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- Give the Sommeraster this care!
- What role does casting play?
- Are summer asters dependent on fertilizer?
- Which disease is more common in summer asters?
- How do you deal with the summer asters in autumn?
- Tips
Summer asters like to have wet feet
Give the Sommeraster this care!
Higher summer asters are ideal as cut flowers. Smaller summer asters look pretty in the stone bed and perennial borders. No matter which variety it is - every Sommeraster needs a bit of care.
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Summer asters need moist soil to grow and bloom abundantly in the summer months. If these perennials are in the field, they should be watered during the growth phase as well as in dry seasons. In a pot or balcony box culture, casting is regularly necessary. In the summer it becomes an everyday procedure.
Are summer asters dependent on fertilizer?
A nutrient-rich soil is a prerequisite for summer asters to grow well. Therefore, it is best to enrich the soil in the field with compost before planting. Even after you have disposed of the plant in the fall, it is advisable to fill the old planting place with compost.
Here are some hints:
Which disease is more common in summer asters?
It is the so-called aster's wilt, which does not stop before many summer asters. It means the early end of this plant. This is a fungal disease. The fungi cause both the stem bottom and the root neck to turn brown.
The mushroom pathogens close the pathways in the stems. As a result, you can pour as much as you want. The leaves and flowers wither and look dried out. Later, the entire plant dies.
In case of aster-wilt infestation:
How do you deal with the summer asters in autumn?
Since the summer asters are not perennial, you can rip the plants in the autumn and compost. Even if you covered them with brushwood and co in the fall, the plant would not survive the winter.
Tips
If you have been unlucky with aster's wilt several times, choose resistant varieties of the summer aster!