The right substrate
Harlequin pastures make only minor demands on the earth. Both the container management and the planting in the Topsoil are possible. In both cases, the harlequin willow is satisfied with conventional garden soil. The prerequisite is that your garden has the ability to store water and provide sufficient nutrients. Otherwise you should help with some organic fertilizer.
Fertilizer application
- If you have planted your harlequin willow in the ground, it is not absolutely necessary to give it fertilizer
- As a precaution, you can do this once a year Complete fertilizer administer
- The shallow roots of the harlequin willow get the nutrients they need on their own
- Fertilize They are best done during budding
- Prefer organic fertilizers like compost or mulch
- Mulch(€ 239.00 at Amazon *) and compost at the same time protect the substrate from drying out and thus reduce the watering amount
- If the growth is weak, you can give the harlequin willow one more dose of fertilizer until August
- Under no circumstances should you fertilize your harlequin pasture before winter
- This could cause the tree to sprout again
also read
- How to plant a harlequin willow in a species-appropriate manner
- Maintain harlequin pasture
- Transplant a harlequin willow
Tips
In winter the harlequin willow sheds its leaves. Make a compost out of it. In the coming year you can use the leaves as fertilizer.
Harlequin willow in the bucket
Unlike free-standing plants, the harlequin willow in the pot absolutely needs a monthly dose of fertilizer. Although the broad roots usually get enough nutrients, they have far less space in the bucket. The narrow space does not provide enough minerals. Here, too, complete fertilizer is completely sufficient. In general, you can't go wrong with compost and mulch.