saw only Afghans live, they were the taciturn ones, they didn’t talk much about those times. Well, front-line soldiers. But can you imagine the same situation?

Mazilla 05/30/2014 - 20:21

Yes Yes.

Norg 06.06.2014 - 16:16

Father Mikhail
The main thing is that there IS a tourniquet. ....

Yes, this is the answer to TS's question.
Unlike the IPP, an “individual tourniquet” is not issued to fighters; it is part of a medical kit or driver’s first aid kit. It is mined by fighters using household methods.

And where do you order the fighter to wear it? It’s inconvenient in a pocket, there’s no room for it in a pouch, you can get horseradish out of a RD or “Sidor” quickly - so they put it on stocks, and not only on folding ones. There are no turnstiles in either the Soviet or Russian armies...
😞

In general, it’s all ours because of poverty. And from a disregard for the life and health of employees.

PVL 06/11/2014 - 11:00

vladdrakon
I haven't tried it personally; and in the army for such non-statutory modification of weapons, previously scolding would have been inevitable. But I believe there is a rational grain in this, it’s not for nothing that the Hungarians and Romanians in their versions of the Kalash regularly install the front handle on the forearm.

Well, it depends on the commander, we were neutral. For me personally, the handle did not add any convenience or inconvenience; I went with the standard one. And it appeared specifically on Romanian and Hungarian machine guns because their barrel heats up more, so that it’s impossible to even hold the fore-end, hence the handle. I don’t know about the Hungarian ones, but the Romanian AKs overheated very quickly. But the Romanians have a leather belt - it’s interesting.
As for the tourniquet, it’s just a show-off, they shoved an individual package, but it’s also not very convenient, it could fly out. And beer bottles have a tourniquet that makes it difficult to open.

The same picture is observed: grass is burning along the roads, mountains, fields and meadows are burning. There can be several reasons for a fire, but there are two main ones: carelessness, for example, an unextinguished cigarette, and intentional burning of grass. Why do they burn grass in the spring? Often the grass is set on fire by children or hooligans, rarely by mentally ill people with a passion for arson. Sometimes road workers and signalmen set fire to dry grass, thus caring for the right-of-way.

There are cases when grass is deliberately set on fire in order to cause a ground fire and obtain a sanitary permit where, by law, it is not allowed to be cut. Some farms specifically burn stubble, arguing that this fertilizes and warms the soil, destroys seeds and makes it easier to plow. Sometimes they burn grass in pastures, mistakenly believing that this will stimulate the growth of new grass. Some people, by setting grass on fire, fight ticks and tick-borne encephalitis in such a barbaric way.

Burning garbage, including grass, is prohibited in populated areas; burning can only be done in specially designated areas under the supervision of special services. But people, despite the prohibitions, collect last year’s grass from their plots and burn it. Why do they burn grass in their gardens in the spring? Some people burn grass for cleaning, others argue that this is simply necessary, since pest larvae and diseased plants are destroyed, and by burning grass near the house, they eliminate the possibility of a fire, and others don’t even know why they burn grass in the spring - they do everything, and I do like this.

However, doing this is not only unnecessary, but also dangerous, since terrible fires can occur that can destroy entire villages. Forest fires are a real disaster and cause both economic and environmental losses. During fires, animals and birds are destroyed, the growth of tree stands is reduced, and dying trees become breeding grounds for pests and all kinds of forest diseases. The amount of oxygen and phytoncides released by the forest decreases, that is, there is a qualitative deterioration in the condition of the forest, which makes it unsuitable for use for recreational purposes. There may be fires that sometimes burn for several months in a row.

The ecosystem is destroyed, since nature has its own laws that cannot be broken.

The old grass rots during the winter and does not interfere with the growth of new grass; it’s just that the young shoots are hidden at first. After the fires, weeds and the most unpretentious grass begin to grow first, only perennial plants survive, whose roots are hidden in the ground, and the seeds of annuals die, so the former forbs will no longer exist.

So why burn grass in the spring if it can be used effectively? For example, some gardeners put grass in compost heaps, where it rots and thus produces high-quality humus. You can dig up your garden without waiting for the grass to rot. While some gardeners and gardeners burn or put grass into compost heaps, others, experimenting, use it when planting potatoes. There are several ways to use hay. Some people lay a layer of dry grass at the bottom of the ditch, throw potatoes on the grass and cover it with soil. Others do the opposite: first they throw in the potatoes, and then the grass and soil. You can loosen the soil and spread a layer of grass without any grooves or holes directly on the ground, put potatoes on top and simply cover it with grass, without even covering it with soil. They say that with this method of planting, the potatoes will not get scab, since they do not come into contact with the ground.

Last year's grass is by no means an evil that needs to be gotten rid of by any means. On the contrary, if it is processed correctly, it can bring tangible benefits to the site.

In the spring, after the snow melts in Russia and the CIS countries, the same picture is observed: grass is burning along the roads, mountains, fields and meadows are burning. There can be several reasons for a fire, but there are two main ones: carelessness, for example, an unextinguished cigarette, and intentional burning of grass. Why do they burn grass in the spring? Often the grass is set on fire by children or hooligans, rarely by mentally ill people with a passion for arson. Sometimes road workers and signalmen set fire to dry grass, thus caring for the right-of-way.

There are cases when grass is deliberately set on fire in order to cause a ground fire and obtain permission for sanitary felling of forests where, by law, it is not allowed to be cut down. Some farms specifically burn stubble, arguing that this fertilizes and warms the soil, destroys weed seeds and makes it easier to plow. Sometimes they burn grass in pastures, mistakenly believing that this will stimulate the growth of new grass. Some people, by setting grass on fire, fight ticks and tick-borne encephalitis in such a barbaric way.

However, doing this is not only unnecessary, but also dangerous, since terrible fires can occur that can destroy entire villages. Forest fires are a real disaster and cause both economic and environmental losses. During fires, animals and birds are destroyed, the growth of tree stands is reduced, and dying trees become breeding grounds for pests and all kinds of forest diseases. The amount of oxygen and phytoncides released by the forest decreases, that is, there is a qualitative deterioration in the condition of the forest, which makes it unsuitable for use for recreational purposes. Peat fires can occur, sometimes burning for months on end.

The ecosystem is destroyed, since nature has its own laws that cannot be broken.

So why burn grass in the spring if it can be used effectively? For example, some gardeners put grass in compost heaps, where it rots and thus produces high-quality humus. You can dig up your garden without waiting for the grass to rot. While some gardeners and gardeners burn or put grass into compost heaps, others, experimenting, use it when planting potatoes. There are several ways to plant potatoes with hay. Some people lay a layer of dry grass at the bottom of the ditch, throw potatoes on the grass and cover it with soil. Others do the opposite: first they throw in the potatoes, and then the grass and soil. You can loosen the soil and spread a layer of grass without any grooves or holes directly on the ground, put potatoes on top and simply cover it with grass, without even covering it with soil. They say that with this method of planting, the potatoes will not get scab, since they do not come into contact with the ground.