How to fertilize peonies, exactly?
Here is an introduction to the green plant flowers on how to fertilize peonies for netizens, followed by a detailed understanding.
Yesterday, we talked about the watering management of peonies. If you want peonies to grow well and bloom beautifully, just watering is not enough. Fertilizing is the primary condition to ensure blooming and vibrant flowers.
How to fertilize peonies, exactly?
There is a saying about fertilizing peonies that I don't know if you have heard: "Clear peonies, murky peonies."
Many people don't fully understand "clear" and think that peonies don't need to be fertilized, only watered with clean water, which is of course not correct.
Fertilizing peonies mainly focuses on winter fertilization. For ground planted peonies, apply solid fermented organic fertilizer after entering winter and add soil. For potted peonies, sufficient base fertilizer should be applied at the time of planting.
In spring, after blooming, apply a solid fermented organic fertilizer in time. Peonies rarely apply liquid fertilizers, and the top dressing should mostly be shallowly buried solid fertilizers, hence the saying "clear peonies."
However, it is not that peonies cannot use liquid fertilizers. If it is a potted plant, due to the limited fertility of the potting soil, you can apply foliar top dressing before and after blooming. That is, use a ternary compound fertilizer, dilute it with water, and spray it on the leaves, but be careful to control the concentration to avoid fertilizer damage.
In October of each year, you can apply organic fertilizer again to promote the formation of flower buds.
Fermented organic fertilizers can include fermented pig manure, sheep manure, chicken manure, and compost, and some bone meal and fish meal can be added to increase the content of phosphorus and potassium fertilizers.
Taboos of Fertilizing Peonies
Since peonies have fleshy roots and are very sensitive to fertilizers and water, you must avoid making the following three taboos when fertilizing.
1. Avoid using concentrated fertilizers
Peonies are sensitive to fertilizers, whether it's foliar top dressing or applying organic fertilizers. Pay attention to the amount to avoid fertilizer damage. Organic fertilizers must be fully fermented.
How to fertilize peonies, exactly?
2. Avoid using dung water
"Clear peonies" means that peonies prefer cleanliness, so do not use liquid fertilizers to water the roots, especially dung water, which can easily cause root rot in peonies.
3. Avoid fertilizing in summer
Peonies are in a dormant stage in summer, and it is very hot. Fertilization should be stopped, otherwise it can easily cause fertilizer damage.
The timing of top dressing peonies is roughly divided into three stages.
Pre-flower fertilizer, in early October, mainly to promote the differentiation of flower buds.
Winter fertilizer, in late autumn and early winter, this fertilization combined with soil preparation is mainly to enhance the cold resistance of peonies, maintain soil temperature, and prepare for spring blooming.
Post-flower fertilizer, within half a month after blooming, this top dressing is mainly to repair the loss of peonies blooming and promote flower bud differentiation, which has a significant impact on the number of flowers the following year.
After learning the watering and fertilizing methods for peonies, do you feel that managing peonies is quite easy and are you tempted to grow a peony plant?
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