Secrets of growing tree peony Bashny.Net

One of the most important conditions for success in the cultivation of the so-called tree peonies - the right fit. It affects not only an ornamental plant, but also the duration of his life, and tree peonies - known centenarians

. The best time of planting this plant - September, as the tree peonies do not like heat and drought. Like any tree, it should be planted so that the root collar was at ground level. The soil, which is filled landing pit, it is desirable to add a couple of buckets of sand.




In the future, the peony tree should be watered very often in dry weather.

Fertilizers are beginning to pay two weeks before flowering, and pick up the complex mineral fertilizers with a high content of potassium and phosphorus (eg, diammophoska).

For the correct formation of the bush and the extension of his life every year in the spring, when they begin to wake up the kidneys, to do renewal pruning, shortening the shoots before the first live kidney. Weak shoots are cut at a height of 10-15 cm. The young buds of the bushes were removed, cut out and dried carpels.

In winter, tree peonies harbor. In early October, shoots bind (bend down to the ground they can not - they are fragile), tree trunks peat mulch (straw, leaves, manure - are undesirable, they contribute to the development of botrytis)

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After the onset of frost-resistant plants harboring, building "shalashika" of twigs, you can use burlap or non-woven fabric. In the spring, as soon as the kidney, remove cover.