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- Panicle hydrangea: Organic fertilization usually sufficient
- Supply panicle hydrangeas with organic fertilizer
- Pour panicle hydrangeas sufficiently
- Complete fertilizer only necessary on lean soil
- Yellow leaves indicate nutrient deficiency
- Tips & Tricks
Panicle hydrangeas should be fertilized with organic fertilizer and watered sufficiently
Panicle hydrangea: Organic fertilization usually sufficient
Although farmer or garden hydrangea are much more common in German gardens, but the white-pink flowering panicle hydrangea is much better suited for the domestic climate due to their higher winter hardiness. It thrives in sunny to partially shaded locations and needs little care.
Supply panicle hydrangeas with organic fertilizer
Panicle hydrangeas are rich in humus and nutrients as well as acid to neutral soils, but are often able to cope well on lean, slightly alkaline soils. If your panicle hydrangea is in a fatty substrate, fertilization with organic material is sufficient. In the spring, before harvesting, work plenty of mixed compost or cattle manure and horn shavings in the root area. Later, you can also mulch that region. The advantage of mulching is that the moisture stays in the ground and you need less water.
Pour panicle hydrangeas sufficiently
In comparison to other species of hydrangea, panicle hydrangeas are quite insensitive to dryness. Of course you should not have to thirst, after all hydrangeas generally need a lot of water. Mulch the root zone and inspect the plant regularly for signs of water deficiency. Water vigorously during periods of drought and summer, with watering best in the early morning or evening hours, especially in the warm season.
Complete fertilizer only necessary on lean soil
Sometimes organic fertilization of panicle hydrangeas is not enough, so you need to supply your panicle hydrangea with mineral fertilizer. This is especially true for specimens on nutrient-poor soils, but also for potted plants. Panicle hydrangeas cultivated in pots should be supplied with a suitable fertilizer approximately every 8 to 14 days, whereby a liquid whole fertilizer is especially suitable. For hydrangeas suitable fertilizers are:
In order to prepare the panicle hydrangea in time for the winter, you can first reduce the fertilization and finally stop it from the end of August.
Yellow leaves indicate nutrient deficiency
If the leaves of your panicle hydrangea turn yellowish, with the leaf veins often remaining green, then there is a chlorosis, d. H. a nutrient deficiency, before. However, this can have many causes and does not have to be due to a lack of fertilization. Panicle hydrangeas are very sensitive to waterlogging. The rotting roots, on the other hand, can no longer sufficiently supply the aboveground plant parts, which promptly leads to chlorosis. So check exactly why your panicle hydrangea is in short supply and then create a targeted remedy.
Tips & Tricks
Responsible for the chlorosis may also be an inappropriate, d. H. to be alkaline or calcareous, soil. In such a case, the mixing in of rhododendron or peat bed helps.