Hydrangea - perennial, flowering from early summer until frost. It has 3 variants: paniculata, tree and macrophylla. Hydrangea plant and grow in the area is not so simple: to have a decorative appearance, you need to know some of the subtleties of maintenance.
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fertilizing hydrangeas
In spring the plant is necessary to fertilize with nitrogen. Organic and mineral fertilizers is better to alternate.
Suitable tinctures or fresh poultry manure bovine manure week exposure in a ratio of 1:10. The working solution of the litter hoods - 1:20 and from mullein - 1:10. As the fertilizer ammonium nitrate solution.
Summer to activate flowering making potassium and phosphorus. You can use ammophoska or pick up ready-made systems for special hydrangeas from companies "fop", "Agricola". Composition "GreenWorld" stimulates the bookmark buds.
watering hydrangea
Hortense 1 watered once a week, in wet weather - less. On 1 2-3 buckets watering is necessary. Use warm water, to defend or rainwater.
Proper pruning hydrangeas
Pruning plants provide different goals:
- sanitary cleaning;
- shaping bush desired shape;
- rejuvenating plants;
- activation formation of flower buds.
The first 2 years seedling should take root. At this time produced only sanitary cleaning, removing damaged shoots.
In the formation of the bush leaving some of the most healthy skeletal shoots with an external direction. When rejuvenating every 5 years, remove all the shoots, or yearly change of 1-2 to old younger.
Inflorescences are formed on the young shoots, so at the annual spring haircut on skeletal - leaving only the healthy branches last year. Since they cut off the tops of damaged or shortened to 2-3 buds. Pruning is carried out before bud burst, or beautiful flowers will not develop. This is especially true of large-varieties. It is recommended to cut off the spring, when they become indistinguishable live and frost-damaged shoots.
Autumn pruning is carried out after leaf and wilting flowers. Are approximately the same scheme.
Preparing for winter hydrangea
Tree and paniculata varieties cold hardiness. After the fall pruning they should be good to hill, and they will suffer even -30 ° C below zero. Macrophylla species require shelter. Shoots are wrapped compactly bind and cover material. You can create a frame around the bush from the wire mesh and fill it with fallen leaves.
Protection of hydrangeas from pests and diseases
Spring processing plants and the soil beneath it, and Bordeaux mixture of iron sulphate is necessary for the prevention of infectious diseases. Upon infection, you should immediately remove the damaged shoots.
By botrytis help drug Rovral Flo 255 SC. When sprayed with iron chlorosis means. In the fight against Septoria - Profit. When the rust on the leaves of the plant is necessary to spray the copper-bearing structure - Topaz, Falcon.
By aphids and mites can help preparations Fufaev and thiophos.
Useful tips on hydrangea care
Dressing based on yeast or dairy products enrich the soil with beneficial microorganisms. In the course of their activities release carbon dioxide and creates additional food for the roots.
Hydrangea prefers slightly acidic soil, so it is not necessary for fertilizer use wood ash, as it creates an alkaline environment.
At slightly alkaline soil hydrangea becomes pink. Adding to the soil alum Al and Fe inflorescences impart a blue tint.
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