Chrysanthemums are unpretentious frost-resistant plants that are distributed almost everywhere. Today they can be easily found in any flower garden or botanical garden. The cultivation of these plants can please with their bright colors until late fall, in addition, they grow and root very quickly. Many inexperienced gardeners are often concerned about the question of whether chrysanthemum planting is possible in the fall, and how to do it right. After all, every grower knows that a lot depends on the choice of place and time of planting for this flower. You can simply destroy the plant by choosing the right conditions for its living and growth.
Chrysanthemum garden: planting and care
Plantings of bushes of this flower are usually made in autumn and spring. In addition, when carrying out this procedure in the autumn period, it must be taken into account that the chrysanthemum definitely needs some time to root. Planting chrysanthemums in the fall is a very responsible task that requires a special approach. First of all, you need to choose the right time. The period before the onset of winter colds should be at least twenty days. When planting, they try not to deepen, and a large amount of fertilizer is necessarily added to the pit. Five to six kilograms of compost, vermicompost, peat or humus will do. Fertilizers must be mixed with an equal amount of ordinary garden soil. After transplanting or planting a chrysanthemum, it is necessary to pour plenty of warm water on it. Plants should be planted in such a way that the distance between them is from thirty to fifty centimeters.
It must be remembered that garden chrysanthemum, which can be planted both in spring and autumn, is very demanding on watering and loves water. That is why it must be watered with plenty and regularly settled warm water. Violation of the regime causes a strong coarsening of the stems of the chrysanthemum and affects its flowering: reduces the size and brightness of the peduncles. The ground under the plant should always be slightly moist. However, overflow and stagnation of water must be avoided, otherwise the chrysanthemum can rot. In summer and spring, before the buds appear, it is necessary to fertilize the plant with a large amount of nitrogen fertilizers, which will allow it to build up a large amount of green mass. It should be carried out every fifteen to twenty days. After the bush grows and hardens, top dressing is changed to phosphate and
potassium fertilizers, which contribute to abundant and prolonged flowering of chrysanthemums and increase their immunity. Also, sometimes a small amount of
bone meal is added as an additional fertilizer
.Planting chrysanthemums in the fall is a rather complicated and dangerous process, because the proper development of the plant requires good nutrition and temperature conditions during the first few months, when it intensively increases its vegetative mass. If the flower is planted too early, it can begin to bloom and die during the cold weather, if it is too late, then its strength may not be enough for the winter period. If you have firmly decided that you need to plant chrysanthemums in the fall, then the best advice would be to find a specialist who has already been doing this and knows how to choose the right time for planting that matches your latitude.