I don't throw away the fallen apples, because they are a favorite treat for lush hydrangeas. I share a recipe for a simple trick

Fiery October fireworks, comrades gardeners! If you, like me, adore hydrangeas, then this publication is definitely for you.

Want to fertilize hydrangeas without chemicals? Go under the apple tree. Surely fallen apples have accumulated under them. Or from your friends.

But this is a valuable fertilizer, thanks to which your favorite shrub will be transformed and give out more caps! I will write why this will happen and how to do everything right - to get excellent fertilizer from waste material, and not to breed rot in the garden.

Why apples are so popular with hydrangeas

How many good fertilizers... But let's figure out why hydrangeas (all - paniculate, tree-like and large-leaved) see an ideal fertilizer in an apple carrion:

• Hydrangea is an ornamental plant that favors organic fertilizers. And in large quantities. The shrub builds up clouds of leaves and doesn’t take strength from the air. Overripe apples are an excellent source of organic matter for ornamental plant nutrition.

You can of course put apples in the compost, but I prefer the faster and easier way to feed the hydrangeas.

• From the vast majority of other garden plants hydrangea is distinguished by a love of acidic soil. Apples contain a lot of fatty and amino acids and are ready to share them with the plant. By the way, due to a change in the acidity of the soil, the flowers of large-leaved hydrangea can even change. Nice metamorphosis! Isn't that so, comrades?

We gardeners also like fallen apples. They are free and lie on the grass in autumn. Why throw it away if the volunteer has such beneficial properties?

How to properly fertilize hydrangea with fallen apples: I tried it and I know for sure

Of course, the easiest and "laziest option" is to bury the apples in the ground under the hydrangea entirely. But there is a risk that they will not have time to completely overheat in the soil during the winter. Maybe they will be in time, but maybe not) We need the apples to be overwhelmed and organic matter from them to go into the soil.

So I do it like this:

1. I dig a shallow (5 cm) trench at a distance of 30 cm from the outer diameter of the bush. This is enough to reduce the risk of injury to the important roots of the hydrangea. And it is enough for the root system to receive organic fertilizer in the proper amount.

In love of acidic soil, heather, quince, berry, dogwood, blueberry are similar to hydrangea. You can fertilize them in exactly the same way.

2. I cut the apples into quarters and put them in a prepared trench in one row. Do not pour in a lot - and this will be enough.

3. I fall asleep with earth and admire the hydrangea fed next year!

To speed up the process of decay of apples in the soil under the bush, you can shed a ditch with "Baikal-M". But I don’t do it - and so everything turns out great.