How to care for peony spring to summer bloomed nicely (+ useful fertilizing)

Prepare sleighs in summer, but for peonies begin to care in the early spring. Garden plant grateful, and be sure to respond to care lush flowering!

How to elevate a bed with peony after the snow

Purity on the flower garden - a pledge not only health, but also tidy appearance of our beds. First thing collect garbage handsLeft after the fall and winter: fallen leaves, faded grass, dry twigs.

TO loosening the soil around the peony proceed once out of the earth began to appear pink sprouts. They are very gentle. Accidentally zadenesh rake or tyapulkoy (so we called the product for loosening the soil) - will harm; which is not desirable. If spring peony tops do not cut off, then it's time to do it: not to lie as her dry?

must dig a part of a flower garden around peony? For example, I sometimes do so in order to put on the free space of the same age. It is important to step back approximately 50-60 cm from the edge of the bush: there can only wield a shovel. Otherwise a high risk to damage the roots and new shoots. The area around the garden of the plants carefully treat ripper with 3-5 teeth at the same time carefully select the roots of weeds.

Watering - and whether it is necessary?

Some gardeners believe that the spring and the ground so saturated with moisture remaining after the snow melts, and peonies are not watered before the hot days of summer. But throwing peony to their spring weather - a mistake, because of which the shoots grow weak, small, and, therefore, are not so beautiful blooms.

The first watering - prophylactic. It is needed to neutralize the bacteria and fungi that could hide for the winter in a cozy peony roots. At grower comes in plain old solution of potassium permanganate (recall recipe: 2 g per bucket volume 10 L). Such treatment is needed immediately after the onset of germs.

After 7-10 days of treatment may be potassium permanganate peony Bordeaux liquid spray - it will be protected against botrytis and other fungal diseases of garden plants. If you are familiar with this problem, we should not neglect the advice. Then there will be less problems!

To begin watered regularly peony It is recommended approximately in the middle of May (in regions with a warm climate - and even earlier). The weather is already warm and dry, there is an active growth of green mass and, most importantly, laying buds that will soon become beautiful flowers with your favorite scent.

Under 1 adult bush poured a large amount of water2-3 buckets of 10 liters, to moisten the whole earth com around the roots. Young pionchiki content 1 bucket. Watering is done every 10 days. There was a torrential rain? Miss.

Spring fertilizing going to benefit peony

Fertilizing provide an excellent basis for the development of all parts of peony: and roots, and stems, and, of course, desirable buds. Here is a list of the best treats for the garden of the king:

• Immediately after the disappearance of the snow fed peony nitrogen and potassium fertilizers. So Florist stimulates shoot growth and strengthen the root system of your pet. Optimal - potassium nitrate, which contains elements of both. Some growers in the fad use mullein solution.
• The second top dressing of accounts at the end of May, while the active tab peony buds. What to choose? Complex mineral fertilizer NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium). Only phosphorus must now prevail in the composition, because this substance stimulates flowering.

When the buds are formed, a third of them are recommended to remove. So the remaining flowers are 1.5-2 times larger, and Bush look very decorative!