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- Steinkraut convinces as a busy gap filler with lush carpet of flowers
- Plant the weed properly
- care Tips
- Which location is suitable?
- Which soil does the plant need?
- When is flowering time?
- Cut the finely weed
- Pouring the weed
- Fertilize finely
- overwinter
- To multiply weed
- Stone herb in the pot
- Beautiful varieties
The white cabbage is with its cute flowers a beautiful ornament for rockeries and co,
Steinkraut convinces as a busy gap filler with lush carpet of flowers
The Duftsteinrich may not like playing the first violin in the floral interplay of your ornamental plants. Nevertheless, we do not want to renounce his dense, wonderfully scented flower carpets. In the rockery, as a bedding border, grave borders or planting of creative pots, Steinkraut completes the picturesque appearance gracefully. How to professionally cultivate this beloved gap filler, the following answers to frequently asked questions.
Plant the weed properly
From mid-May, plant your Alyssum, which has been prefetched or bought from behind glass, in a sunny spot. Put the potted root balls in water while weeding the bed and loosen it with the rake. Then, at a distance of 20-25 cm, pick up small pits whose excavation will enrich you with compost and horn shavings. If necessary, add some sand or fine grit. In each hole, plant a pitted scented stone, press the soil, and water.
The planting in the pot and flower box follows a similar pattern. In addition, please spread some potsherds or grit over the water drain so that this water-bearing layer can effectively prevent waterlogging.
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care Tips
Behind his densely woven flower carpets hide modest claims to the care. The Duftsteinrich is content with these horticultural benefits:
After the first frost, a one-year fragrance stone scion dies completely. On the other hand, perennial species, such as rock-weed or mountain-weed get a winter protection in the form of autumn leaves, Nadelreisig or garden fleece.
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Which location is suitable?
Both annual and perennial species agree on the ideal site conditions. Sunny to absonnig the place should be located, like warm and luftumflült. In addition, each Duftsteinrich feels well in humus, sandy-loamy and well-drained soil.
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Which soil does the plant need?
A Duftsteinrich is with lavish flower carpets everywhere where there are still gaps to fill in sandy-loamy and lean soil. Please make sure you have a good water drain as waterlogging will kill any Alyssum in a short time. The nutrient-rich potting soil for a successful pot culture lean experienced hobby gardeners therefore off with sand or fine grit.
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When is flowering time?
Since the hardy species differ in flowering time from the one-year varieties, clever hobby gardeners know how to use this circumstance for an extra long flowering period. The flowers are opened by the sturdy mountain-weed (Alyssum montanum) with yellow flowers from April to May. For a seamless transition then the classics, such as the one-year Duftsteinrich, Tiny Tim 'or the pink Alyssum maritima, Rosy O Day'. Their magic of flowers continues from June / July to September / October, when they cut off the withered flowers to just above the basal rosettes after the first round.
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Cut the finely weed
A cut at the right time contributes significantly to the fact that the flowering period continues for many weeks. Optionally, clean the withered flowers every few days. Alternatively, cut off the entire flower carpet when it has withered. Please only cut so deeply that the down-to-earth leaf rosettes remain, as this causes the after-flowering. It is advantageous not to cut off the flowering until its seeds have spread. In this way, the next year blooms of stone herbs is ensured without your intervention.
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Pouring the weed
If a fragrance stone decorates the bed, it is content with the rainfall for the water supply. Your intervention with the watering can is only needed when the summer comes along with long periods of drought. In the pot and balcony box, however, stone herbs rely on regular watering. In the sunny spot, the substrate dries so quickly that it should be watered every 1-2 days.
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Fertilize finely
Freshly planted with the addition of compost or in pre-fertilized potting soil, the Duftsteinrich is a sufficient supply of nutrients available. After the first pruning we recommend to administer once again compost or liquid fertilizer.
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overwinter
One-year-old scent streak, like the busy Tiny Tom, dies completely after the first frost. Previously, the plant uses self-sowing to ensure numerous progeny, which will continue the flower festival next year. Robust species, such as mountain rockweed (Alyssum montanum) have sufficient hardiness for perennial cultivation. Do not cut the plants back in the fall, as the dead leaves act as a natural winter protection. In addition, you spread autumn leaves, Nadelreisig or garden fleece on the bed. Flourish the flowers in the pot or balcony box, clear the containers in time in a bright, frost-free winter quarters. At temperatures between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius, you only pour so much that the root ball does not dry up.
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To multiply weed
Leave the after-flowering in autumn until the bunches of seeds form. These collect and store the seeds after a short drying phase in a dark screwed glass. From February sow the fine seeds on lean Saaterde or peat sand out. Sparse with sand and slightly damp, the seeds germinate at 18-20 degrees Celsius within a few days. The strongest seedlings are piked in single pots if they have at least 2 pairs of leaves. Then you take care of the young Steinkräuter to plant them from mid-May in a sunny spot.
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Stone herb in the pot
In the pot Duftsteinrich is excellently suited as a decorative planting of your most beautiful shrubs and summer flowers. Substrate can be any commercial potting soil enriched with a handful of sand or perlite. With regard to the care of a stone weed, what the planting neighbors leave. Maintain the cabbage as a solitary, always pour when the soil is well dried. Cut the withered flowers down to the basal leaves and fertilize with a liquid fertilizer, a pretty after-flowering appears.
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