How and what to fertilize peonies with: the bushes will be bursting with flowers
Anyone, even a novice gardener, knows that peonies need regular fertilization.
According to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, educational agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , fertilizers should be applied both at the beginning of the season and when buds are formed and before the onset of winter.
For the first feeding, which is carried out immediately after the snow has melted, ammonium nitrate is suitable.
You can sprinkle the fertilizer directly on the ground.
At the end of April-May, before the beginning of the budding period, it is worth adding potassium and phosphorus under the bushes - bury the balls in the ground, and then water the flowerbed thoroughly.
The right time for the third feeding is in August. This time it is worth using phosphorus and potassium again.
In conclusion, we have compiled for you a list of fertilizers suitable for peonies:
- bone meal;
- compost;
- mineral fertilizers based on phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium;
- superphosphate;
- potassium sulfate.
