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3 steps to take in spring to help clematis grow into powerful vines
31.03.2023 21:53
Updated: 15.04.2023 00:41
Clematis will delight you with unprecedented flowering if you pay them a little attention in the spring.
Every gardener who grows this plant strives to get huge vines, completely covered with flowers.
Sanitary pruning
Pruning is done when buds start to grow on last year's shoots. Dry, weak, crooked shoots and shoots with small buds are removed. Only the strongest and healthiest ones are left.
If there are none, then all shoots will have to be removed. The problem is that such clematis were most likely damaged by rodents. After radical pruning, new buds will grow from the root collar. Clematis of the third group easily tolerate such pruning.
Liming
Wilt is the most terrible disease of clematis. Gardeners try not to encounter such a problem, because you can be left without a plant. Acidic soils are limed with dolomite flour - 200-300 g per 10 l of water.
If the soil is alkaline, then water the plants with a solution of “Fundazol” to prevent diseases – 10 g per 10 l of water.
Top dressing
In spring, clematis is fertilized with calcium nitrate - 30 g per plant. It is applied twice with an interval of 7-10 days. A week and a half after the second feeding with calcium nitrate, the plant is fertilized with organic matter (mullein, grass tincture, etc.).
