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- Turkish Poppy: When should you cut it?
- A Turkish poppy needs no pruning
- A pruning is tolerated
- Cut in case of disease
- Use the Turkish poppy as a cut flower
- Cut off the fruit stalks with the seeds
- Tips
If seed formation is not desired, faded inflorescences of the Turkish poppy should be cut off
Turkish Poppy: When should you cut it?
It grew within a few weeks to a magnificent perennial. Now he is thriving and takes his breath away with his big flowers. Does he then need a cut or under what circumstances should one cut it?
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In the course of care, a Turkish poppy does not necessarily need a pruning. When his time comes, he withdraws by himself. This is usually the case right after flowering around July. Its leaves wither and the perennial becomes almost invisible on the surface.
A pruning is tolerated
Basically, you can cut your Turkish poppy seeds. This is to be noted:
Cut in case of disease
Wetness weakens the Turkish poppy enormously. As a result, fungal diseases often occur. As soon as you recognize affected shoots, you should cut them off and dispose of them safely. Even blackish leaves indicate an illness - bacterial blight. Here, the entire plant should be disposed of. She is beyond help.
Use the Turkish poppy as a cut flower
In contrast to the native poppy, the Turkish poppy is wonderful as a cut flower (loses are so fast). If you want to use it as a cut flower, you should cut off the flowers when the buds are closed, but want to open slowly. Best of all, the early morning is suitable for cutting. The cut flowers in the vase are durable for up to 3 weeks.
Cut off the fruit stalks with the seeds
In the process of propagation you can wait until the seed capsules have formed. When they are dry and rustling, you can cut them off and remove the fine seeds. In the autumn you can be sown.
Tips
After the cut, you can cover your Turkish poppy in the fall with brushwood or wood wool as protection against heavy frost.