Hortensia is one of the most striking representatives of the family of encounter bodies from Japan. It often decorates park areas, gardens and squares, while hydrangea can circle alone or paired with other cultures. But to make the Hortensia all the season pleased with lush foliage and rich inflorescences, she needs good care.
How to care for hydrangea - the choice of soil and climatic conditions
The soil is selected fertile, loose, well-groomed and necessarily with a weakly acidic reaction. To create such conditions in the soil, you need to peat or immerse the following mixture into the landing yam: in equal fractions of sand, leaf land and compost, 180 g of superphosphate.
Advice! The soil around the hydrangea needs to often loose, otherwise the crust will be formed, which prevents the flow of air to the roots. The depth of loosening should be minimum of 7 cm.
Hydrangea prefers halftime. Parking rays slow down her height, leaves burn out, the plant swept and blooms badly.
How to care for Hydrangea - how to handle Hortensia during landing
Plant seedlings or replanting an adult plant can be in spring before the start of the renal dissolve. Although in the southern regions it is permissible to land and fall.
A 60x60 cm pit is digging for landing, 55 cm deep. The root neck is left above the ground. After planting, the plant is poured by a large amount of water and mulched peat.
How to care for hydrangeas - Organization of optimal irrigation
It is difficult to fill the hortension, because it loves moisture very much. For watering it is better to use the rain, warm water-dried by the sun. Watering is carried out in the morning and after sunset. If the water turned out to be not enough and the bush was put in the sun, it is not necessary to water it, otherwise the plant may suffer. In such a situation, it is better to wait for the evening and pour a plant.
How to care for hydrangea - reproduction
You can propagate this culture like this:
- From the young, but durable shoots cut the cuttings. Only the top part is used, which has at least 2 interstices. Gentle leaves are completely removed, and the upper half is trimmed.
- The bottom end is immersed in any root growth stimulant. In the meantime, a greenhouse is being built: a substrate (sand and peat in a ratio of 1: 2) is embanked to the container. Moss is stacked on top for maintaining moisture.
- In the soil plunge cuttings by 3 cm deep into the soil. An approximate distance between them is 5 cm.
- Then each cutlets are covered with a jar or the shelter of the entire container with polyethylene is carried out.
- Saplings put in a shaded place with room temperature.
How to care for hydrangea - fertilizer, trimming
All kinds of this plant, be it a room or garden hydrangea, very fond of feeding. The entire period from the dissolution of the kidneys to the bootonization of hydrangea is fed by any fertilizer: superphosphate, potassium sulfate, etc.
Hydrangea reacts well on trimming - foliage becomes curly, flowering and the magnitude of the buds increases. The best time for trimming is the early spring. On the bush leave about 10 last year's shoots with 3-4 kidneys. All old and damaged shoots are cut off.
Caring for Hydrangea at rest
Hydrangea by the end of autumn throws off the foliage and goes into a sleep state of a whole winter. Frost It suffers quite easily, but if the winter is very harsh, it is better to build a soft shelter of foliage. Potted hydrangeas for the winter are transferred to a dry cellar.
What is hydrangea sick?
Hydrangea refers to the number of enduring crops, but sometimes may need treatment from such diseases:
- Chlorosis - foliage brighten and loses color. An alternate watering of plants with iron vigor and nitric acid potassium with an interval of three days is carried out.
- Puffy dew - white raid appears. We need treatment with soapy water with iron vigor.
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