What to do with the lilac bush in the autumn to the spring blooming gorgeous and envy?
Hello, fellow - gardeners!
Lilac, received from a man diligent care will become purple / pink / white pearl in May Garden. And fill the land charming, well-recognized childhood flavor. Personally, I have a lilac smell associated with the final victory of nature over the chills and the approaching summer heat 💝
On the contrary. Some gardeners, excuse the expression, disregard for lilac. Grows well? It is growing.
"There, in the gardens abandoned blossoms! Why reinvent the wheel and still work on a bush? "
And then these people complain that Bush is half dry, spawn a bunch of overgrown and looks gibberish.
It is interesting: Runaway root shoots - a natural result of neglect to care for the lilacs. Bush, sensing a threat to its existence because of adverse conditions, trying to keep as many offspring as possible.
Which is easier - a little look after lilacs or permanently uprooted from the root shoots that grow over and over again? Let every reader to answer this question himself.
The theme of today's publication (oh, so officially it sounds!) - autumn care lilacs. What to do with soil and bush to bush normally rested until the following spring, and pleased the king's blooming? And most importantly, not to become a wild plants? I told him point by point. I have been practicing this scheme for several years, and the results you've seen in the first photo!
Watering and fertilizing
What? Lilac? Watered and fed?
Definitely - yes. Deficiency of moisture and nutrients are two major causes root and shoots sorry crown condition. Bush, do not get enough of mineral and organic matter, is unlikely to fluff up and give an ornamental flowering.
Autumn watering lilac
Dimensions lilac root system command respect. The ideal for the weather seasons, when the land does not dry up, any shrub can grow quite independently, without requiring the person running around with a hose.
But the situation changes drastically when there was no rain for a long time. Lilac roots, trying to keep the aerial parts, work wear, and eventually die. And above the ground grower sees the dry branches, which in the spring of pleasing lush broom flower ...
In the first two years of planting it is important to regularly water the young plants lilac. Then, when the plants grow, watering becomes situational: the soil is dried up - pour the water.
Too late to say that in the heat need to be watered at least sometimes lilac. But now, in the autumn, if your garden was not raining 10 days, plenty of water Treat fragrant beauty once. And we must be watered abundantly, and not only at the roots, but also in tree trunks radius of 1-2 depending on the age and size of the bush. There is also a root of lilacs!
September - time to feed lilac
Lilac - not exactly the garden plant, that the host will be transplanted from place to place. The bushes grow in the same soil for decades and, naturally, its drain. At some point, the nutrients are not enough for abundant flowering and (which is actually much more important than) the healthy development of the bush.
The curious reader might object. Each of us saw on groomed areas lilac blooms every year regularly and thinking is not thinking about the hunger strike.
Firstly, the ecosystem of the abandoned land works differently than in cultivated gardens. Offhand bush receives power from rotted leaves and grass plant residues. Secondly, we should not expect the favor to the lack of varietal lilacs fertilizing. She has completely different demands on the requirements of "Grandma" of sorts.
Therefore, the winter Zamulchiruyte lilac bush with compost or humus. The plant loves organic! And to make up for soil resources in terms of minerals, Add a little potash and phosphate fertilizers. It is necessary to plug in their own land is not just enough to spill - again, in the circle around-trunk space.
Beware, trimming
In autumn cut only the branches of lilac, which is definitely not needed. It's all sore, dry, creeping close to the ground, growing into a bush. By the way, if there are signs of disease, do not forget the appropriate treatment (I for the prevention sprayed with a solution of iron sulphate - cheap and reliable).
And now the most important. Formative pruning lilac shoots do only immediately after flowering. Flower buds are laid by the end of summer (many of us saw the flowering of a warm autumn). Listen to the "bad advice" and shortening the branches in the autumn, bloom next year can not wait for the word at all! It was useful and interesting? Please put "Thumbs up" in response!