Ich habe diese schöne Hortensie geschenkt und ich bin sehr daran interessiert, es nicht sterben zu lassen, aber ich bin auch ein sehr neuer Gärtner!
Meine Fragen sind:
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Benötigt es einen größeren Topf? Ich habe bemerkt, dass es ziemlich schnell austrocknet und das ist im sehr nassen September.
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Benötigt es eine bestimmte Art von Boden, wenn ich ihn neu aufpeppte?
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Wann und wie soll ich es beschneiden?
Jeder Rat wurde sehr geschätzt.
Danke
Von: will_griffith1
7 Comments
The beginning of September was quite wet but we have had a dry spell again and pots generally tend to dry out quicker that’s the ground. I noticed a couple of days ago everything (pots and ground alike) had gotten quite dry and realised they hadn’t been watered or rained on in a while, I just had in my head it’s been wet as well. I’m back to daily watering now until the rain comes back.
Bigger pot, or in the ground.
Lots of water. They need it.
shrubs should be potted in at least a 12 inch pot. hydrangeas are water hogs, so you’ll have to water it fairly regularly. rain makes no difference in your water schedule since pots have holes at the bottom and tend to get exhausted within the day after the rain, unless it’s several consecutive rainfall.
but no matter how big the pot you put it in, the roots will always expand to the size since plants will always look for water in all directions. if you add compost to the top of the soil every year or every other year and mulch after, you can save yourself from watering weekly and instead can water monthly.
as it is now, you need to water every 3 to 4 days when it’s flowering and between 1 to 1.5 weeks (max, don’t wait longer than that) when it’s not flowering. water weekly in the summer if it’s not root bound; if it is, water every 4 days. rain will not affect your watering regimen since the shrub encompasses the pot, so only minute drops of rainwater will make it in the pot.
if it’s root bound, root prune it. chop half or more of its roots and repot in the same pot or larger with fresh potting soil.
In spring stick it in a saucer, they like to be damp and all that growth and a little pot will soon see it drying out. Other than that, keep an eye on the roots now and the. And either pot on or trim the roots and pot in fresh soil.
Personally, I wouldn’t try growing a *H. paniculata* in a container, they want to be big plants with wet feet. Your plant might do better in a shadier spot, which also helps stop it drying too quickly. Look up ‘How to grow shrubby hydrangeas’ on the RHS website.
Edit: like most garden centre plants, these are grown to look spectacular at point of purchase, not for longevity – they make more money if the plants die and you come back to replace them. Many plants are now treated like a bunch of cut flowers that lasts a bit longer than a bouquet, but isn’t meant to last beyond that season’s blooms.
The pot is way too small . I have a massive pot for
Mine and Iv put mulch round the soil to stop the soil from drying out
Wet September is irrelevant. Rain generally doesn’t water pots sufficiently unless it’s days of torrential.
You still need to water it, and it’s a hydrangea so it needs more than you think.