Lilies won the hearts of many gardeners. However, these plants are whimsical. It requires painstaking care of them. Important time to feed and fertilize the plants, or inflorescences are small or single.
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How to feed
According to experts, to lilies bloomed magnificently, it is necessary to feed them seasonally. Depending on the coming period is different and the type of fertilizer.
Spring fertilizing is considered the most important. After hibernation the plant uses all the nutrients are located in the bulb to form the leaves and buds. To understand that the time for roses fertilizer come can on 2 criteria:
- Primer warmed to + 6... + 7 ° C.
- The height of the stem has reached 10-12 cm. If the shoots are still short, fertilize the plant does not make sense, because it will not be able to absorb nutrients.
During this period, the lilies are needed phosphorus and nitrogen. Data on the number of trace elements depend directly on the size of the buds and their brightness. To feed can be used as the mineral and organic additives. They should contain potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and nitrogen.
Mineral fertilizers:
- Ammonium nitrate. Per 1 square. m beds use 1 tbsp. l. this powder.
- Nitrophoska or azofos. The bucket of water to dissolve 1 tbsp. l. substances and water the plants.
- Nitroammophos. It should take 1.5 st. l. means of a bucket of water.
- Potassium-magnesium. 20 g of powder are used per 1 sq. m flower bed.
organic:
- Cow dung. Application in pure form detrimental to the plants. It is necessary to prepare a solution (at the rate of 1 part manure to 4 parts water). Mix the ingredients to leave in a dark place for 10 days, stirring occasionally. Thereafter, 1 part of a ready solution to add 10 L of water and pour lily.
- Wood ash. Diluted at the rate of a glass ash bucket of water.
Then comes the summer feeding (beginning or middle of July). It aims to maintain the flowering. During this period, experts recommend the use of liquid fertilizers, as granular substances are dissolved for a long time, and therefore will not have the desired effect. For mineral fertilizers used in this period include:
- Potassium-magnesium or triple superphosphate. These substances contribute to the strengthening and growth of the green mass, as well as give the petals saturation. 10 liters of water was added 1 tbsp. l. Potassium-magnesium or 2 tbsp. l. superphosphate.
- Ammophos, azofos or nitroammophos. The solution was prepared at the rate of 1.5 v. l. a bucket of water.
Organic additives, as well as in the spring, include manure and ashes. It is also possible to prepare a solution for bread fertilizer. For this:
- Crumble the bread and fill it with water.
- If there is added to a mixture of dandelion or nettle.
- Put the solution in a warm and dark place for 10 days. This process is accompanied by an unpleasant odor, so better to put the mixture in a barn or garage.
- Dilute 1 part of the final solution with 10 parts water.
Keep in mind that yeast bread contribute to leaching of calcium from the soil, which is also important for the plant. To avoid this, it suffices to add wood ash solution.
Feed lily autumn is equally important, because During this period the plants are ready for winter sleep and stores nutrients. You must start feeding immediately after termination of flowering. Use fertilizers containing phosphorus and potassium, which help to accumulate lilies useful microelements and enhance disease resistance.
Then, cover the flower beds with compost or humus, which saturate the soil with essential trace elements and serve as protection from frost bulbs.
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