Mesorat%20hashas for Sheviit 2:2

מְזַבְּלִין וּמְעַדְּרִין בַּמִּקְשָׁאוֹת וּבַמִּדְלָעוֹת עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה. וְכֵן בְּבֵית הַשְּׁלָחִין. מְיַבְּלִין, מְפָרְקִין, מְאַבְּקִין, מְעַשְּׁנִין, עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אַף נוֹטֵל הוּא אֶת הֶעָלֶה מִן הָאֶשְׁכּוֹל בַּשְּׁבִיעִית:

One may fertilize and aerate cucumbers and gourds up until <i>Rosh Hashanah</i> [New Year's festival of the seventh year]. And [one may do] similarly in an irrigated field. One may remove wounds [from trees], remove withered leaves, apply nutrient powder, and fumigate plants until <i>Rosh Hashanah</i>. Rabbi Shimon says that one may additionally remove certain leaves from grape clusters during the seventh year.

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