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- The yarrow in the garden: when and how to cut?
- Cut in the fall or spring?
- Slow the propagation of the yarrow by timely cutting
- Stimulate a second flower with a pruning
- Tips
The yarrow can be dried after cutting and e.g. to be processed into tea
The yarrow in the garden: when and how to cut?
The yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is not only on roadsides in nature, a daintily flowering and pleasantly scented perennial. Even in the garden, this edible perennial can be cultivated at the right location with little care.
Cut in the fall or spring?
The withered inflorescences and shoots of the yarrow can basically be cut relatively flexibly, either in autumn or in spring. Since the inflorescences dried directly in the bed are relatively stable, they also give a quite decorative picture in a snowy perennial bed. The withered inflorescences can indeed be cut off near the ground before the winter, but it is also sufficient to pruning with the renewal in the spring. However, many hobby gardeners trim the flowers and leaves of the yarrow much earlier anyway, in order to use them for the following purposes:
Slow the propagation of the yarrow by timely cutting
If the seeds on the inflorescences of the yarrow reach full maturity, the yarrow tends to a relatively strong Selbstaussaat at their respective location.However, you can prevent this by cutting off the inflorescences immediately after flowering and composting them. In terms of plant size, no pruning is common in the yarrow, but a division of the plants at intervals of about three to four years. This division also prevents the otherwise occurring Vergreisung the plants.
Stimulate a second flower with a pruning
If there is a rapid pruning of the inflorescences immediately after the first flowering in July, it may well be a re-flowering of the yarrow at a suitable location. Compost should only be given to yarrow as fertilizer in spring and autumn. Otherwise, the plants need no special fertilizer even in two flowering periods, otherwise they tend to form long stems, which affects the stability of the plants.
Tips
If you want to use the inflorescence of yarrow for dry packs, then you should cut them on a hot, dry day. For drying, the umbels of the yarrow are hung upside down in a well-ventilated place for about three weeks.