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- Detect and treat diseases of peonies
- Gray mold - occurs most often
- The leaf spot disease - easy to recognize
- The wilting disease - in rare cases
- Prevent diseases - how?
- Tips
Diseases on the peony should be treated as quickly as possible
Detect and treat diseases of peonies
As long as they grow happily and bloom joyfully at Pentecost, everything is fine. But when individual buds dry up, leaves get stained or even the entire plant comes in, worry lines on the forehead spread out. What kind of illness can that be and how is the peony still to help?
Gray mold - occurs most often
Fungus diseases pose the greatest threat to peonies. They are vulnerable to infestation if care is neglected and / or they are in an inappropriate location. Often, peonies are victims of gray mold.
Gray mold tends to occur in spring when the weather is humid and warm. He is recognizable by:
What should I do? The sick shoots should now be cut back to healthy wood. With perennial peonies, the diseased stems are removed to the base. The clippings are disposed of in the household waste.
The leaf spot disease - easy to recognize
Furthermore, the leaf spot disease can occur. It can be recognized by large, light brown to violet-brown spots that are getting bigger and go over the entire leaf. As a result, the affected leaves dry and the growth is weaker. Fungicides help here, but it would be more ecological to simply cut off the affected areas.
The wilting disease - in rare cases
Peonies are much less frequently visited by the wilting disease. This disease, which manifests itself in dying roots, is more pronounced in soil fatigue. This is the case, for example, when peonies are always placed in the same location.
Prevent diseases - how?
The infestation by diseases can be prevented by various measures. Here are some of them:
Tips
Perennial peonies should be cut down as early as autumn. Otherwise, fungi could hibernate on the old parts of the plant and spread again in the spring.