Why is it important to feed hydrangea "pineapple"

Welcome gardeners!

three kinds hydrangeas, Popular in Russia - paniculata, macrophylla and tree - almost ideal for shrubs or garden area near the house. Rapid growth, flowering, large caps, unpretentiousness. It's all about her!

Paniculate bush and tree hydrangeas do not even have shelter for the winter. In any case, we have, in the middle band. But mandatory "fad" care hydrangea I think dressing citric acid. Let me explain how it works, and I will write a prescription.

Why hydrangeas need fertilizing "pineapple"?

Most of the garden (and indoor!), The plants grow well in neutral or slightly alkaline soils. But forget about that, if you - the owner of a hydrangea bush. Nodding beauty likes slightly acidic and mildly soil. The ideal pH for it - 5.5:

Watering ✓ citric acid improves the health of hydrangeasBecause it acidifies the soil. Well, if you know its pH (by the way, you can buy inexpensive tests). But even without accurate figures try and look at the result. On the ground with optimum acidity

Hydrangea grows faster and increases the number of inflorescences.

✓ The second important fad - acidification makes colors brighter. Especially evident in the transformation of Hydrangea macrophylla, which is acidic soil changes coloring from pink to blue or blue.

For this reason it is not recommended to fertilize the hydrangea ash, which shifts the balance in the alkaline side. A great option - planted hydrangea flowers apart from loving "neutral" ground, or near "pokislee" amateurs. It is easier to maintain.

And now the very recipe!

As feed hydrangea citric acid

Take 1 tablespoon of incomplete powder and citric acid is dissolved in 10 liters of water. I've seen recommendations to take 1 teaspoon or 2 tablespoons, but decided to choose the "golden mean". The amount of the main ingredient, you can focus on the acid-alkaline balance of the soil, if it is possible to learn it.

Pour hydrangea tree trunks 5 l under the young seedlings, 10 L under one large plant. Read version of the spray solution hydrangea pineapples, but did not understand what to do - we also need to work with the earth. Good luck in the garden!