2 dressings for Petunia in August for 20 rubles, which extend flowering until frost
Do you want petunia to decorate your yard or balcony until the very frost? Then a fiery fireworks, comrade a connoisseur of beauty and a florist in combination! Today on the agenda - 2 inexpensive dressings that will help the plant to remain beautiful until late autumn, until the rain and cold win.
What happens to petunias by the end of summer
So that you understand why I'm going to write all this, let's ask the petunia why she became so ugly in August. And she will answer:
- Petunia is a plant that loves to "eat" very much. Where else can these gorgeous cascades of flowers come from? And by August, she had mercilessly used up all the nutrient supply of soil from the pots.
- Petunia tends to grow. Now the flowers appear reluctantly only on the tips of the already dangling shoots. This situation could be corrected by a rejuvenating haircut of the bush in July, but it's too late. It remains to try to stimulate the growth of new shoots, branching and the formation of buds with top dressing.
Friendly advice: I still advise citizens to trim the tips of the shoots with scissors. So there is a chance that she will gain density again.
- Petunia grows well in slightly acidic soil (when pH = 5.5 to 6.0), and tolerates a little neutral (pH = 7). If it is watered with tap water, which is traditionally very hard, the soil becomes alkaline. This inhibits the growth of the plant, because in an alkaline environment it cannot feed at all; and all fertilizers are useless.
To deal with all these problems, you will not get off with feeding alone, comrade. Therefore, you will have to do 2 with an interval of 1-2 days to give your petunia a chance for a second wind this season.
Top dressing # 1: Dealing with soil acidity
Admit it: watering your petunias with hard tap water? Twhen rush to the kitchen and grab a sachet of citric acid.
- Stir the crystals in a glass of warm water, using a spoon diligently.
- Pour into a bucket or watering can - about 10 liters in volume.
- Sprinkle each petunia pot well.
If you do not take this step, then the next feeding will be useless. In slightly acidified soil, petunia is again ready to absorb nutrients.
Top dressing number 2: we stimulate the 2nd (or already the 3rd) wave of flowering
To petunias again took it into their heads to pick up the buds, treat it with a complex mineral fertilizer, in which the emphasis is placed on phosphorus. It will be great if you find on the label "+ trace elements".
You can use everything: from ordinary bottles for flowering indoor plants to complex formulations like "a tablespoon of double superphosphate and potassium magnesium". But my favorite is the matching bag of the good old and always helpful Agricola in the garden.. I recommend to everyone!
It remains only to use the tool according to the instructions. I consider it my duty to warn you that you should not exceed the dosage. This will not have the desired effect, and it can very well burn the plant.
Do you want to admire the petunia before the onset of cold weather and the article was helpful? Click, comrade, "Thumbs up"! Sincerely yours, Fyodor Tyapkin-Sklyankin.