4 Review (s)

  1. A.A. PROKHOROVA, Kaliningrad

    My phloxes bloom for three months - from the end of June to the end of September. And I would love them all year long! I plant them in September, although many say that it is possible in the spring. The distance between seedlings is 50-60 cm, and you need to deepen 2-4 cm above the root collar. Most importantly, the planting hole must be filled with compost, leaf humus or rotted manure. We have clay soil, so I add peat (you can sand).
    And be sure to add half a glass of wood ash to the hole, then a long and lush flowering is guaranteed to you.
    Water immediately after planting, sparing no water. Do not spare mineral fertilizers either, feed phloxes 5 times a year (from April to August once a month). I buy seedlings only in the nursery: the “market” ones have a high probability of infection with a nematode.
    Many say - they say, phloxes do not require care, they grow like weeds. I don’t know, for many years I understood: there are three prerequisites for these flowers to please - fertile soil, regular top dressing and abundant watering. But my phloxes are luxurious - I can’t take my eyes off!

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  2. Gennodiy LITAVRIN, plant collector

    For phlox health
    For powdery mildew, black spot and other possible fungal diseases, I spray paniculate phloxes only once a season (approximately in mid-late May) with a solution of the Alto-Super complex preparation (2 ml / 1 l of water). You can also use Bordeaux mixture, "Oxyhom", "Topaz" (according to the instructions). With this care, I get excellent flowers for garden decoration and display at exhibitions.

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  3. Larisa Odintsova

    I heard that spraying with a solution of ordinary washing powder helps from powdery mildew on flowers. Should I use this tool?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - It makes no sense to conduct such experiments with washing powder, when garden stores are full of effective preparations designed specifically to combat flower diseases. Mushrooms cause powdery mildew

      (Podosphaera, Erysiphe, Oidium) that attack plants in warm, damp weather. As a result, a white powdery bloom appears on young leaves from the lower and upper sides, on the stems, pedicels and buds. Single foci grow over time, completely
      covering the leaf blade, shoots, buds. Later plaque
      thickens, turns gray. Affected leaves turn brown, dry and fall off prematurely, young shoots are deformed, buds do not open. The plant noticeably lags behind in growth and eventually dies.
      Use fungicides against this scourge: "Skor", EC (2 ml / 10 l of water), "Cumulus DF", VDG (30-40 g / 10 l of water). Carry out the treatments, starting with the appearance of the first signs of the disease, with an interval of 10 days (further as necessary).

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