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  1. Angelino, Novopolotsk

    Do I need to cover tree peonies and Ito hybrids? Or leave everything as it is? And what to do if, for example, the Bartzella variety freezes? Will it affect annual flowering?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - These peonies come from those regions of China where in winter the column drops to -40 degrees. If they overwintered the first two years, then “they won’t go anywhere”. You have reliable and grateful plants that will bloom as best they can without care, and if you feed them, they will definitely cause delight!
      For a favorable wintering, it would be good for peonies to remain in dry soil. With excessive autumn dampness, they continue to grow, excess moisture in the tissues, freezing, leads to rupture of intercellular membranes - this is freezing.

      Therefore, in rainy autumn, it is better to close the plants with a canopy blown from below from any material that is at hand (for example, from a polycarbonate sheet). Small seedlings can be covered with overturned buckets or large pots (they should be placed on pebbles or planks so that air can pass from below). More senior
      by age, who have grown a branched root system, do not cover. Such bushes will recover, even if they are cut off “on a stump” in the spring. By the way, the Chinese do exactly that every 10 years. In the conditions of the middle lane, the entire above-ground part will be “cut off” by winter. Asians do the same when a couple of shoots grow from year to year - they leave one or two buds above the ground, everything else is removed. This stimulates the growth of dormant buds.

      If the peony is frozen and looks unimportant in the spring, do not rush with its “resuscitation”, wait until June. Just not noticing active growth during the entire first month of summer, cut off the aerial part to the first living bud. This is more common in yellow-flowered specimens, as they later go dormant. After such a measure, the plant quickly gives new shoots up to 70 cm long and even blooms.

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  2. Lyudmila MASTEROVA

    If grassy peonies have brown spots along the edges of the leaves, the buds turn black and dry, then they are affected by gray rot (botritis). At the same time, part of the flowers may bloom on one side, but still they look ugly and eventually dry out. The shoots on which I find such signs, twist, raking the ground at the base, and burn. I pour the soil under the bush with copper sulfate (according to the instructions). In August, I completely dig out the plant, examine the root system, divide it into parts, remove the rotten roots and sprinkle the cuts with charcoal. Then the delenki, cutting the shoots at a height of 10-15 cm, completely dip in the solution of the drug "Maxim" (according to the instructions, he also spills the soil at the places of planting) and planted. In the future, for the prevention of gray rot I use every 3 weeks during the season one of the biological products (Fitosporin, Alirin, Gamair, according to the instructions).

    Do not plant peonies too close together, the bushes should be well ventilated. Avoid planting in heavy, waterlogged areas with acidic soils.

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  3. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    There are several varieties in my garden ... a grassy peony, my favorite is Varenka with pink double flowers and a delicate lime aroma.
    In early spring, I carefully rake the old mulch from the bushes and remove the weeds. In early April, I prepare a nutrient mixture of dolomite flour (1 kg) and boric acid (7-8 g). I scatter it around without getting on the shoots, and immediately plant it in the soil to a depth of 10-15 cm (100-150 g of the prepared mixture per 1 running meter is enough). Top dressing reduces the acidity of the soil, and also stimulates the vital activity of beneficial microorganisms and annelids. You can add Kemira Combi fertilizer (a handful) to it. And it’s useful to sprinkle mature compost with a thin layer along the perimeter of the bushes.

    BTW
    I disinfect the soil with a solution of potassium permanganate (3 g of powder / bucket of water). A week later, I spray the plantings with 2% Bordeaux liquid - for the prevention of gray rot.

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    • Victor RUSSIAN

      to bloom magnificently
      In the middle-end of April, I feed with a solution of urea (35-45 g / 10 l of water).
      In May - with a 1% solution of succinic acid (I dissolve 1 g of crushed tablet in 1 l of water), into which I add a spoon of grated laundry soap for better adhesion to the leaves.
      Before flowering, I treat peonies with mullein infusion (1:20). I change the concentration taking into account weather conditions: after the rain, the earth is still wet, so I make the "mother" infusion stronger; if dry, still dilute with water - 1: 2. On 1 square meter I bring a bucket of infusion.
      Also used are infusions of potato peelings (contain potassium), eggshells (potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc).

      I water generously in May and early June so that the roots are well saturated with moisture. Norma - 3 buckets per adult bush every 10 days. And loosen the surface of the soil while it’s wet.

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