This flower in the people is called a tangent, and scientifically - iris. He has bright large flowers of various shades on high legs, filling the flower garden from the second half of May to the beginning of July. This is a perennial plant, but to ensure that it blossoms well the next year, after flowering, the correct care for the iris should be ensured.
Consider what needs to be done further after the irises have faded.
Irises: care after flowering
In fact, care for irises in this period is very simple:
- remove weeds and loosen soil by hand;
- timely fertilize with fertilizers;
- destroy pests and treat diseases;
- watered and correctly transplanted.
Pruning of the irises after flowering
Immediately after the flowers have faded, the peduncles break out at the base of the bush. Only when the first frosts come, it is necessary to cut half the iris foliage after flowering, as well as when planting. If the leaves become yellow sooner, they will need to be cut off.
Top dressing of irises after flowering
In a month after the iris has blossomed, it is necessary to feed them with mineral fertilizers containing phosphorus and potassium in equal parts. These fertilizers should be applied to 15 g (1 tablespoon) under each flower. You can not use manure for fertilizing irises, even reparting, as this can cause the development of rot on the roots or pest damage. As an easy top dressing you can use compost .
Transplanting irises after flowering
The most suitable time for planting irises is the summer period. Therefore, the irises are transplanted after their bloom has completely ceased for two weeks, at a time when new roots begin to appear on the rhizome, but flower buds have not yet begun to be tied. Cut out the formed processes need to be neat, not digging out the entire flower.
For planting, annual sprouts with a diameter of 1-2 cm and a length of 3 cm are usually used.
How to prepare such a sprout? To do this, one-third of the entire length of its leaves should be cut off and its roots shortened to 8-10 cm. It is necessary to plan the site well before planting. The place should be sunny, as in the shade the irises do not bloom. The flowerbed or bed, on which the irises will grow better by 15 cm. In the soil for planting, organic and mineral fertilizers should be introduced (but manure can not be made). If the soil is acidic, wood ash can be added. After that, the site of the earth is re-digged and made a bed with a slight slope to the south.
When planting seeds or sprouts, the following rules should be adhered to:
- The rhizome of the sprout should be placed on a level with the ground, and the leaves should stand upright.
- Seedling is planted in a pit, the depth of which corresponds to the length of the roots of the sprout, taking into account the fact that it will be necessary to make a small mound to lay the root system on it.
- After planting, sprout slightly in a hole and sprinkle with earth.
- Watered again planted irises immediately and then only after 3-5 days.
- Iris is a light-loving plant, but on very hot days it is necessary to create artificial half-shade.
- Seedlings should be planted at a distance of 30-40 cm from each other.
- For the prevention of various diseases, the roots of the plants before planting should be well inspected, washed and immersed in a dark solution
margantsovki for half an hour.
After planting, new shoots begin to grow only after two weeks, since their roots, in their infancy, need to grow.
Transplant and divide irises can not every year, but only every 4-5 years.
The period after flowering of irises is considered favorable, when it is necessary to cut and plant these flowers, since, having done this in the summer, it will be possible to be sure that they will grow stronger before the winter and will survive it well.