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Culture method of peony

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2020-01-01 09:31:42
Light: sufficient light but not direct from the sun. Temperature: it is cold resistant and afraid of high temperature. When it is above 25 ℃, it will enter into a dormancy state. Soil: neutral or slightly alkaline soil with good drainage and deep soil layer is required. Water and fertilizer: manage and protect the water twice. Pruning: timely prune the residual flowers and small buds at the bottom.

I. light

Peony is very difficult to grow and grow well in the basin for a long time, so we should choose a sunny environment when planting peony. Generally speaking, it is ideal in the southeast direction, and it needs sufficient light and is afraid of exposure to the sun, so it is better to have some tall trees to block the light, such as the commonly known cool environment of flowers to grow well.

2. Temperature

The peony flower is more cold resistant and afraid of high temperature. When it is above 25 ℃, it goes into dormancy. In winter, it can survive safely in most areas. It has been recorded that it can withstand low temperature of more than - 30 ℃.

3. Soil

Strict requirements on soil, good drainage requirements, deep soil layer neutral or slightly alkaline soil, such as our Luoyang and Heze peony are cultivated on the Yellow River berm.

IV. water and fertilizer

For Peony's water and fertilizer management, we should do two times of water management and protection, one is to irrigate winter water before winter, the other is to irrigate green water after spring, and the other is to apply fertilizer after defoliation before flowering, which is very helpful for next year's flowering.

5. Trim

Peony in the maintenance of the need to do a good job of pruning work, timely cut off the flowers and the bottom of the small sprouts, to promote its strong branches with flowers, do not let its twigs grow too messy, is these maintenance measures, but want to maintain peony is a very tedious work.

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