Agricultural chemist discovered the secret to growing a lush peonies

the flowering Season of peonies is at the beginning of may — end of June depending on the variety. How to grow the most lush peonies, the correspondent of “Rosbalt” was told by the agricultural chemist-soil scientist and head of club of fans of Floristics Love Yakushev.

“Peonies are perennial flowers that can grow in one place up to 30 years. But it is important to plant them. This should be done in autumn, at this time they are better rooted in the ground. You need to dig a pit depth of 60 cm, put on the bottom of the rubble and broken brick, so that was good drainage and water does not stagnate. The distance between the colors should be about 70 cm,” — said the gardener.

After the flowers of winter, in the spring they need to feed complex fertilizer and dig around. The peony bushes grow up to 60-80 cm tall.

“the Peony is not as whimsical and quite resistant to various pests, like aphids and ants. But the peonies were big and lush, it is important to remove the side buds when they reach the size of a pea and leave on the stems in only one instance, — said Yakushev Love. If you need an abundance of flowers on the Bush, and its long flowering, lateral buds to remove not worth it.”

Earlier, the “Rosbalt” wrote, how to protect fruit trees from weevil potatoes from larvae of wireworms.

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