Regal clematis. Top dressing for flowering and growth

Clematis will not leave anyone indifferent. Chic flowers of various shapes and colors blossom on their graceful legs from the beginning of June and to the coldest. Depending on the variety, they can grow a compact bush or stretch a liana up to 10 meters long.

These winding plants of the family of buttercups come from hot Spain, so some gardeners fear that care for them will be very difficult. Cultivation has its own characteristics, the most important of which are a good choice of location, timely top dressing clematis, proper pruning.

Fertilizing during planting

Clematis in one place can grow over 30 years, so the ground before planting should be prepared very carefully. The pit should be filled with humus (2 buckets), add 1 bucket of sand and peat, 0.5 liters of wood ash, 100 g of superphosphate and complex mineral fertilizer. Clematis like alkaline and neutral soil, so when planting it is desirable to add a handful of dolomite flour. The use of fresh manure and sour peat can ruin clematis.

Fertilizing in the first year after the spring planting is not carried out. In the future, the amount of nutrients in the soil decreases, and the plant needs fertilizers.

Alternation of dressings for abundant flowering

The first fertilization of clematis is carried out in May after the shoots grow. The second is during the budding period. The feeding of clematis in the spring stimulates their growth and development. At this time, the plant badly needs nitrogen. To do this, any complex fertilizer with an increased content of nitrogen (on the package is marked with the letter N). Further, the soil under the plant is spilled with lime milk and mulchiruetsya.Chtoby get a strong, abundantly blossoming clematis, feeding should be carried out throughout the vegetative period of the plant, about 2 times a month.

During the summer, mineral dressings alternate with organic top dressings. For mineral dressings, a matchbox of complex fertilizer is used on a bucket of water. For organic - infusion of herbs (1-2 liters), bird droppings (1:15), or fermented slurry (1:10).

Since August, nitrate fertilizers have not been used, their place is taken by phosphorus. Its shortage can cause leaf rustling, inhibition of root and shoot growth. If potassium nitrate or ammonium nitrate was used in the spring for feeding , then in the second half of the summer it is necessary to replace it with potassium sulfate. The shoots must fully ripen, so that by winter the gardener has a strong, ready-to-winter clematis. Top-dressing with phosphorus in September is performed with the main dressing in the form of bone meal, simple or double superphosphate. However, an excessive amount of phosphorus in the soil can cause premature aging of the plant and provoke the incidence of chlorosis. To neutralize the effect of phosphates in the soil, ferrous sulfate is added every 2 weeks.

The key to success is good soil

On well aerated cultivated lands, the clematis root system spreads to a width of up to 1 m from the base of the bush and to a depth of 80 cm, which allows the plant to select from the soil minerals and trace elements that are missing for vital activity.

Correctly planted clematis, feeding it properly and in full, always blooms abundantly and tolerates the winter well.