Terrace + balcony: Top Tips in June
A lush sea of flowers on the terrace in the summer requires a lot of care. These measures will remain in your plants fragrance.Received balcony flowers replace
If in the freshly planted window boxes grown flowers are not single, you can now replace it with new plants. At warm temperatures and good nutrient and water supply, they get behind the growth rapidly.
Irrigation System Adjustments
Those who joined his window boxes and containers to an automatic irrigation should take the time to fine tune the system. Watch your plants carefully and check the soil moisture regularly to find the optimal flow rate. Too much water causes water logging, lack of flowers can wither. Tip a moisture sensor in a flower pot, the water computer flexibly respond to soil moisture and restricts the supply of water during heavy rains automatically.
Balcony flowers fertilize regularly
Depending on the product, the nutrient reserves of the new potting soil are exhausted by the end of June in the rule. Particularly nutrient-deprived balcony flowers such as geraniums and petunias , you should now two times a week with a liquid fertilizer supply to balcony flowers.
Plant entspitzen
Cut off about new balcony plants every two weeks, the shoot tips of which do not bear flowers. It ensures you that the plants branch out better and remain compact.
Remove dead flowers
Many balcony flowers like magic bells and elves levels are self-cleaning, which means that the wilted flowers from fall alone. In other species, such as begonias, you should clean out all of the dry flower heads regularly to prevent seed formation and to promote the creation of new flower buds.
Phylum keep in shape
Many phylum form on the trunk and back and new shoots. Cancel this as soon as possible from the AString together at the insertion point before they become woody. Trim regularly to crown long drives, so they branch and the crown remains compact.
Citrus plants repot
Lemons , mandarins and other citrus species are Calamondin pots in contrast to most other pot plants last June. Reason: The plants grow faster when they are fully in the juice.
Weed control on the terrace
Joints between the stone on the terrace settles like weeds on. For the fight can be either a joint or scratches use – more convenient – of boiling water. The heat will destroy the plant tissue and dry the weeds within a few days. A deep root control is possible with hot water, however.
Floating plants for the mini-pond
Subtropical plants such as floating water hyacinth or water lettuce, you can end of May from its winter quarters and back to pick up the mini-pond use. The water has been heated to such an extent that plant growth does not suffer shock and more easily continue to grow.
House plants bring the outside
Indoor plants such as ficus or Schefflera feel comfortable in the summer on the terrace very well. In the ficus breath of fresh air also helps especially against chronic defoliation .
Exotic vines run correctly
Climbing potted plants such as the Passion Flower or Dipladenie make significant gains in June. Make sure that the Schlingtriebe not with other plants and cut back to get tangled long shoots if necessary. A trapezoid-shaped trellis made of bamboo rods helps to direct the fan-shaped shoots into the air, so make that as many new flowers.
