Not demanding heightened attention. But certain agricultural practices for obtaining lush flowering peonies still exist. It is especially important to know how to feed peonies so that they bloom magnificently in the summer and safely overwinter in the open field.
What fertilizers do peonies need when planting
Competent and timely feeding of peonies is the key to their full development and lush flowering for many years. Providing a plant with nutrition should begin with preparing the ideal soil composition for it.
Peony garden flowers need fertile soil and top dressing.
It is impossible to plant a peony in ordinary garden soil, since it needs fertile, loose soil for proper development. To plant a peony, it is necessary to prepare a hole with a diameter of 70 and a depth of 60 centimeters. Two buckets of humus or peat and 300 grams of bone meal are placed at the bottom of the pit. Instead of bone meal, you can add 200 grams of superphosphate. AT clay soils for loosening, it is recommended to add a bucket of sand. If the soil is sandy - a bucket of clay.
With proper filling of the soil, the plant can not be fed up to 3 years. The fertilizers applied to the pit will be enough to form a powerful peony root system.
Advice. If in the first 2 years buds have formed on the bush, they need to be cut off so that the plant puts all its strength into root growth.
Scheme of feeding adult plants during the vegetative period
For lush flowering in the garden, peonies need to be provided with all the necessary nutrients.
Before fertilizing under the root, the soil is moistened.
When fertilizing peonies, you need to consider whole line features:
- With a lack of organic matter in the soil, the introduction of mineral mixtures instead of good will harm the flower.
- Fertilizers under the root are applied only to moist soil. It is impossible to fertilize dry soil - this can burn the roots and kill the peony.
- Fertilizers are applied taking into account the age of the bush. The older the plant, the more magnificent its flowering, which means that the need for fertilizers is greater.
The composition of fertilizers in spring and autumn is different, because the plant requires special nutrients in different periods development.
Top dressing in early spring
The first feeding of the peony is carried out in the spring, in the first days after the snow melts. The plant is watered with a solution of potassium permanganate at the rate of 1 gram per 5 liters of water. This amount of liquid is used to water one bush.
As soon as peony sprouts begin to bloom, they are fed with ammonium nitrate. For 10 liters of water - 15 grams of fertilizer.
Peony fertilizer during budding
The flowering of peonies begins in the third year after planting. By this time, 10-15 main stems are fully formed on the bushes. During the formation of buds, a second feeding of adult bushes is carried out.
For top dressing use the following mixture:
- nitrogen - 10 grams;
- phosphorus - 20 grams;
- potassium - 15 grams.
This amount of minerals is dissolved in 10 liters of water and used to water one bush.
Summer top dressing during and after flowering
In summer, to improve the quality of flowering, peonies are recommended to be fed with one of the following compositions:
- Potassium salt - 5 gr., Superphosphate - 10 gr., Saltpeter - 7.5 gr., per 10 liters. water.
- Potassium - 10 gr., Nitrogen - 10 gr., Phosphorus - 15-20 gr., 10 l. water.
During the flowering period, peonies are watered with a mixture of superphosphate and potassium salt.
This amount of fertilizer is spent on 1 adult (from 5 years and older) or on two young bushes.
The third top dressing for the vegetative period is carried out after flowering, after 14-15 days Experienced flower growers recommend using Kemira-combi with the addition of potassium monophosphate.
Autumn top dressing of a peony
The last feeding of peonies during the vegetative period is carried out in the fall, at the end of September or in the first decade of October. Liquid fertilizers are not recommended at this time, as they will provoke the growth of shoots.
The last dressing consists of a glass wood ash and 100 grams of bone meal. This amount of fertilizer is evenly distributed around each peony bush and embedded in the soil by loosening.
Mineral and organic peonies
In addition to the main nutrients, nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, a lush peony bush needs a number of minerals, which are called microelements.
About the lack of any substance, peony leaves signal their color and condition:
Peony bushes respond well to top dressing organic fertilizers in pure form or in combination with mineral mixtures. During budding, you can water the peony with a solution of mullein (1:10) with the addition of 40 grams of phosphorus and 20 grams of potassium.
Feeding chicken manure has a beneficial effect on peonies. Half a bucket of chicken manure is diluted in 100 liters of water and fermented for 14 days. At the end of fermentation, the resulting solution is mixed with water in a ratio of 1: 3, 100 grams of superphosphate and 200 grams of wood ash are added to it. For one top dressing, 10 liters of fertilizer are used for each bush. With this composition, peonies can be fed twice a season: in spring and summer.
Peonies can be fertilized with diluted chicken manure.
Foliar top dressing of peonies
Foliar feeding is especially important in the first three years of a plant's life. At this time, the bush grows root system.
For the correct development of a young plant, three sprays are necessary:
- Carbamide - 5 grams per 5 liters. Spraying is recommended. as soon as the first shoots break out of the ground.
- A mixture of carbamide and universal mineral fertilizer. 14-15 days after the first feeding.
- Trace elements, 2 tablets per bucket of water. Spraying is carried out in the middle of summer.
Advice. In order for the top dressing to better linger on the leaves during spraying, and not drain from them, it is recommended to add not a large number of laundry soap. This technique will additionally help rid the peony of insect pests.
Abundant and long flowering can only be given by healthy and well-fertilized peonies, so fertilizing should not be neglected. Required condition correct dressings- This is a combination of fertilizing with abundant watering and loosening the soil.
Experienced flower growers advise not to get carried away with organic top dressing, since the peony will begin to “fatten” from an excess of nitrogen, that is, increase the green mass and slow down flowering. It is also important to observe the dosage of minerals in top dressing. For young plants, it is recommended to reduce the rate by half, and for adult bushes (over 5 years old) increase by a third.
On video experienced gardener shows and tells how to properly feed peonies in your garden.
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.
- Peonies in the first 2 years after planting. Root and foliar top dressing for growth and development of plants.
- Blooming peonies. Three top dressings for flowering.
- Mature plants aged 8-10 years.
- Watering a peony.
- 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 need 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:
- 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.
- Peonies are re-treated after 10-15 days. This time, 1 table is added to the urea solution. trace elements.
- 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, Terrace Lux - complex fertilizers for flower crops in granules with good set 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. Make a solution of trace elements 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.
Peonies are loved by our gardeners and grow in almost every front garden. However, for some, these are huge bushes, completely strewn with flowers, for others, they are also solid, but there are only one or two buds on them. And the reason, as a rule, is in the care of plants.
In the first years of life, peony flowers may be smaller than intended and may not even match the varietal color. The properties of the variety are fully manifested only from the fifth year of flowering.
Alexei Volodikhin, an agronomist from Saratov, will tell you how to competently care for peonies so that they delight with abundant flowering every year. To your attention - 5 secrets of lush flowering of peonies.
1. Proper watering of peonies
In rainy and cool summers, peonies do not need to be watered. However, if there is a heat, it will have to be done and - according to the rules.
In the heat, peonies need to be watered every 7-10 days. Watering is especially important in late May - early July, when the bushes quickly grow and flowers form. Another milestone- mid-July - August, when the buds of renewal are laid.
Many pour water directly under the bush, where there are practically no roots. There, near the base of the shoots, there are thickened rhizomes that store nutrients; they cannot absorb moisture from the soil. Young roots, capable of watering the bush, are located on the periphery.
In young peonies, the suction zone is therefore approximately 20-25 cm from the center of the bush, and in old ones it is 40 cm. This is where water should be poured. And so that it does not spread, dig a groove about 10 cm deep around the perimeter and water it directly into it - 3-4 buckets under a bush.
It is best to water peonies in the evening so that the water is completely absorbed into the soil, and does not evaporate.
2. Loosening the soil around the bushes
This work must be done after each watering or rain, if you want the roots to breathe and grow well.
It is necessary to loosen the soil around the bushes carefully - at the stems to a depth of no more than 5-7 cm, and 20-25 cm from them it is already deeper, by 10-15 cm.
3. Timely feeding of peonies
If the planting pits for peonies were previously filled with fertilizers, it is not necessary to additionally feed the peonies in the first two years. Starting from the third year, peonies need 4 top dressing per season:
- The first dressing is applied as soon as red sprouts appear from the soil. 1 tbsp ammonium nitrate is dissolved in 10 liters of water and the plants are watered at the rate of a bucket for each bush. After that, the soil is mulched with humus, which will gradually give the plant nutrients.
- The second time peonies are fed when they have buds. Dry mix 1/2 tbsp. ammonium nitrate, 1/2 tbsp. superphosphate and 1/3 tbsp. potassium salt, scatter it all under a bush and close up in the soil.
- The third top dressing in composition repeats the previous one and is applied already during the flowering of the peony.
- Peonies are fertilized for the fourth time after they have completely faded. Under the bush contribute 1/2 tbsp. superphosphate and 1/3 tbsp. potassium salt.
Fertilizers can only be applied after rain or watering. Follow the norm of top dressing - excess nitrogen stimulates the growth of shoots and leaves to the detriment of tying buds.
4. Removing buds
In order for peonies to bloom profusely, the buds must be removed. It is especially important to do this in the first and second years after planting, since mass flowering does not allow the root system to fully develop.
If you want to get large top flowers, remove the side buds when they reach the size of a pea. And, on the contrary, you don’t need to do this if it’s more important for you not single cut flowers, but their total number on the bush and its long flowering.
It is very important to remove the flowers immediately with the onset of wilting, without waiting for the petals to fall off. Otherwise, once on the leaves, they can provoke a disease with gray rot, especially in rainy weather.
5. Rejuvenation of peony bushes
Peonies may well grow in one place for 50 or even 100 years! However, the older the bush, the weaker it blooms. Therefore, once every 8-10 years, peonies need to be dug up and divided so that there are 3-4 buds on each division. And you can do it only in August!
As you can see, it is not very difficult to make peonies bloom especially luxuriantly and please the eye in your garden. We revealed the secrets to you abundant flowering these showy perennials.
Competent top dressing of peonies. Proper feeding of peonies is the key to full development and lush flowering for many years. Despite the fact that these ornamental plants are considered unpretentious, the introduction of additional nutrition significantly improves their appearance and accelerates growth. Peonies require different nutrients at different stages of their lives. Since flowering usually does not begin until the third year, the feeding of newly planted plants is different from that which they will need in their more mature age. Feeding young peonies. Until the age of three, properly planted peony bushes do well without additional fertilizers - you don’t have to worry about root dressing at this time. But in the first years of life, there is an active build-up of not only green mass, but also underground organs. Therefore, foliar top dressing will be useful for peonies, which is usually divided into three stages: 1. spraying with urea at a concentration of 5 grams per liter of water; carried out in the spring after germination; 2. after about two weeks, a small amount of microelements is added to carbamide - one tablet per bucket of water is enough; 3. The third time is sprayed with some trace elements - two tablets per bucket of water. If, during the planting of peonies, the required amount of fertilizer was not laid, they will have to be fed already in the first year of life. Do this at least three times per season: 1. in the spring, when shoots are just starting to grow; 2. at the very beginning of bud formation; 3. at the end of flowering, when new buds are laid. For the first feeding, you will need 100 g of nitrophoska for each square meter landings. The second dressing will be the same. For the third, mainly phosphorus and potassium are used. For example, 25 g of superphosphate, 10 - potassium sulfate or 15 potassium magnesia. A mullein solution with the addition of a small amount of mineral fertilizers will also have a beneficial effect on young peonies that have not yet begun to bloom. To prepare such a nutritious cocktail you will need: - fresh cow dung - 1 bucket; - water - 6 buckets; - wood ash - 0.5 kg; - simple superphosphate - 200 g. Manure is diluted with water and placed in the sun for fermentation. After about two weeks, when the mixture ferments well, ash and superphosphate are poured into it. Everything is thoroughly mixed. Immediately before use, top dressing should be diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 2. But, using this recipe, it should be remembered that it is not suitable for the second half of summer - pion tissues can become too loose, and their susceptibility to gray rot will also increase. Feeding adult peonies. In the third year of their life, peonies begin to bloom - the need for nutrition changes, and the supply of fertilizers laid down during planting is depleted by that time. Therefore, peonies must be given at least three top dressings per season. The very first top dressing is done in early spring, you can still in the snow. This is the only top dressing that is performed without embedding. Together with snow water, mineral fertilizers are quickly absorbed into the soil and sink to a considerable depth, since evaporation from the upper layers of the soil is minimal at this time. All subsequent additions of nutrients should be made deep - accessible to most of the roots. In order for fertilizers to be delivered to the peonies, and not to the surrounding weeds, experts recommend applying them to the holes, which are made half a bayonet of a shovel, stepping back 50 cm from the bush. At the same time, plants should be watered abundantly - before fertilizing and immediately after it. The composition and volume of applied fertilizers largely depend on the condition of the soil, and on the age of the plants, even on weather conditions. For example, on sandy soil poorly filled with organic matter, the introduction of large doses of chemical fertilizers can cause the oppression of pions. In such cases, it is recommended that all top dressings, except for the very first one, be applied fractionally, dividing each into two terms. The gap between them should be about two weeks, and the amount of fertilizer should be half the calculated rate. In dry and hot weather, all dressings should be applied in liquid form, but in rainy weather, granules can be used. On sandy soils, boron-magnesium fertilizers are very useful for peonies, applied in small doses - no more than 5 g per square meter. They are especially needed if the soil has not been filled with a sufficient amount of organic matter. For the first feeding, nitrogen-potassium, it is convenient to use potassium and ammonium nitrate in a ratio of 2: 1 or a mixture of potassium sulfate with ammonium nitrate. Enough 60 g of such top dressing per square meter. Another option is 15 g potassium and 10 g nitrogen fertilizer under each bush. The second top dressing, nitrogen-potassium-phosphorus, can be done with nitrophoska - 80 g per square meter, or with mullein at a dilution of 1:10 with the addition of potassium sulfate and superphosphate. Per square meter is used: - mullein - 1 bucket of mortar; - superphosphate - 40 g; - potassium sulfate- 20 g Good results at this time are also given by complex fertilizers "Kemira-combi" and "Kemira-universal", which must be used in accordance with the instructions on the packages. The next top dressing, phosphorus-potassium, is done after flowering is completed. A mixture of "Kemira-combi" and potassium monophosphate is well suited. In late September or early October, under peonies, it can be useful to add one handful of wood ash or 100 g of bone meal per square meter, pouring them out randomly and covering them with mulch.
Garden peonies expend a lot of energy to maintain abundant flowering. The task of the grower is to provide them with nutrients in required quantity. Top dressing of peonies in the spring, during the growing season should be comprehensive and timely.
How to fertilize peonies in spring
Root top dressing of pions with minerals begins from the third year of plant development. Until this time, perennials do not bloom. They have enough foliar spraying with a solution of urea. To stimulate the growth of the root system, sodium humate is recommended. An adult bush requires regular fertilization during the growing season - from spring to autumn.
Experienced farmers willingly share tips on how to feed plants for lush flowering in the garden. They prepare for the procedure in advance, because manure (chicken or cow) should ferment for 2-3 weeks. Mineral additives, poured into the hole during planting, have already dried up, it's time to renew their supply. Spring top dressing of peonies is the most important, it provides a nutrient base for the formation of dense greenery and the formation of buds. A plant during active growth needs three main components: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. In addition to them, flowers need trace elements (magnesium, iron, copper and others).
Soil fertilization scheme
All the necessary nutrients do not fall asleep in the soil at one time. There is a scheme according to which top dressing takes place in 3 stages:
Fertilization Rules
- Cloudy weather is recommended to feed the flowers, a little rain will not be a hindrance. If the weather is clear, it is worth waiting for the evening.
- When scattering the granules, contact with the leaves should be avoided, otherwise there will be a burn.
- Fertilization is accompanied by abundant watering - 20-30 liters per bush.
Advice. When fertilizing, do not exceed the recommended dose. This will not benefit the plants. Excess nitrogen inhibits flowering and provokes the development of diseases.
Feeding peonies with bread and yeast
The traditional application of mineral fertilizers has been replaced by some gardeners original recipes. The necessary active substances for plants are supplied by spring feeding of peonies with yeast. The product, widely used in cooking, contains potassium, magnesium, folic acid, phosphorus. In addition, yeast improves soil structure, stimulates the development beneficial bacteria, strengthen the immunity of plants.
To prepare the solution, dry or fresh yeast is taken, 10 g and 100 g, respectively. The product is dissolved in 10 l warm water, add 2-3 tablespoons of sugar. The composition is insisted in a warm place for 10-12 hours. A bucket of solution is intended for one bush. Close in effectiveness is feeding peonies with bread. It is prepared from 500 g of rye bread, rich in trace elements. The product is cut into pieces and dried in the oven. Dissolve 50 g of sugar in a bucket of warm water and soak the crackers. Insist fertilizer 12 hours. Before watering, the bread is taken out and squeezed.
Advice. Feed from a watering can, this will evenly distribute the liquid around the bush.
Ash is a replacement for potassium
Wood ash consists of trace elements necessary for the development of plants. By feeding peonies with ash in spring, you will strengthen their immunity. The ash is applied directly to the soil by making small grooves. The second option is to add it to one of the nutrient solutions (based on bread, yeast, chicken manure). Ash is a complete replacement for potassium, it is applied in combination with phosphorus and nitrogen during the second feeding.
foliar top dressing
In the spring, foliar top dressing will not be superfluous. Urea (50 g) or other mineral fertilizer bred according to the instructions. Bushes are abundantly sprayed with the resulting composition. To make the nutrients linger on the stems better, add a little laundry soap. The procedure is performed once a month. To extend the flowering period and eliminate potassium deficiency will allow top dressing with the drug "Buton" - 1 ml is dissolved in 1 liter of water.
High-quality top dressing will ensure lush flowering of peonies
For the lush flowering of peonies, it is necessary to introduce organic matter and minerals into the soil. Spring chores with top dressing will pay off with the abundant appearance of buds, large size and bright color of flowers.