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- Fertilize privet - What you need to consider
- How to fertilize privet?
- The best time to fertilize privet
- Tips for fertilizing with short-term fertilizer
- Fertilize the privet in the bucket
- Prepare soil thoroughly while planting
- Tips
With the right fertilizer the privet blooms more lush
Fertilize privet - What you need to consider
Privet is a very robust plant that grows well on nutrient-poor soil. So you can do without all-too-frequent fertilization - regardless of whether you have planted the privet as a shrub in the garden or bucket or planted it as a hedge. What do you have to consider when fertilizing?
How to fertilize privet?
If you have a compost pile, mature compost is certainly the best fertilizer. Otherwise, provide your privet with organic fertilizers from the gardening market.
Compost and horn shavings need only be spread once a year under the shrub or hedge. Carefully rake it into the ground.
Long-term fertilizer is also given once a year. Although privet is not a conifer, it also gets the nutrients it needs for healthy growth with conifer fertilizer.
The best time to fertilize privet
Compost and horn shavings install in spring. Ideal is the time in April. This also applies to slow-release fertilizers.
Fertilization with short-term fertilizer takes place twice a year.
Some gardeners swear to fertilize the privet shortly before or after so that the shrub grows back and becomes denser.
Tips for fertilizing with short-term fertilizer
When using a short-term fertilizer such as green grain or blue seed, you need to follow a relatively accurate schedule. Fertilization should always be done about two weeks before re-emergence, so that the nutrients can penetrate into the soil in time.
Blue Grain or Green Grain are therefore given at the end of March and beginning of August, when fertilization is to serve its purpose.
Fertilize the privet in the bucket
For the care in the bucket is mainly the Chinese privet used, which is not hardy. When taking care of the pot, add some liquid fertilizer to the irrigation water every two to three weeks. It is even better if you repot the bush in the spring and put it into new garden soil.
If the bucket is still sufficiently large and therefore no repotting required, simply replace the top layer of soil with fresh substrate.
Prepare soil thoroughly while planting
You can almost completely dispense with fertilizing in the field if you already ensure that the soil gets enough nutrients during planting.
Improve the potting soil with mature compost and horn chips. Make sure that the substrate is permeable to water, because privet does not like waterlogging.
When the privet loses leaves, this is usually not a sign of nutrient deficiency. The shrub then got too little water. This happens more often, especially in very dry periods.
Tips
Privet is a Flachwurzler. This means that he does not spread his roots deep into the soil. Therefore Privet must be watered regularly, especially when he is still very young.