A few simple steps to becoming a master peonies grower

Peony as China's traditional famous flower, is the Chinese people like every family of the plant, in the international also received a lot of fans like, the following we will talk about how to plant good peony

Peony’s characteristics are “four appropriate fear” , that is, should be cold fear of freezing, should be warm fear of heat, should be light fear of shade, should be dry fear of wet.

Planting time

As the saying goes: “seven peonies, eight peonies (lunar calendar) ” , “the spring equinox plant peony, to the old does not bloom. ” The suitable time for potted peony is the same as that for field planting, Heze and Luoyang are usually suitable from late September to early October, early planting is easy to “autumn hair” , late root growth is slow, plant growth is not prosperous, and even the following year after flowering easily die.

Peony in the pot before, the first 1 ~ 2 days out of the seedlings drying, so that the root water softening, easy to trim and planting. Before planting, put the pot in the sink to absorb enough water. When planting, first in the basin bottom drainage hole pad a tile to prevent soil leakage, and then spread 2 ~ 5 cm thick small stones or waste brown rope and other things, easy drainage. Before planting, the tree peony seedlings should be trimmed to make the above-ground and underground parts of the balance, beautiful and generous shape, easy to cultivation and management.

Peony in the pot before, the first 1 ~ 2 days out of the seedlings drying, so that the root water softening, easy to trim and planting. Before planting, put the pot in the sink to absorb enough water. When planting, first in the basin bottom drainage hole pad a tile to prevent soil leakage, and then spread 2 ~ 5 cm thick small stones or waste brown rope and other things, easy drainage. Before planting, the tree peony seedlings should be trimmed to make the above-ground and underground parts of the balance, beautiful and generous shape, easy to cultivation and management.

Peony in the pot before, the first 1 ~ 2 days out of the seedlings drying, so that the root water softening, easy to trim and planting. Before planting, put the pot in the sink to absorb enough water. When planting, first in the basin bottom drainage hole pad a tile to prevent soil leakage, and then spread 2 ~ 5 cm thick small stones or waste brown rope and other things, easy drainage. Before planting, the tree peony seedlings should be trimmed to make the above-ground and underground parts of the balance, beautiful and generous shape, easy to cultivation and management.

Soil

Breeding Peony, should choose loose, fertile, humus content is high, fertilizer effect is lasting and drainage performance good soil. Generally, 7 parts of garden soil, 3 parts of rotten leaf soil, 6 parts of Sandy Loam soil and 4 parts of rotten leaf soil can be mixed evenly. Don’t forget to put two pieces of tiles on the top of the drainage hole when you put flowers in the pot.

Water

“Peony appropriate dry should not wet. ” Peony is deep-rooted fleshy root, afraid of long-term water, usually watering should not much, to appropriate partial dry. Water twice before planting. Irrigation once before winter to ensure its safety through the winter. Give water when the soil is wet and dry, but don’t overwater it.

Fertilize

The basic fertilizer for cultivating peony must be sufficient. The base fertilizer may use the compost, the cake fertilizer or the manure. It is usually better to apply fertilizer three times a year, that is, spray once every half a month before flowering, apply compound fertilizer once every half a month after flowering, and compost once before winter to ensure flowering the next year.

Prune

After the leaves fall in the fall, they can be trimmed. Cut off the dense, parallel, crossed, introverted and diseased branches to keep the plant in good shape. At the same time, the condition of ventilation and light transmission can be improved by pruning.

Florescence management

Main Branch Terminal Bud if not bud, but leaf bud, should be picked in time, so as not to long, affect the flowering. Peony branches more fragile, flowers, often too heavy flower head bending branches, a little strong wind is easy to be broken, so can be tied with thin bamboo support, so both to prevent breaking and increase beauty. After the flower is off, cut off the Pedicel, do not let it bear seeds, in order to keep the plant growing vigorously.