In the recommendations for caring for different colors, an important point is feeding, peonies are no exception, because this is a perennial plant that eventually depletes the soil around itself. There is a whole system, as it should be done, you will get acquainted with it in this article.
How to feed peonies?
To begin with, it is necessary to designate that adult piza bushes (after 3 years old) are in need of fertilizing. For a year, so that the flower was healthy and well-flowered, it is recommended that they be carried out three times:
The first feeding is in the early spring, after the melting of snow begins, while it still lies around the peonies. Around each trunk should be scattered nitrogen (15 grams) and potassium (20 grams). Having dissolved in the melt water, they penetrate deep into the soil and feed the plant.
The second feeding is carried out during budding, it is necessary to increase the quantity and improve the quality of flowers. This time for each bush brought: phosphorus (20 grams), potassium (15 grams) and nitrogen (10 grams).
The third feeding is two weeks after the peonies blossom. It is needed for laying the kidneys for the next year. Make potassium (15 grams) and phosphorus (20 grams).
It is best to combine fertilization with irrigation, then the substances will quickly reach the roots. But except for mineral preparations it is possible to use and improvised means.
Feeding peonies with bread
We take a loaf of rye bread and cut it in half. We soak one half in cold water for 12 hours. The resulting mass is diluted in a bucket of water. This and water the bushes immediately after the sprouts came out of the earth after wintering. After such feeding in the current year peonies will please you with abundant flowering.
In addition to the listed feedings, in the spring for peonies it is still possible to spend foliar. To do this, plant leaves are sprayed with a dissolved complex mineral fertilizer. To achieve a better effect, it should be done only in the evening, when the stomata opens.