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- Asters Care: Watering, Fertilizing, Wintering, Cutting and Co.
- When should you water asters?
- Agrees a dry season?
- Which fertilizers are suitable and how much should be fertilized?
- Do asters need winter protection?
- Which diseases are more common?
- How to cut Asters correctly?
- Tips
Asters need a lot of water, especially during flowering
Asters Care: Watering, Fertilizing, Wintering, Cutting and Co.
Asters belong rather to the frugal perennials. And yet they need a helping hand to make ends meet and flourish every year. What is really essential and what can you do without?
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Before the flowering starts, you should water your asters more, as long as there is no rain. Otherwise, flowers are in short supply later. Even asters in the tub should be watered abundantly.
Agrees a dry season?
Asters do not like dry soil. Therefore keep the substrate moderately moist and water the shrubs under drought and prolonged heat! For pouring rainwater or lime-free water is best.
Which fertilizers are suitable and how much should be fertilized?
For a long-lasting and effervescent flowering asters need many nutrients:
Do asters need winter protection?
Most representatives of the asters are hardy in our latitudes. Few exceptions are more sensitive to frost. As a precaution, protect your asters during the winter. For this it is sufficient to cover the perennial with compost soil. With it you kill two birds with one stone (fertilization and winter protection).
Which diseases are more common?
There are two diseases that often affect the asters in poor care. For one thing, this is the aster's wilt. They recognize this disease on brown discolored and withered leaves. Often only a change of location helps. Furthermore, mildew can occur. This is helped by spraying with a brew of field horsetail.
How to cut Asters correctly?
When cutting the following should be noted:
Tips
Every two to three years you should share your asters. This gives them a kind of energy boost and finally blooms again.