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Proper preparation of phlox for winter

Bright colorful phloxes please the eyes of the gardener throughout the summer. Many florists ask questions about the preparation of phloxes for winter, how to protect the plant from frost. Long bloom does not particularly help the flower to successfully harvest nutrients during the cold season. What and how to do, suggest experienced summer residents.

When to trim

Many perennial plants, including a variety of phlox, have a rather tender aboveground part, which dies every year when the first colds come. To determine the optimal time for pruning this flower, you need to find out which grade it belongs to - early-flowering or late-flowering. How to prepare for the winter phlox, which belong to the early varieties? Since the inflorescences of these varieties wither in August, pruning is scheduled for the end of this month or the beginning of the next. All late phlox species lose their color only at the end of September, so the dead shoots are removed only in early-mid-October. The main rule: we cut off all unnecessary before the onset of frost, otherwise you can lose quite healthy phloxes. Preparation for winter should be carried out necessarily, and it is necessary to use the proven methods and tools.

Technology of trimming phlox

All the ground part of the plant is removed with the help of a usual garden pruner, and it is necessary to leave small "penechki" at a level of 5-10 cm from the ground. Such pruning is worth saving, since they have about 3 kidney resumed. It is from them that in the early spring the plant will throw new shoots. Preparing phloxes for winter in this way allows you to find out where perennials were planted, and do not accidentally dig them together with ordinary beds.

Stages of covering colorful flowers

If the future winter promises to be cold, it is worthwhile to prepare even frost-resistant varieties in advance. For this, the soil and the perennial base are treated with fungicides. This procedure is carried out only on dry sunny days. Further preparation of phloxes for the winter requires waiting for two weeks, and then to bring under each bush one spoon of superphosphate and a little wood ash. This stage will provide a lush flowering in the new season and a violent growth of shoots. Above, the soil is mulched with any convenient material: pine or spruce needles, moss or simple sawdust. But the best option, according to professional summer residents, is a mixture of peat and quality humus. The top of such a mound is covered with lapnik or cut off tops, so that the snow is retained and the appropriate temperature is maintained due to the slow decay of such mulch.

Once the preparation of phloxes for the winter is over, you can move on to other garden activities, leaving perennials alone until the spring. With the very first warm rays of the sun in the new year, all the designs are dismantled to prevent insects and diseases from ruining the young shoots of phlox. Attention: do not cover this flower with a plastic film, because of it the plant can vypret or get wet. And this can also lead to decay and death.

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