Pennisetum does not bloom »Causes and measures

The reasons for the failure to flower

A disease is almost never responsible for preventing Pennisetum from setting flowers. Besides, that is Feather bristle grass extremely robust and rarely affected by pests.

• If it is too cool and rather rainy, the ornamental grass lacks warmth and it does not bloom.
• The plant needs a lot of moisture for the ears to develop. There may be a lack of it in summers when there is little rain.
• Also a generally too dry one Location in the garden ensures blooming laziness.
• Pennisetum has a high nutritional requirement and should be fertilized regularly.
• If the clumps are too big and thus move too close to the neighboring plants, this can lead to the absence of flowers.

remedy

If environmental influences such as too humid, cool summers are to blame for the blooming laziness, there is little you can do about it. However, if care errors are the cause, they can be simply corrected and you can look forward to the pretty flower spikes in late summer.

• Water the ornamental grass daily during hot periods. It is most effective in the early morning or evening.
• If the feather bristle grass is in a rather dry corner of the garden, you can move it in spring. You should use this opportunity to share clumps that have grown up. – Fertilize the pennon cleaner grass moderately but regularly. A commercially available fertilizer for green plants, which you apply in the amount printed on the package, has proven itself.
• If the plants stand too close together in the bed, you will compete for nutrients. If necessary, expand the area or move some plants to create enough space for the individual plants.