How to feed peonies in the summer for lush flowering. Feeding peonies in spring is a guarantee of chic and healthy flowers

Hello. Our names are Oleg and Oksana, and about 20 years ago we bought a private house near Krasnodar. From that moment on, we simply fell ill with our personal plot, especially the flowers, of which we have a lot here and they bloom simply luxuriously: in summer and spring, our plot looks like paradise.

These flowers will be most grateful to nitrogen-potassium fertilizers. It is best to start fertilizing in the third year of the life of peonies, when their active flowering begins. You need to feed them three times for the whole season:

• The first feeding is done when the snow melts or immediately after it has melted. For one bush, we need from 10 to 20 g of potassium and from 10 to 15 g of nitrogen. They are introduced after active watering or rain, but not in dry soil;
• Next time we feed during budding. The dosages of nitrogen and potassium per bush do not change, but we add 15-20 grams of phosphorus;
• We carry out the third top dressing in half a month after they have faded and buds have begun to be laid. Now we need only phosphorus and potassium in the same dosages as before.

It is very important to ensure that peonies do not overfeed, because with an excess of, for example, nitrogen, bud formation may decrease and green mass may grow. Also, with an excess of fertilizers, the resistance of peonies to various diseases decreases.

And before planting, you can feed the roots of flowers with a clay mash that will help them take root. It is made from 10 liters of water, 5 kg of clay, heteroauxin (two tablets), and copper sulfate (60 g). You can also add wood ash (half a kilogram). It is enough to dip the roots into this mixture and dry them. Then you can plant.

But you can add compost, rotted manure and peat plus topsoil to the planting pit.

Ash or bone meal (300 grams) or superphosphate (up to 200g) is also added to the mixture. You can reduce the acidity of the soil with the help of slaked lime (up to 400 g). Don't forget to crush the lime.

Do-it-yourself fertilizers for peonies

These luxurious flowers will be very grateful for organic top dressing, which you can do on your own.

To prepare such a remedy, you need either mullein or bird droppings.

Fresh cow manure for a large barrel of water needs about a bucket, which we breed in five buckets of water. Bird droppings should be diluted into 25 buckets. We put it in the sun and let it wander for up to half a month (minimum 10 days).

After a couple of weeks, when everything has fermented, we add superphosphate (from 200 g to 300) and half a kilogram of wood ash.

Before feeding, we dilute the manure solution with two parts of water, with bird droppings - three parts.

Shop fertilizers

There are many fertilizers and dressings for flowers, but not every one is suitable for peonies. It is worth stopping at two store options.

Kemira

This fertilizer is mineral and all its elements are contained here in the cheilate form. This means that peonies assimilate Kemira without additional processing by soil microorganisms.

The tool is used three times for the whole season. In March and after the peonies have faded (after about seven days), a remedy such as Kemira-universal will be appropriate.

After watering the flowers, pour a handful of funds under each bush. Don't forget to add fertilizer to the soil. The next top dressing is carried out with the help of Kemira-combi.

And the second top dressing is carried out with Kemira-Combi fertilizer. It dissolves quite quickly and goes directly to the root system of flowers. Just sprinkle a handful of the product under each bush and water generously.

Baikal EM-1

This fertilizer is organic and microbiological. It is prepared on the basis of EM technologies. Live microorganisms present in the product increase the fertility of the earth for peonies and improve its structures.

Baikal M can be added to compost, or you can mulch the ground with it in autumn. Mulch should have a thickness of 7 cm to 10.

If the peony does not bloom

There are both folk ways to stimulate flowering, and quite scientific ones. So, our neighbors bury rotten fish under the bushes. In fact, the secret is that it is ordinary. Instead of fish, you can just add saltpeter.

You can also try to treat your flowers with potassium permanganate in the spring (the solution can be strong), when budding with manure, and in the fall just cover with compost. Sometimes potassium sulphate is also used to stimulate flowering.

There is another option to stimulate flowering. In autumn (closer to October) we pour potassium chloride and add wood ash (do not forget to dry). We put a tablespoon of such ash under each peony bush in October.

In the spring we water the peony with slurry, by May we switch to potash fertilizers. They need to be alternated, using either potassium nitrate, or potassium sulfate, or potassium permanganate. You can also spray with superphosphate.

Foliar top dressing

It is done throughout the summer (and spring) season and consists in the fact that you spray the leaves of flowers. You can also water, but the watering can should have a fine sieve. For this, for example, a tool such as Ideal is suitable.

We dissolve according to the instructions and add washing powder in a small amount to the solution (you can use laundry soap): for 10 liters of solution, you need about a tablespoon. The soap will help hold the product on the leaves and flowers.

Also, foliar top dressing can be carried out in three stages: at the first, when the ground parts of the bushes only germinate, we pour it with a solution of urea: it needs 50 g per 10 liters of water. At the second top dressing (after 30 days), add a microfertilizer tablet to the same solution.

The third time, when it fades, we water only with a solution with two tablets of micronutrient fertilizers. It is better to carry out such a procedure in the evening or on a cloudy day.

Without enough nutrition, peonies, like all other plants, will quickly lose their decorative qualities, and their flowering will stop after a few years. After all, the content of nutrients in the soil is limited, over time the earth is depleted, and the flowers begin to lack the necessary trace elements. Feeding peonies in spring and summer is not just necessary - the application of fertilizers and stimulants is the key to the long-term beauty of your bushes.

Of course, the most important thing for a peony is water. It dissolves nutrients in the soil surrounding the crop and delivers them through the suction roots to all parts of the plant.

When growing 3-year-old peonies in 6-liter pots in one warm day (air temperature - 25 ° C), in sunny weather, the soil in them dries up and daily watering is required. And the second observation: under the peonies in the garden, the soil is always dry, except for the rainy period. If we assume that an adult peony consumes only 1 liter per day, then its need to replenish moisture in the soil in 2 weeks is 14 liters.

So, peonies most of all and always need water, and with dry soil, watering is a must! And this is more important than any fertilizer, but you should not ignore top dressing when caring for peonies.

On this page you will learn how to fertilize peonies in spring and summer, and what to do if your bushes refuse to bloom.

How to feed peonies in early spring for lush flowering?

In early spring, when the ground is cold and the ground part is undeveloped, the plant develops at the expense of the nutrient reserves in the roots. After the leaves unfold, there is also a downward flow (of sugars) from the leaves to the storage roots. This period of the presence of two streams of the same intensity during the growth process is very short: from mid-May to early June (2-3 weeks), complete growth of the shoot and the beginning of flowering for lactiflora. Later, in summer and early autumn, the downward flow of sugars formed during photosynthesis predominates.

How to fertilize peonies and when is it necessary to fertilize? It is considered necessary to carry out these activities throughout the growing season. But spring feeding of peonies is especially important during the active growth of plants.

The main nutrients required for peony growth are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. They are required in significant quantities. Full development is impossible without magnesium, sulfur, boron, iron, copper, zinc, which are needed in smaller doses. They are commonly referred to as micronutrients.

What happens to peonies with a lack of fertilizer? With a lack of nitrogen, the leaves, starting from the tips, become light green, and then yellow. Perhaps too much watering and / or rain washed the nitrogen out of the soil.

With insufficient feeding of pions in spring and summer with phosphorus, the leaves first become dark green, then purple or purple-violet. Darkening begins with the veins, and then spreads to the entire leaf plate. A brown color appears along the edges of the leaves. Darkened leaves fall off. One of the reasons for this may be the poor availability of phosphorus at acidic (pH<5,5) или, наоборот, щелочных почвах (pH >7).

With a shortage of fertilizers for peonies containing potassium in spring and summer, the resistance to drought decreases in plants, they fade faster. The edges and tips of the leaves turn yellow-brown and curl. Buds and/or flowers lag behind in development, do not reach normal size. This can often be observed with too active plant growth.

With a lack of magnesium, the areas of the leaves between the veins become yellow or orange. The color change starts at the edges, then spreads to the center of the sheet. Magnesium is often deficient if the soil in the garden is light and acidic.

With insufficient feeding of peonies in spring and summer with fertilizers with sulfur, the leaves become whitish, yellow or yellowish-brown. The color change starts from the base of the leaves, then spreads to the top. Symptoms first appear on young leaves. This is observed if the soil is poor in organic matter.

If you do not apply top dressing with boron in spring and summer, the leaves on the tops of the shoots turn yellow. Light light or dark spots appear on the leaves, resembling splashes. Flowering weakens or stops. Lots of empty flowers.

With a lack of iron, the leaves become whitish or yellow. Veins remain green. The absorption of iron is inhibited in alkaline or neutral soil, and also if lime has recently been added to the soil.

With a lack of top dressing of peonies in spring and summer with fertilizers with copper, the leaves of the plants turn pale, twisted or twisted. The reason may be an excess of potassium permanganate, which disrupts the flow of copper into the plant.

With a lack of zinc, yellow spots appear on the leaves. The veins first remain green, then also turn yellow. Plants are stunted.

The following describes how to feed peonies in the spring for lush flowering bushes.

Spring and summer top dressing of peonies with fertilizers for flowering

The growth and development of peonies, like other plants, is controlled by special compounds - plant hormones. Auxins stimulate cell growth, and gibberellins determine plant height. They are growth promoters. But there are other hormones that inhibit the growth and development of the plant. They are called growth inhibitors. With a lack of own plant hormones, a violation of growth and development is possible, in this case it is advisable to use artificially synthesized analogues of these substances.

How to feed peonies in spring and summer so that they bloom actively?

Heteroauxin stimulates root formation and growth, increases the survival rate of delenok. A good result is obtained by soaking in a solution and watering under the root 10 days after planting. The solution is prepared in accordance with the instructions on the package. Efficiency is enhanced when used together with zircon.

Epin increases resistance to fungal diseases, increases cold resistance, increases decorative effect. It is recommended to treat plants twice: in May when the stems grow and in the budding phase. In case of frost damage, immediate spraying of plants with epin gives a good effect. The solution is prepared in accordance with the instructions on the package.

Zircon - growth regulator, root formation, inducer of flowering and disease resistance. Provides increased germination, accelerated seed germination, growth and development of plants, stimulates root formation, protection from adverse external factors - frost, drought, excess moisture. Efficiency is enhanced by feeding peonies in early spring along with the introduction of heteroauxin. For seed soaking, 0.02 ml is dissolved in 200 ml of water. For spraying plants - 0.05 ml in 200 ml of water.

Cytovit accelerates seed germination, increases resistance to external adverse conditions. Prevents the development of leaf diseases, rot. To soak the seeds, 1.5 ml is dissolved in 5 liters of water. Soaking time - 10 hours. The same solution is used for spraying plants. The greatest effect is observed when combined with epin and zircon.

Ferovit is a universal stimulator of growth and photosynthesis. Designed for root and foliar top dressing during the entire growing season. Spraying plants 3-4 times a season in the morning and evening gives a good effect. To prepare spring fertilizer for peonies, 1.5 ml of the drug is dissolved in 1 liter of water.

Siliplant is a microfertilizer with active silicon and a complete set of trace elements. It increases the strength of plant tissues, stimulates their own defenses to resist adverse external conditions and diseases, and thereby enhances growth. Therefore, the effect of a siliplant on a plant can sometimes be compared with the effect of growth stimulants. To prepare a working solution, 2-3 ml is mixed with 1 liter of water. Top dressing is carried out in the spring at the beginning of the growing season, then 2-3 more times with an interval of 20 days. When root top dressing, the consumption of the working solution is 4-5 liters per 1 m2. With foliar - consumption of 1-1.5 liters per 10 m2.

The video "Feeding Peonies in Spring and Summer" shows how to fertilize plants:

Knowing how to feed peonies in early spring and summer, you will provide the bushes on the site with a long life and active flowering.

Reasons why peonies do not bloom, and what to do in this case

Peonies planted last year or the year before do not bloom. This is fine. Most varieties and hybrids begin to bloom in the third year after planting.

Some peonies do not bloom in the third year. According to some observations, hybrids are ahead of the development of the lactic-flowered peony variety, and in the third year, as a rule, they bloom fully, although not abundantly.

But some varieties, most often red ones and some of the late-flowering ones, may begin to bloom only in the fourth year.

The peonies are 4 years old or more and still not blooming. If their appearance is normal, then there may be several reasons. The following describes why peonies do not bloom, and what to do in this case.

1. Perhaps the planting material was of poor quality or the division was non-standard, too small. In this case, it remains only to wait.
2. Deep landing. The rhizome of the peony should be located no more than 5-6 cm below the soil level, otherwise they will not bloom. This is especially true for varieties of lactiflora peony. To check, carefully remove the soil above the center or with a wooden probe, determine the depth of the rhizome. If the rhizome is deeply buried, the plant should be dug up at the end of August, divided into standard divisions and planted according to the rules.
3. The plant was planted close to trees, shrubs, large herbaceous perennials with a large root system penetrating into the zone. Needs to be relocated to a more suitable location.
4. Too large a division was planted or an adult plant was transplanted. In this case, the new root system develops poorly, which ensures the full development of the peony. Then, in the second half of August, the peony should be dug up and, following all the rules, divided and planted in a new place.

It happens that peonies have been growing in the garden for many years, but in recent years they have begun to bloom much worse. Most likely, the problem is the depletion of the soil. Peonies need to provide abundant food, top dressing is done through wells.

It is possible that the deterioration or cessation of flowering is also possible if the peonies were accidentally covered with earth or, conversely, the rhizome was exposed. Check the planting depth and restore the normal level of immersion - 3-5 cm.

Peonies 8-10 years old. Some of them continue to bloom well, and the hybrids began to get sick and bloom worse. Varieties of lactiflora peony, with good care, can grow in one place and bloom normally for 30-50 or more years. The life span of hybrid peonies is limited and after 8-10 years they are severely affected by gray mold and should be divided and planted again.

To combat gray rot, the main disease of peonies, in the spring, during the period of active plant growth, 2-3 sprays with a solution of copper-containing preparations should be carried out: Bordeaux mixture, copper sulphate, copper chlorine oxide. Concentration - 0.5%. Before you feed peonies and treat them for diseases, use the information on recommended preparations and their concentrations for treating peonies in the spring, and at a later date - from the end of spring when watering and spraying.

The reasons why peonies do not bloom may be different. Below are some of them.

• Unsuitable place - too shaded, too dry or waterlogged, near large trees, shrubs or perennials. The plant needs to be repotted.
• Kidney damage from late spring frosts. Be patient, peonies should bloom next year if the rhizome itself has not been damaged.
• Dry season, lack of moisture during bud formation in the previous year, lack of nutrition.
• Too rapid flowering of the bush last year, excess buds were not removed. They should be removed before flowering next year.

A perennial herbaceous plant, peony adorns garden plots with its large, fragrant flowers in late spring and early summer. On one bush up to one meter high, many buds are formed, which can be white, pink, maroon, coral, lilac-pink, creamy white, pink-peach. A large number of large flowers bloom if you know how to care for peonies in the spring and how to feed them. After all, it is at this time of the year that a new growing season begins in plants, and buds are laid.

In the country or in the garden near the house, plants need special care, which in the spring should include the following procedures:

1. Cleaning the soil around plantings from old leaves and weeds so that peony shoots can sprout.
2. Watering and loosening the soil.
3. Spring feeding of peonies.
4. Prevention of diseases and pests.

If everything is clear with the first two points, then the procedure for feeding peonies after winter should be discussed in more detail.

How to fertilize peonies in spring

Plants need nitrogen to grow foliage, and potassium and phosphorus to flower. Also, in order for the bushes to grow and develop well, they need trace elements.

Feeding young peonies

1. The shoots that appeared in May are sprayed with nitrogen fertilizers. You can use urea (per 10 liters of water - 40 grams).
2. Two weeks later, a second feeding is carried out. For watering plants, sodium humate is used (for 10 liters of water - 5 grams), and for spraying the leaves - a solution of urea, to which microelements should be added (for 10 liters - 1 tablet).
3. The third feeding of young peonies after winter is carried out ten to fifteen days after the second. This top dressing is necessary for good flowering of peonies, so nitrogen is not used. For watering plants, you can use a solution of heterouxin (for 10 liters of water - 2 tablets). Foliar top dressing this time is carried out with micronutrient fertilizers (2 tablets per 10 liters of water).

Young peonies in the first two years after planting develop a root system and do not bloom profusely. Therefore, you should not worry if you cared for the plants correctly, but they do not bloom very beautifully. In the third year, with proper care, peonies will thank you with abundant flowering.

Feeding peonies from the age of three in early spring

First dressing

Mature plants in late April - early May, after the snow melts and the soil is cleared, begin to grow. At this time, organic fertilizers, which include nitrogen, can be used to feed plants:

• compost;
• humus;
• cow or horse manure;
• urea;
• bird droppings.

Manure or litter must be pre-bred. So, for example, cow dung is diluted 1:20 with water, potassium and phosphorus are added to the solution. This solution is used for top dressing 2 weeks before flowering.

If there is no organic matter, after the snow melts, the plants are fed with potassium and nitrogen, pouring 15 grams of granules of these fertilizers under each plant.

Second top dressing

During budding and flowering, peonies definitely need potassium, phosphorus and a little nitrogen. To prepare a solution for one bush, you must:

• water - 10 liters;
• potassium and phosphorus - 15 grams each;
• nitrogen - 10 grams.

Third top dressing

After flowering, plants need to be supported and fed so that they restore their strength. To do this, two to four weeks after flowering, they are watered with a solution consisting of 10 liters of water and phosphorus with potassium (15 grams each).

You can use other fertilizer, which includes organic matter:

• potassium sulfate - 10 grams;
• superphosphate - 20 grams;
• mullein infusion - 1/2 bucket.

Feeding adult peonies

If peonies have been growing on your site for more than eight to ten years, they need enhanced nutrition. They are fed with slurry, and one and a half times more mineral fertilizers are used than for feeding younger plants.

Fertilizer example:

• Dilute 500 ml of bird droppings or one liter of fresh mullein in water (10 liters);
• add 50 grams of superphosphate;
• insist 10 days.

Before use, the prepared nutrient solution is diluted 1:1 with water.

Attention! Root dressings are applied after watering the plants! It is not recommended to pour the fertilizer solution on the roots. It is best to make furrows at a distance of about 20 cm from the bushes and pour top dressing into them.

Feeding peonies with bread

It happens that you come to a summer cottage, but you didn’t buy fertilizers for plant nutrition. In this case, you can use rye bread. The roll should be cut in half and soaked in cold water overnight, then diluted in a bucket of water.

The resulting mass is watered with peony bushes immediately after winter, that is, during or immediately after the snow melts.

Fertilizing peonies with yeast in spring

For abundant flowering of peonies, you can use a solution of baker's yeast. Prepare it as follows:

• pour 100 grams of yeast with warm water;
• add one glass of sugar;
• leave to ferment for 12 hours;
• strain.

Plants that have just begun to shoot shoots are watered with a yeast solution.

In order for your peonies to bloom profusely, you need to start caring for them in early spring, using suitable fertilizers for this.

Peonies need to be fed both in spring and autumn. are carried out in order to strengthen the plants and prepare for winter. In spring, peonies need additional nutrition for active growth, successful entry into the budding phase and lush flowering that pleases the eye. The composition of pion fertilizing in spring depends on the age of the plant.

1. Peonies in the first 2 years after planting. Root and foliar top dressing for growth and development of plants.
2. Blooming peonies. Three top dressings for flowering.
3. Mature plants aged 8-10 years.
4. Watering a peony.
5. How to feed peonies for lush flowering in spring. Video tips.

FEEDING OF PIONIES IN THE FIRST 2 YEARS AFTER LANDING

During the first two years, young peonies do not require root fertilizing with mineral fertilizers if the soil was fertilized well enough when planting. At this age, it is enough to water, loosen and weed peonies. Peonies should be loosened very carefully: next to the bush, the soil is loosened to a depth of 5 cm, and at a distance of 20 cm from the bush - to a depth of 10 cm. Loosening is especially necessary after rains and heavy watering.

And foliar top dressing in the first year after planting may be as follows:

1. Urea solution: 40-50 g per 10 liters of water. With the help of a garden sprayer, the treatment is carried out in the spring, as soon as the plants wake up and begin to grow.
2. Peonies are re-treated after 10-15 days. This time, 1 table is added to the urea solution. trace elements.
3. The third top dressing is done in another 10-15 days. The composition of the solution: 2 tab. trace elements per 10 liters of water, without urea.

At the same time during the 2nd and 3rd feeding, you can pour peonies under the root with one of the solutions to stimulate the growth of the root system:

• Sodium humate: 5 g per 10 liters of water,
• Heteroauxin: 2 tablets per 10 liters of water.

In the first 2 years, it is important for a young plant to develop a powerful root system, get stronger, and form a strong bush. Therefore, in addition to top dressing, in the literature it is advised to remove peony buds in the first 2 years after planting. Abundant flowering can be expected only in the 3rd year.

THREE FERTILIZERS FOR FLOWERING

So, at the age of 3 years, peonies, as a rule, begin to delight the eye with lush flowering. By this time, the plant usually has 10-15 stems. Now the plant needs regular root feeding with mineral fertilizers. For the entire growing season (from spring to autumn), there should be at least three of them. It is important to observe the dosage and terms of processing plants. Overfeeding is just as undesirable as undernutrition.

First spring dressing

Time: early spring, during the snowmelt or immediately after.
Composition: 10-15 g of nitrogen and 15-20 g of potassium per plant, urea can be used.
How to feed: fertilizers are scattered around the bush or embedded in the groove around it.

Second spring dressing

Time: in the budding phase
Composition: 10 g of nitrogen, 15-20 g of phosphorus, 10-15 g of potassium per 10 liters of water. Dosage - for 1 plant.

Third top dressing

Time: 14 days after flowering.
Composition: 15-20 g of phosphorus, 10-15 g of potassium per 10 liters of water. Dosage - for 1 plant.
How to feed: in the form of an aqueous solution, under the root.

WHAT TO FEED PEONY AT THE AGE OF 8-10 YEARS

Peonies in "advanced" age need to increase the dose of mineral fertilizers in the composition of dressings by 1.5 times. At the age of 8-10 years, peonies are recommended to be fed with slurry.

Feeding time: in the budding phase, once.
Ingredients: mullein/bird droppings + mineral fertilizers.

Solution recipe:

• Fresh mullein (1 liter) is diluted in 10 liters of water. Instead, you can use bird droppings (500 ml) - for 10 liters of water. 40-50 g of superphosphate are added to the solution and infused for 10-12 days. Before use, the solution is diluted with water 1:1.

How to feed:

• A groove 10-15 cm deep is dug around the bush at a distance of 20 cm from it. 1 bucket of fertilizer is used per plant.

Important! Root top dressing is carried out so that the solutions do not fall on the rhizome of the peony.

WATERING PION

Peony loves moisture, and he needs abundant watering:

• during budding (before flowering),
• during the formation of renewal buds (starting from mid-summer).

Watering frequency: 1 time in 8-10 days.

Amount of water: 3-4 buckets per 1 adult bush.

After watering: the earth is loosened and mulched.

Watering peonies is best in the evening. During flowering, it is important to ensure that water drops do not fall on the flowers.

Such a scheme for feeding and watering a peony is given in the book “Peonies. My blooming garden.

How to feed peonies for lush flowering in spring?

But it would be unfair to refer to one source, so we decided to watch videos on youtube. In them, flower growers share their experience in caring for plants.

Water-soluble fertilizers for flowers: Fertik, Kemira, Terrace Lux

Mid-May is the time to feed the peonies. At the peony, the root is located deep enough, and in order for the fertilizer to reach the roots, about 30 centimeters from the bush, you need to make holes about 15 cm deep.

Kemira, Fertika, Terras Lux - complex fertilizers for flower crops in granules with a good set of trace elements. They have both nitrogen, and potassium, and phosphorus, so necessary for the early spring flowering of peonies. It is enough to make 3-4 holes around the bush, and pour half a tablespoon of fertilizer into each.

Important: Before any top dressing of the peony, you must first water the soil with water.

There is also such an option. You can prepare an aqueous solution of the listed complex fertilizers: 1 tablespoon of fertilizer "Fertika" or "Terrace Suite" for 10 liters of water. A solution of microelements is used for root dressing or spraying on the leaves. Processing can be carried out twice: as soon as the "spouts" of plants appear from the ground in early spring and during budding, just before flowering. Feeding consumption per 1 bush - 10 liters.

Mullein infusion + mineral fertilizers

2 weeks before flowering it is useful to feed peonies with mullein infusion, diluting it with water in a ratio of 1 to 20, with the addition of potassium-phosphorus fertilizer.

Humus, "Baikal", "Gumi"

In the spring, when the stems just appeared above the ground, the soil must be cleared of weeds and loosened shallowly. Old peonies can be sprayed with Bordeaux mixture (1%) to prevent fungal diseases.

It is useful to sprinkle the soil under the bushes with humus (a few handfuls are enough), and then pour water over it. You can make top dressing with mineral fertilizers: azofoska, superphosphate, Baikal solution, herbal infusion, Gumi solution.

Second top dressing carried out after 10 days. And then - in the phase of bud formation.

Solutions of mineral fertilizers

In the spring, as soon as the first shoots appear prepare an aqueous solution of mineral fertilizers: 15 g of ammonium nitrate per 10 liters of water.

At the stage of budding or during the flowering of peonies: 7 g of ammonium nitrate, 5 g of potassium salt, 10 g of superphosphate.

After flowering - 5 g of potassium salt and 10 g of superphosphate.

In the indicated proportion, aqueous solutions of mineral fertilizers are prepared and introduced into holes dug 20 cm from the bush, 10-15 cm deep.

Bread top dressing

One loaf of black bread is cut into slices and soaked in 10 liters of water. Put in the sun, cover with a lid so that the pieces of bread are buried in water (you can under the press). The bread will release a large amount of acids into the water, which will be beneficial for the growth of peonies. Insist 1-2 days.

Sources of information in this section: Youtube video channels.

Proper feeding of peonies at the beginning of the growing season allows you to get incredibly lush flowering. Peony bushes grow in one place for a long time and bloom profusely every year, which leads to rapid depletion of the soil. Plants must be carefully looked after. Early spring top dressing is one of the most necessary measures to improve the quality of flowers. With the help of special fertilizers, peonies can be made to bloom much more abundantly and brighter than usual.

Early spring top dressing

Peonies planted in a well-fertilized pit begin to be fed only after three years. At this time, the plants in the garden begin to bloom. For abundant flowering, in addition to regular watering and loosening, additional nutrition is required. You need to try to have time to feed the peonies in the spring immediately after the snow melts. During this period, plants need nitrogen first of all.

Intensive growth of bushes can be supported:

• urea;
• ammonium nitrate (sodium, calcium or potassium);
• calcium cyanamide (suitable for floating soils).

A lot of nitrogen is found in organic matter. Instead of mineral fertilizers, the earth can be sprinkled with rotted last year's manure. The thickness of the organic layer should be about 5 cm. The soil sprinkled with humus is loosened and watered abundantly.

Gardeners who do not have humus can use spring top dressing with rye bread:

1. 1. Half a loaf of black bread is dipped in cold water for 12 hours.
2. 2. The resulting slurry is diluted with a bucket of water and the plants are watered. One bucket is enough for a bush.
3. 3. Top dressing with bread is carried out immediately, as the first sprouts appeared from the ground.

When applying mineral fertilizers, their dose should be calculated in such a way that each bush has 10-15 g of nitrogen. For example, if it is written on a pack of urea that the nitrogen content is 46%, then 20 g of fertilizer is applied for each young bush about to bloom for the first time, which, in terms of pure nitrogen, will be 10 g of useful substance.

Nitrogen fertilizer No. 1

All nitrogen fertilizers are highly soluble in water. Urea or saltpeter can be diluted with warm liquid and watered the bushes. Sometimes the granules are simply scattered on the ground and buried with a rake. The second method is suitable if the soil is still wet from melted snow.

Budding period

Peonies begin to pick up buds in the summer. Already in early June, numerous flower sprouts form on the bushes. Phosphorus is required for good budding. To ensure the friendly development of leaves, flowers and roots during this period, 10 g of nitrogen, 20 g of phosphorus and 10 g of potassium are added under each bush.

The nutritional needs of plants will be fully met by:

• azophoska;
• nitroammophoska.

To achieve the ideal proportions of nutrients, experienced flower growers mix several mono-fertilizers in the right amount. For example, as mentioned above, 10 g of nitrogen are contained in 20 g of urea. The plant will receive the required amount of phosphorus from 150 g of simple superphosphate or 60 g of double, and 10 g of potassium - from just 20 grams of potassium chloride - a highly concentrated fertilizer, a little more than half of the composition of which is potassium that is well absorbed by plants.

Period after flowering

During flowering, plants do not feed. For the third time during the season, the bushes are fertilized 2 weeks after flowering - in July. At this time, buds are laid in peonies and plants will need a lot of phosphorus and potassium. Under each bush contribute 20-25 g of pure potassium.

You need to carefully monitor the dosage of fertilizers, since any plant is better to underfeed than overfeed. An excess amount of food disrupts the development of crops and prevents them from preparing for wintering. Incorrectly fertilized bushes often freeze in winter, and suffer from fungal diseases during the season.

For the third top dressing, you can use a mixture of wood ash and superphosphate:

• 500 g of wood ash and 300 g of superphosphate are thoroughly mixed and infused for at least a day in five liters of water.
• Bushes are fertilized by diluting the working solution with clean water 10 times.

End of summer and autumn

In August and September it is time to prepare for wintering. In early autumn until October, the root system of the flower thickens. It is rich in nutrients. Throughout the first half of autumn, the roots continue to grow. Additional feeding will help the plants store more food and make it easier to overwinter.

For autumn top dressing, potassium-phosphorus fertilizers are used. Potassium increases the winter hardiness of plants, phosphorus will stimulate the next year's flowering.

Autumn top dressing is carried out in a dry form. In the first case, 20 g of superphosphate and 15 g of potassium chloride are poured onto the soil near each bush. Pre-flowers are well watered.

Industrial flower fertilizers

The modern chemical industry produces ready-made fertilizer mixtures that increase the brightness, splendor and duration of flowering. These drugs are easy to use. They are ideal for beginner gardeners, as there is no risk of miscalculating the dosage if they are used.

Industrial mixtures can be used both for planting peonies and for feeding already planted plants. In addition to ease of use, ready-made powders and liquids have another advantage - they are more effective than conventional mineral fertilizers, and sometimes even surpass organic matter in quality.

Table: mineral fertilizers for flowers:

Fertilized soils allow you to get earlier and larger flowers. The bushes will become more durable, they will not need to be transplanted to a new place due to the depletion of the substrate. Properly and on time, fed plants winter well and almost do not get sick.