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- Marguerite Care: Easy, if you know how it's done
- How often do you grow daisies?
- What is important when fertilizing?
- How do you overwinter daisies in a pot?
- Which diseases and pests are important?
- When is a visit with the pair of scissors useful?
- Tips
Daisies are very thirsty flowers
Marguerite Care: Easy, if you know how it's done
The white-yellow face of the radiant cup flowers is known to almost every perennial friend. Daisies not only impress with their long flowering time, but they are also robust and easy to care for.
Margerite: Most flowers are available at this location! Next article Marguerite - Tips for a long flowering periodHow often do you grow daisies?
In the case of a lack of water, daisies can quickly hang their heads and mope. You should therefore keep them from drying up! The earth is kept moderately moist. In a pot culture it is necessary in summer almost every day (sometimes twice a day) to pour the marguerites. Never should the root ball dry out!
What is important when fertilizing?
Consider the following aspects if you want to fertilize your daisies:
How do you overwinter daisies in a pot?
Not all daisies have to be overwintered. But in a pot culture can not be waived a wintering. From October, the pot daisies should be brought to the wintering quarters. For wintering, for example:
It is important for wintering that it is frost-free and bright. The temperatures should ideally be between 5 and 7 ° C. During the wintering the marguerites are watered sparingly and not fertilized.
Which diseases and pests are important?
Care mistakes and a bad location can lead to an attack by aphids, whiteflies and spider mites. Root rot and other fungal diseases such as mildew can occur in diseases. Mildew-affected parts should be cut off radically. In addition, hardening with field horsetail is recommended.
When is a visit with the pair of scissors useful?
In autumn, daisies are cut back about a hand's breadth above the ground. But not only in autumn, a cut makes sense. These perennials should also be acquainted with scissors in the summer. The old flowers are removed, so that new flowers are always driven after.
Tips
If you keep your daisies in the pot, it is advisable to repot them each year in fresh soil. This also saves a fertilizer.