How to care for peonies
Main content introduction: How to care for peonies and related knowledge about peony potted plant cultivation techniques. Below, the editor will provide you with detailed answers.
Peony flowers are really beautiful and magnificent, slightly inferior to peony flowers, but they are also a perfect kind of flowering plants. If there is enough space and sunlight on the balcony or terrace at home, you might as well keep a pot of peonies. They are relatively easy to bloom and will bloom every year. No matter what color the flowers are, they are very beautiful and stunning, with super large petals, large flowers, and very beautiful shapes. So, how should potted peony flowers be cared for? Some friends say that the peony pot they are raising never blooms. In fact, there are several planting tips for raising potted peonies:
First, a large pot with fertile soil is the key to raising potted peonies
The pot for potted peonies cannot be too small. With less soil capacity, the nutrients will naturally not keep up, and its branches and leaves will grow sparse and weak, making it difficult to bloom. When planting, the diameter of the prepared pot should be at least 25 centimeters. The soil should be deep, fertile, moist, and well-drained, and a certain amount of decomposed organic fertilizer or cake fertilizer, bone meal, etc., should be added to the bottom of the pot as a base fertilizer.
In winter, it can be placed directly on the indoor balcony to let it go through the dormant period. After it sprouts in spring, water and fertilize it in time and increase sunlight.
How to care for peonies
Second, potted peonies must have sufficient sunlight
Whether it is a potted peony or a ground-planted peony, it must be kept in a well-ventilated and sunny place to ensure long periods of sufficient sunlight. With less sunlight, it is difficult for flower buds to differentiate, and even if they bloom, they won't be as large and vibrant, and the flower buds will be small. Under the shade of trees, although they can still grow, it will affect blooming.
At the same time, when watering potted peonies, especially after the flower buds have grown, do not let the soil become too dry, otherwise the flower buds will fall and wither due to lack of water, and it is also necessary to thin the flower buds if there are too many.
Third, pay attention to the planting time for potted peonies
Many friends naturally think that it is better to plant peonies in spring. However, this is actually wrong because there is a saying that planting peonies at the time of the Spring Equinox will result in no flowers until old age. This is because peonies are different from other flowering plants and are not suitable for planting in spring.