Peonies need to be fed both in spring and autumn. carried out to strengthen the plants and prepare them for winter. In spring, peonies need additional nutrition for active growth, successful entry into the budding phase and lush flowering which is pleasing to the eye. The composition of peony fertilizers in spring depends on the age of the plant.
- Peonies in the first 2 years after planting. Root and foliar feeding for plant growth and development.
- Blooming peonies. Three fertilizers for flowering.
- Mature plants are 8-10 years old.
- Watering the peony.
- How to feed peonies for lush flowering in spring. Video tips.
FEEDING PEONIES IN THE FIRST 2 YEARS AFTER PLANTING
During the first two years, young peonies do not require root feeding with mineral fertilizers if the soil was sufficiently fertilized when planting. At this age, it is enough to water, loosen and weed peonies. Peonies should be loosened very carefully: next to the bush, loosen the soil to a depth of 5 cm, and at a distance of 20 cm from the bush - to a depth of 10 cm. Loosening is especially necessary after rains and heavy watering.
And foliar feeding in the first year after planting may be as follows:
- Urea solution: 40-50 g per 10 liters of water. With the help garden sprayer treatment is carried out in the spring, as soon as the plants wake up and begin to grow.
- Peonies are treated again after 10-15 days. This time 1 tablet is added to the urea solution. microelements.
- The third feeding is done after another 10-15 days. Composition of the solution: 2 tablets. microelements per 10 liters of water, without urea.
At the same time during the 2nd and 3rd feeding you can water the peonies at the root with one of the solutions to stimulate the growth of the root system:
- Sodium humate: 5 g per 10 liters of water,
- Heteroauxin: 2 tablets per 10 liters of water.
In the first 2 years, it is important for a young plant to develop a powerful root system, get stronger, and form a strong bush. Therefore, in addition to fertilizing, the literature advises removing peony buds in the first 2 years after planting. Abundant flowering can be expected only in the 3rd year.
THREE FEEDINGS FOR FLOWERING
So, at the age of 3 years, peonies, as a rule, begin to delight the eye with lush flowering. By this time, the plant usually has 10-15 stems. Now the plant needs regular root feeding with mineral fertilizers. During the entire growing season (from spring to autumn) there should be at least three of them. It is important to observe the dosage and timing of plant treatment. Overfeeding is just as undesirable as undernutrition.
First spring feeding
Time: early spring, during snow melt or immediately after.
Composition: 10-15 g of nitrogen and 15-20 g of potassium per plant, urea can be used.
How to feed: fertilizers are scattered around the bush or embedded in the furrow around it.
Second spring feeding
Time: during the budding phase
Composition: 10 g of nitrogen, 15-20 g of phosphorus, 10-15 g of potassium per 10 liters of water. Dosage - for 1 plant.
Third feeding
Time: 14 days after flowering.
Composition: 15-20 g of phosphorus, 10-15 g of potassium per 10 liters of water. Dosage - for 1 plant.
How to feed: in the form of an aqueous solution, at the root.
WHAT TO FEED PEONIES AT THE AGE OF 8-10 YEARS OLD
Peonies in “advanced” age need to increase the dose mineral fertilizers as part of fertilizers 1.5 times. At the age of 8-10 years, peonies are recommended to be fed with slurry.
Feeding time: during the budding phase, once.
Ingredients: mullein/bird droppings + mineral fertilizers.
Recipe for preparing the solution:
- Fresh mullein (1 liter) is diluted in 10 liters of water. Instead, you can use bird droppings (500 ml) per 10 liters of water. Add 40-50 g of superphosphate to the solution and leave for 10-12 days. Before use, the solution is diluted 1:1 with water.
How to feed:
- A groove 10-15 cm deep is dug around the bush at a distance of 20 cm from it. 1 bucket of fertilizer is used for 1 plant.
Important! Root feeding is carried out so that the solutions do not fall on the peony rhizome.
WATERING PEONY
Peony loves moisture and needs plenty of watering:
- during budding (before flowering),
- during the formation of renewal buds (starting in mid-summer).
Watering frequency: once every 8-10 days.
Amount of water: 3-4 buckets per 1 adult bush.
After watering: the soil is loosened and mulched.
It is best to water peonies in the evening. During flowering, it is important to ensure that drops of water do not fall on the flowers.
This scheme for feeding and watering peony is given in the book “Peonies. My blooming garden."
How to feed peonies for lush flowering in spring?
But it would be unfair to go to just one source, so we decided to watch videos on YouTube. In them, flower growers share their experience in caring for plants.
Water-soluble fertilizers for flowers: Fertika, Kemira, Terrace-lux
Mid-May is the time to feed peonies. The peony root is located quite deep, and in order for the fertilizer to reach the roots, holes about 15 cm deep need to be made 30 centimeters from the bush.
Kemira, Fertika, Terrace-Lux - complex fertilizers for flower crops in granules with a good set of microelements. They contain nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus, which are so necessary for the early spring flowering of peonies. It is enough to make 3-4 holes around the bush, and pour half a tablespoon of fertilizer into each.
Important: Before any feeding of the peony, you must first water the soil with water.
There is such an option. You can prepare an aqueous solution of the listed complex fertilizers: 1 tablespoon of fertilizer "Fertika" or "Terrace Suite" for 10 liters of water. Root feeding or spraying on leaves is done with a solution of microelements. The treatment can be carried out twice: as soon as the “spouts” of the plants appear from the ground early spring and during budding, just before flowering. Feeding consumption per bush is 10 liters.
Mullein infusion + mineral fertilizers
2 weeks before flowering It is useful to feed peonies with mullein infusion, diluting it with water in a ratio of 1 to 20, with the addition of potassium-phosphorus fertilizer.
Humus, "Baikal", "Gumi"
In the spring, when the stems just appeared above the surface of the earth, the soil needs to be cleared of weeds and loosened shallowly. Old peonies can be sprayed Bordeaux mixture(1%) for the purpose of preventing fungal diseases.
It is useful to sprinkle the soil under the bushes with humus (a few handfuls are enough), and then water it with water. You can fertilize with mineral fertilizers: azophosphate, superphosphate, Baikal solution, herbal infusion, Gumi solution.
Second feeding carried out after another 10 days. And then - into the phase of bud formation.
Mineral fertilizer solutions
In spring, as soon as the first shoots appear prepare an aqueous solution of mineral fertilizers: 15 g of ammonium nitrate per 10 liters of water.
At the budding stage or during the flowering of peonies: 7 g ammonium nitrate, 5 g potassium salt, 10 g superphosphate.
After flowering - 5 g of potassium salt and 10 g of superphosphate.
Aqueous solutions of mineral fertilizers are prepared in the indicated proportion and applied to holes dug 20 cm from the bush, 10-15 cm deep.
Grain feeding
One loaf of black bread is cut into slices and soaked in 10 liters of water. Place in the sun, cover with a lid so that the pieces of bread are submerged in water (you can use a press). The bread will release into the water large number acids that will be useful for the growth of peonies. Leave for 1-2 days.
Sources of information in this section: video channels on Youtube.
Many gardeners make the fatal mistake of caring for peonies only in the spring. Wait abundant flowering in this case it is not worth it, since the formation of buds occurs in July - August.
It should be noted that the degree of budding of a peony depends on its age. Young bushes bloom sparingly. In the first years of development, flowers may be small size, and in some cases do not even match the declared color. This is the norm for peony. Be patient: its properties are fully revealed only in the fifth year of development.
Peony is a light-loving plant; it tolerates partial shade, but in strong shade it will never bloom magnificently.
How to water peonies for abundant flowering
Not all gardeners are in a hurry to water peonies, believing that their powerful root system It is also capable of extracting life-giving moisture from the soil. This is another misconception. Peonies require watering - rare, but quite plentiful. In cool and rainy summers, they may not need to be irrigated. But in hot weather, be sure to water once a week. Pour at least 3-4 buckets under an adult bush.
Peonies especially require watering from the end of May to the beginning of July. At this time, they quickly grow green mass and form flowers. The stage of laying the renewal buds, which occurs in August, is also important. At this time, also water the peonies, despite the fact that they have long since faded. Then next year they will delight you with flowering even more.
The method of watering is also of great importance. Many people water directly under the bush, believing that this is where the peony roots are located. In fact, there are practically none there. What many think of as roots are thickened rhizomes. Their function is to store nutrients. They cannot absorb moisture from the soil.
Water along the periphery of the bush, 20-25 cm from the center. It is there that the young roots are located, which supply the peony with moisture. The older the bush, the longer they are located from its center. To prevent water from spreading, make small depressions around the perimeter where you water.
How to feed peonies for lush flowering
The abundance of flowering of this perennial largely depends on fertilizing. Peonies require regular fertilization. From the third year of development, they should be fertilized at least four times per season.
Apply the first feeding of the season on melted snow or immediately after it melts. Perfect fit ammonium nitrate. Dissolve 1 tbsp. l. fertilizer in a bucket of water and water the bush generously. If you missed the moment of snow melting, fertilize at the stage of appearance of red shoots.
Apply fertilizer a second time during bud formation. Mix by 1/2 tbsp. l. superphosphate and ammonium nitrate, 1/3 tbsp. l. potassium salt and embed the resulting composition into the soil under the bush. Next time, feed the peonies with a similar mixture, but during the flowering period.
Apply the last feeding of the season after the peonies have completely bloomed. Wait two weeks and apply a mixture of 1/3 tbsp. l. potassium salt and 1/2 tbsp. l. superphosphate.
Peonies respond well to feeding a solution of bird droppings or mullein.
Do not forget that it is necessary to apply any fertilizers only after preliminary heavy watering or rain. Otherwise, you risk burning the young peony roots, which are responsible for absorbing water.
Peony rejuvenation
This perennial can grow “happily” without replanting for as long as desired. But the older the bush, the sparser it blooms. The solution is simple - give the peony a rejuvenating division every 8-10 years. To do this, dig up a bush in August and divide it into parts so that each has at least 3-4 buds.
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These flowers will be most grateful to nitrogen-potassium fertilizers. It is best to start fertilizing in the third year of peonies’ life, when their active flowering begins. They need to be fed three times throughout the season:
- The first feeding is done when the snow melts or immediately after it has melted. For one bush we need from 10 to 20 g of potassium and from 10 to 15 g of nitrogen. They are introduced after active watering or rain, but not into dry soil;
- Next time we feed during budding. The dosages of nitrogen and potassium per bush do not change, but we add 15-20 grams of phosphorus;
- We carry out the third feeding half a month after they have bloomed and buds have begun to form. Now we only need phosphorus and potassium in the same dosages as before.
It is very important to ensure that you do not overfeed peonies, because if there is an excess of, for example, nitrogen, the formation of buds may decrease and the green mass may grow. Also, with an excess of fertilizers, the resistance of peonies to various diseases decreases.
And before planting, you can feed the roots of the flowers using a clay mash, which will help them take root. It is made from 10 liters of water, 5 kg of clay, heteroauxin (two tablets), and copper sulfate(60 g). You can also add wood ash (half a kilogram). It is enough to dip the roots in this mixture and dry them. Then you can plant.
But you can add compost, rotted manure and peat plus topsoil to the planting hole.
Ash or bone meal (300 grams) or superphosphate (up to 200 g) are also added to the mixture. You can reduce the acidity of the soil using slaked lime (up to 400 g). Don't forget to grind the lime.
DIY fertilizers for peonies
These luxurious flowers will be very grateful organic feeding, which you can do on your own.
To prepare such a product you need either mullein or bird droppings.
You need about a bucket of fresh cow manure for a large barrel of water, which we dilute in five buckets of water. Bird droppings should be diluted into 25 buckets. Place in the sun and allow to ferment for up to half a month (minimum 10 days).
After a couple of weeks, when everything has fermented, add superphosphate (from 200 g to 300) and half a kilogram of wood ash.
Before fertilizing, dilute the solution from manure with two parts of water, and with bird droppings - three parts.
Store-bought fertilizers
There are many fertilizers and fertilizers for flowers, but not every one is suitable for peonies. There are two store options to choose from.
Kemira
This fertilizer is mineral and all its elements are contained here in cheilate form. This means that peonies assimilate Kemira without additional processing by soil microorganisms.
The product is used three times throughout the season. In March and after the peonies have bloomed (after about seven days), a product such as Kemira-universal will be appropriate.
After watering the flowers, pour a handful of the product under each bush. Don't forget to work the fertilizer into the soil. The next feeding is carried out using Kemira-combi.
And the second feeding is carried out with Kemira-Kombi fertilizer. It dissolves quite quickly and goes directly to the root system of the flowers. Just pour a handful of the product under each bush and water generously.
Baikal EM-1
This fertilizer is organic and microbiological. It is prepared using EM technologies. Living microorganisms present in the product increase the fertility of the soil for peonies and improve its structures.
Baikal M can be added to compost, or you can use it to mulch the soil in the fall. The mulch should have a thickness of 7 cm to 10.
If the peony doesn't bloom
Here there are both traditional methods stimulation of flowering, and quite scientific. So, our neighbors bury them under the bushes rotten fish. Actually, the secret is that it's ordinary. Instead of fish, you can simply add saltpeter.
You can also try treating your flowers with potassium permanganate in the spring (the solution can be strong), during budding with manure, and in the fall simply covering them with compost. Sometimes potassium sulfate is also used to stimulate flowering.
There is another option for stimulating flowering. In the fall (closer to October), water it with potassium chloride and add wood ash (don’t forget to dry it). We place a tablespoon of this ash under each peony bush in October.
In the spring we water the peony with slurry, and by May we switch to potash fertilizers. They need to be alternated, using either potassium nitrate, potassium sulfate, or potassium permanganate. You can also spray with superphosphate.
Foliar feeding
It is done throughout the summer (and spring) season and consists of spraying the leaves of flowers. You can also water, but the watering can must have a fine sieve. For this purpose, for example, a product such as Ideal is suitable.
Dissolve according to instructions and add to the solution washing powder in a small amount (you can use laundry soap): for 10 liters of solution you need about a tablespoon. The soap will help keep the product on the leaves and flowers.
Also foliar feeding This can be done in three stages: in the first, when the above-ground parts of the bushes are just sprouting, we water them with a urea solution: 50 g are needed for 10 liters of water. For the second feeding (after 30 days), we add a microfertilizer tablet to the same solution.
The third time, when it has finished blooming, we water it only with a solution with two tablets of microfertilizers. It is better to carry out this procedure in the evening or on a cloudy day.
Peony is called the king of the garden. Its lush large inflorescences immediately attract attention. Let's consider how to care for peonies in the spring in order to enjoy their lush flowering in the summer and all the time while the beauty of the openwork original leaves of this plant decorates the garden. Peony bushes captivate with their bright, beautiful shape every spring day.
In spring (April and May) and autumn (August and September), peonies experience periods of bud growth on the roots. They began to be planted more and more often in the spring. They take root well at this time if they are planted correctly. It is advisable to do this before warm weather sets in: the root must take root well before shoots begin to grow. Agrotechnicians recommend planting peonies in the second half of summer, after the plant has finished flowering. The optimal time for planting peony cuttings is considered to be from mid-August to mid-autumn. Before winter, the cuttings will have time to take root and will not be afraid of the cold.
If the peony develops well and blooms luxuriantly, it can not be replanted for a long time. However, if the flowering of peonies ceases to be good, it is recommended to replant the bushes. It is better to divide the bush for transplantation into 2 or 3 parts. Dividing the rhizome is the main method of propagating peonies. To get many new plants from one bush, you need to divide it into as many rhizome segments as possible with one, or better yet, 2-3 growth buds.
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Plantings of these plants should be located at a distance from each other (no closer than 1 m). The soil suitable for planting is loamy, slightly acidic or neutral (pH 6.0 - 7.0), rich in humus. For planting, make a deep and wide hole, measuring 60x60 cm. It needs to be done in a hole good drainage: add 10-15 cm of coarse sand or gravel to the bottom, then the roots will not rot in rainy summers. The hole is filled more than half with a well-mixed mixture of garden soil, compost and sand. Half of this mixture should be from compost, the other half from soil and sand. It is not advisable to add peat to the mixture. Most types of peat are acidic, but this plant requires a neutral reaction from the environment. Approximately 200 g of double superphosphate, a handful of iron sulfate and potash, and a scoop of wood ash are added to the soil. They will provide a supply of nutrients for a long time.
Garden soil is poured onto the soil with fertilizers embedded in it. The root cutting is placed at a distance of 5-7 cm from the base of the growth buds to the edge of the hole. Then you need to cover the root with garden soil, pressing down the soil so that voids do not form around it. This must be done carefully, protecting the kidneys. After this, the planting is watered and then mulched with humus.
Selecting a location
Peonies prefer well-lit areas. In the shade, the plant will wither and will not bloom. Do not plant it close to the walls of a house or fence, or to trees and bushes - it needs good air circulation. Peonies planted next to other plantings will experience a lack of nutrition. Planting soils should not be swampy - roots stagnant in water begin to rot and the plant dies. To avoid action groundwater, you can arrange raised beds for the plant or make special drainage outlets around the bushes.
Peonies are grown as herbaceous perennials and tree-like shrubs. Tree peonies are gaining popularity among gardeners. These flowers beautiful plants amazing stamens! Their growing conditions are slightly different. Tree peonies should be planted in areas that are slightly shaded and well protected from drafts.
Care after winter
Peony is a resilient plant if the conditions are met. correct landing in a place favorable for this. This plant tolerates heat and frost well. On its rhizomes there are many dormant buds that replace dead shoots. There is no need to try to transplant the bush to a new place. In one place, a bush can grow and bloom beautifully in its allotted time, from 20 to 50 or more years. Gardeners love them for this and never tire of caring for them. Providing good care for peonies means removing weeds in a timely manner, watering and loosening the soil, feeding the plants with mineral fertilizers and various additives, and protecting them from pests and diseases.
Caring for peonies in spring is easy. The ground part of the herbaceous peony dies off before winter, and every spring the plant grows new shoots. We must wait until the tops of the shoots emerge from the ground, and from that time begin caring for the plant. Weeds must be removed immediately so that they do not interfere with the growth of shoots. The soil around the bushes is loosened very carefully, at a distance of 10-15 cm from the bush, otherwise you can inadvertently damage the emerging shoots. You need to try to rake the soil towards the bush, ensuring the protection of the rhizome with the required layer of soil of 4-7 cm. This placement of the rhizome is constantly monitored so that it does not end up on the surface. If the root is on the surface, the growing buds will die from cold and heat.
Caring for peonies at the beginning of intensive shoot growth is very important. The shoots need daily watering, which will accelerate the strengthening of the root system and give impetus to the rapid growth of sprouts. During the period of bud formation and flowering, an adult plant also needs abundant watering. It needs to be watered with 2-3 buckets of water about once a week if it does not rain. The water should reach all the roots of the peony. You can superficially water the soil under the plant in the evening with a watering can constantly as the soil dries out. You should not use a spray bottle, as fungal diseases may occur. appearance Because of this watering, the flowers become worse.
Peony sprouts develop very slowly and bloom only after a few years. The best flowers Peonies are given at the age of 4 years. When flowering begins, it is advisable to leave one of the largest buds on the shoot. Then he'll have enough vitality to develop into a beautiful big flower. If you do not remove excess buds, the bush will not produce large flowers, but will bloom longer.
Garter of peonies
Well-grown bushes of these flowers need support: the stems, under the weight of the flowers (flower diameter 15-25 cm), begin to bend to the ground, and during bad weather they can break off. To avoid this, bushes are tied up or supports are placed to support them. Supports for bushes are best placed before the bush blooms. If there is not much in the garden strong winds, a peony bush looks beautiful tied with a special green ribbon that you can buy. A small bush can be tied by enclosing all the shoots in a circle of garter tape. This tape will be invisible to the eye. A bush tied in this way looks gorgeous. You can drive several identical stakes next to the plant on all sides, after painting them with dark green paint to match the color of the plant stems. In this case, stakes are tied with garter tape: then the shoots of the plant will not suffer if the tape is pulled.
Feeding flowers
For good growth and flowering for peonies during the growing season, 3 feedings are carried out. Two of them occur in the spring. The third time is fed in the summer, after flowering. A new young plant does not need to be fed for the first 2 years: it develops well thanks to the soil laid during planting. But many gardeners feed the plant in the first year, as the new growing roots need nutrients, which peonies cannot yet achieve. Most best period for supplements to young peonies - from the time sprouts appear until the end of June. The good development of roots and plant growth is facilitated by the addition of mullein solution (this is an aqueous solution of manure that was in the process of fermentation, it does not contain harmful bacteria). This fertilizer is poured into a ditch made around the bush. Young plants can also be fed with a solution of mineral fertilizers.
From the third year of growth, plants will require several feedings per year. It is advisable to carry out the first one when the last snow has not yet melted. Fertilizers containing nitrogen and potassium are sprinkled onto the planting surface (10-15 g of nitrogen and 10-20 g of potassium for 1 bush). Then the soil around the bush is loosened and a small layer of humus is poured on top. The second time the plant’s soil is fertilized during the formation of peony buds. And in the third - during flowering (15-20 g of phosphorus and slightly less nitrogen and potassium).
The good effect of additives will increase when mineral fertilizers are combined with organic ones: it will be good to add humus to the ground and water it with mullein solution. Plants can be fed with a solution of bird droppings with the addition of ash and copper sulfate. You can prepare the solution as follows: dilute 1 part of bird droppings with 25 parts of water, then leave the solution in a warm place for fermentation for 10-15 days, after fermentation add 0.05 parts of wood ash and 0.03 parts of superphosphate to the solution. Before adding this solution to the soil, dilute it with 3 parts of water - for 1 bush you need 1 bucket of fertilizing.
Disease Prevention
As soon as the ground thaws after the snow, the soil for planting is watered with a solution of potassium permanganate (2-3 g is used per bucket of water for 2 bushes) or sprayed with a solution of copper sulfate (20 g per 4 liters of water). This will disinfect the soil and protect the plant from gray rot. Prevention is done 2 times: during the period of shoot growth and the formation of peony buds. The first signs of gray rot (a disease of fungal origin) may appear in mid-May. Peonies most often suffer from this disease. The leaves become covered with gray mold, the stems rot. The development of this disease can be facilitated by high humidity, excess soil nitrogen fertilizers and too thick garden plantings. When sprouts appear, peonies are sprayed with Bordeaux mixture (a solution of copper sulfate and lime). It is used against the vast majority of fungal and many bacterial plant diseases. Against powdery mildew- fungal disease, it is recommended to spray with a copper-soap solution (a piece of laundry soap and 20 g of copper sulfate are diluted in 10 liters of water).
For successful disease prevention, peony flowers need to be cut off in time after flowering. From the rotting of fallen petals, spots of gray rot may form on peony leaves. As soon as the flower begins to bloom, its head needs to be cut off. When caring for plants, pruning shears and pruning shears should be disinfected to prevent the spread of viral disease- ring mosaic of leaves. During this disease, noticeable ring stains and stripes appear on the peony leaves. This disease worsens the appearance of the plant. When signs appear, infected shoots are cut down to the rhizome and burned.
At good care Peonies grow beautifully and bloom in late spring, spreading a rich aroma around them. Peony is said to be a flower with the scent of a thousand roses. In addition to many garden varieties, there are decorative peonies that bloom earlier. Planting peonies in a flower garden and against the background of a lawn looks beautiful. They can frame a wide path in the garden. This is one of gardeners' favorite plants.
And for good growth and development there should be plenty of microelements. Feeding is repeated a couple of weeks after germination. A solution of infused mullein is also suitable as a fertilizer for planted peonies. Stop fertilizing at the end of June.
How to feed peonies in spring for lush flowering in the garden
With the arrival of warm days, as soon as the snow melts, the flowers open and free the trunk from fallen leaves. Flowering can be bright; for this, the plant requires watering and fertilizing. As soon as the sprouts reach 10-15 cm from the ground, spring feeding of peonies will be needed. To do this, you can use rotted horse or cow manure with the addition of flower fertilizers. Fertilizer is scattered around the plant and the soil is dug to a depth of no more than 10 cm. Humus is also laid out on the surface so that gradually, with the help of precipitation or watering, the necessary substances pass into the soil layer.
In early May, about two weeks before the buds open, peonies are fed again. A complex fertilizer is suitable for this. You can take ready mixture and following the instructions in the instructions, prepare a solution or make a liquid fertilizer yourself. What you need is 10 liters of diluted mullein infusion, 25g of phosphorus and 50g of potassium fertilizers. A well-mixed solution in an amount of three liters is applied directly under the root of the plant. Ash can be used as a nutrient mixture. It contains the basic elements that plants need. These are potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium, zinc and sulfur. Moreover, some of the listed substances are contained in an easily accessible form. To fertilize peonies, ash can simply be mixed with soil. For newly planted peonies, this method of fertilization also provides a disinfecting effect.
Fertilizing peonies after flowering is the final feeding.
Peony food from bread
Abundant flowering of peonies is possible only with good care. Feeding peonies, as for vegetable crops required. But there is no need to buy store-bought fertilizer; it can be easily prepared from a common product such as bread.
To do this you need a loaf of black bread and water. The bread needs to be cut into small slices, dried a little, you can take ready-made crackers, then fill a 10 liter bucket with dried bread to 2/3 of the volume and add water so that it covers the contents. After that, the crackers in the bucket are pressed down with a plate or lid, and something heavy is placed on top of it. This way the bread will not float to the surface and turn sour. Now the bucket with the mixture is placed in a warm place for 6-7 days. The prepared starter is diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio. Feeding peonies in spring and summer with this fertilizer will give excellent results in the form of flowering and healthy plants.