Hydrangea: how to fertilize in August, June and July

Fertilizing garden flowers is an important component of caring for them. To gain green mass and lay a large number of buds, it is necessary to feed the hydrangea in June, July and August. In summer, the culture especially needs complex fertilizers for good growth and abundant flowering.

Do I need to feed the hydrangea in the summer

With the onset of warm summer days, all types of this culture, paniculate, tree-like, large-leaved, begin to lay buds, and in the southern regions they already bloom at all. This process exhausts the plant, takes a large amount of strength from it, it needs nutritious top dressing.

It is better to use purchased complex fertilizers, which contain all the necessary trace elements.

If the soil lacks the necessary substances, the flowers become faded, budding stops, and the bush can be attacked by pests and various diseases.

If there is not enough iron in the soil, the flowers of this crop change color, and chlorosis affects the leaves in August.

When to feed hydrangeas in summer

Important stages for fertilizing: the beginning of growth, the process of bud formation and the flowering period itself. After transferring the seedling to the ground, the first dressing is applied after 2 years. As a rule, the nutrients that enrich the soil during planting are enough for the plant for this particular time.

Summer dressings are applied at least 1-2 times a month. Alternate organic and mineral fertilizers. They can feed the hydrangea in August, but you should choose drugs without nitrogen. During this period, the culture is preparing for winter, and it does not need excessive stimulation.

How to fertilize hydrangea in summer

Nutritional supplements should contain the maximum amount of phosphorus and potassium. In the period from the beginning of summer to August, flowers are fed with solutions of superphosphate and potassium sulfate, nitroammophoska.

Feeding hydrangeas in the summer with folk remedies

A garden flower in June and August is fed with both ready-made purchased mineral fertilizers and folk remedies. The plant responds well to acidic soil. A solution of fermented milk products will help to make it such: whey, yogurt or kefir. They are diluted with water in a ratio of 1:1.

With stale black bread, you can feed any flowering crop, including hydrangea, until August.

The product is crushed and poured with water in a ratio of 1: 1, infused for a day

The resulting solution can feed the flower, both in June and in August. Watering with bread is carried out every 2 weeks.

Yeast can feed a flowering culture during the period of active budding – in June. Half a tablespoon of baker’s yeast is stirred with 3 tbsp. l. sugar, pour a glass of warm water. As soon as the solution begins to foam and bubble, it is diluted with water, bringing the total volume to 10 liters. The shrub is fed with yeast 2 times, in June and August.

A weak solution of potassium permanganate feed the bush once in June, July and August

The substance disinfects the soil, makes the shoots and root processes strong, but flexible.

As soil oxidizers, which can be used to feed the plant from June to August, whey, kefir, a slightly acidic solution of vinegar or citric acid are used.

Feeding hydrangeas in summer with mineral fertilizers

In June, in the first decade, they introduce complex top dressing for flowering crops. This month it is important to use preparations containing nitrogen. They stimulate metabolic and biological processes, prepare the bush for flowering. You can feed the flower with nitrogen until mid-July, but not in August.

In mid-June, the shrub can be fed with substances with potassium and phosphorus. Also use Nitrophoska and Agricola.

As soon as the first flowers open, apply nutritious sprays.

To improve flowering, the Bud preparation is suitable, it is diluted in accordance with the instructions and the green part of the plant is sprayed with it.

You can feed the hydrangea in July with complex potassium-phosphorus supplements. Well, if other nutrients are included in the composition of such fertilizers, there should be a minimum amount of nitrogen in them.

You can feed the shrub in August with Kemira Flower fertilizer, following the instructions. A weak solution of potassium permanganate is also used, a bucket under each bush.

In the middle of summer, the bush is fed with slurry and nitroammophos.

Hydrangea fertilizer in August is carried out after the end of flowering. It is important to apply fertilizing that does not contain nitrogen. The shrub needs potassium, magnesium, phosphorus during this period, since it is in August that the flower buds of the next year are laid.

In August, the flowers are watered with a solution of superphosphate and potassium sulfate (1 tablespoon per bucket of water). Each bush needs to be fed with 10 liters of solution.

The timing of top dressing may vary due to climatic conditions and the general condition of the plant. In each case, it is important to take into account the periods of growth, budding, flowering. Feeding hydrangeas at the end of August can be completely excluded.

An excess of minerals leads to a set of green mass, and next year’s flower buds will not conceive

How to carry out summer top dressing of hydrangeas

During the flowering period, the bush is recommended to be fed every 2 weeks. It is important to adhere to the fertilizer application schedule from July to August. The splendor of the buds and the duration of flowering depend on this.

How to properly feed the plant:

1. The beginning of summer is the period of formation of ovaries. To increase their number and duration of flowering, make a solution of 10 liters of water, 1 tbsp. l. means of “Agricola” and the same volume of nitroammophoska. With this amount of nutrients, you can feed 1 flowering bush 2 times a month.
2. July is the period of active flowering. To prolong the process longer, the shrub can be fed with a solution of “Kemira flower” diluted in 10 liters of water. Top dressing is applied 2 times a month.
3. In August, a flowering culture is recommended to be fed with a solution of superphosphate (1 tablespoon) and potassium sulfate (1 tablespoon), the substances are dissolved in a bucket of water. Nitrogen compositions are excluded in August. They stimulate the growth of the green part of the plant, which leads to deformation of the bush.
4. Twice a season from June to August, the flower is sprayed and fed with Ferovit. It will compensate for iron deficiency, prevent the development of chlorosis.

A week after the application of mineral fertilizers, the plant is fed with organic matter. To do this, use bird droppings, cow dung or plant residues.

Half a liter of waste is dissolved in a bucket of water, the resulting liquid is recommended to feed the flower until early August

Tips from seasoned gardeners

It is important to feed the flowering shrub from June to August correctly, without harming the plant. It must be remembered that an excess of fertilizers adversely affects the growth of a crop, can lead to deformation and decay of its rhizome.

Useful tips:

1. No need to feed the bush in the summer more than twice a month, especially in August.
2. Mineral top dressing is better to alternate with organic. But you can not constantly use folk methods. Hydrangea does not tolerate the constant introduction of organic substances; they should be completely abandoned in August.
3. Between waterings, it is good to use acidic solutions that make the flower buds lush and bright.
4. Fertilizers are applied only in loose, well-moistened soil. To do this, the day before feeding the hydrangea, it is watered abundantly. If it rained the day before, water procedures in June and August can be excluded. Moisture in the soil will not allow the active substances of complex and organic fertilizers to burn the roots of the plant.
5. You can feed the flower from July to August with Pokon fertilizer. A small amount of powder is poured around the bush in early June, its effect will last until the end of August.
   
   

   The product is intended for rhododendrons and azaleas, but is perfect for hydrangeas

6. Hydrangeas are watered with a solution of citric acid (10 g per 10 l of water) 2 times during the summer, in June and August. This method will strengthen the plant, make its branches elastic, they will not break off under the weight of the buds.
7. To give blue color to the buds, the bush is watered in early June with a special solution. Take 2 tbsp. l. potassium and ammonium sulfate, the substances are dissolved in a bucket of water.
8. In early June, it is recommended to mix lime and ash in equal parts, sprinkle the tree trunk with powder.
   
   

   The ash will turn the buds bright pink

Hydrangea gratefully responds to fertilizing from June to August. With the right approach, the flowering of the shrub will be lush and long.

Conclusion

It is important for flower growers not to forget to feed the hydrangea in June. This is an important procedure that affects the further growth of the crop, the laying of buds, and the duration of flowering. Top dressing is applied monthly until the end of August. And in early September, preparations for wintering begin.