How to care for peonies after they bloom during the Spring Festival (cultivation and management of peonies after they bloom)

1. Cut off the dead flowers in time after the peony blooms to avoid nutrient waste

The withered flowers of peony will continue to consume nutrients if they remain on the branches, so they should be cut off in time after they wither to avoid excessive consumption of nutrients.

When pruning withered flowers, you can prune off one after it withers, so that there will be enough nutrients to supply the flowers that have not yet bloomed.

For those who want to keep seeds, you can keep the withered flowers, but don't keep too many. A flower has many seeds, and keeping too many would be a waste.

2. Pay attention to fertilizing after peony blooms

Peonies have large flowers and consume a lot of nutrients during flowering. Therefore, it is necessary to apply fertilizer in time after flowering to replenish the nutrients consumed during flowering and facilitate later growth.

Fertilizing the peony after it blooms should generally be done one week after it withers, because the peony will have a short dormant period after flowering, just like we have to take a break before eating after work.

Fertilization after flowering is mainly to make up for the nutrients consumed during flowering, so balanced fertilizers should be used, which should contain nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Do not apply only one type of fertilizer.

The fertilizer used can be chemical fertilizer or organic fertilizer. When using chemical fertilizer, pay attention to the concentration and do not apply too much fertilizer at one time.

3. Pruning after peony blooms

Pruning after flowering and cutting off withered flowers are two different things. The latter pruning is not recommended to be done immediately after the flowers have withered. You should give the peony a little time to slow down. It is usually done within 3-5 days of the first fertilization after flowering.

At this time, the peony plants have absorbed the supplemental fertilizer and the trees have recovered to a certain extent. Pruning at this time will cause less damage to the peonies.

Pruning after flowering is simple shaping pruning. Some branches that are too dense and affect ventilation and light transmission should be thinned out, and dry and weak branches and yellow leaves should be cut off in time to keep the plant short and compact in preparation for summer.