Watering, care, or smart marriages. What are the secrets to successful flower hanging?
Wedding
The choice of species or varieties of plants associated with the same container is essential.
They must have the same cultivation needs (exposure, water requirements), but also harmonious developments, one must not encroach on the other and end up dominating it to the point of preventing it from growing and flowering.
Grooming
At least once a week, cut off faded flowers, remove any fruit-laden seeds that have formed, and remove diseased or damaged leaves.
Also, prune the green shoots on the variegated varieties.
Watering
Prevent thirsts that tire the plants. Follow the weather and monitor the substrate to water as soon as the soil is dry on the surface. Do not wet flowers and foliage, especially those sensitive to powdery mildew and rot.
Sprinkle 2 hours after sunset with water at room temperature.
Spreading
The soil in the pots is quickly depleted and repeated watering leaches out nutrients. But the plants have developed a lot and draw more from the soil.
Support blooms with liquid organic fertilizers rich in phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), always spread on a well-moistened root ball and respecting the doses indicated on the packaging.
Retraction
Summer is conducive to thunderstorms and devastating strong gales.
These can sometimes break the hanging stems or unhook the suspension that it is better to shelter the time that the grain passes.
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