Properly care for balcony plants in July

Water and nutrient supply have priority - this is what you should pay attention to in July

Plenty of sun and high temperatures in July are both a blessing and a curse for your balcony plants. Flowers, perennials and woody plants show themselves primarily from their most beautiful side in summer when the water and nutrient balance is in balance. So pour and fertilize Your balcony plants correctly:

• Check the substrate every morning with a thumb test
• If the surface of the earth is dry, pour stale, warm water
• Once a week, add a liquid one to the irrigation water Flower fertilizer(€ 71.80 at Amazon *) Add
• Before and after Fertilize pour with clean water

Fungal spores are also booming in July. Therefore, please do not sprinkle your balcony plants, but apply the water directly to the root disc. Moist leaves and flowers offer the pathogens ideal living conditions.

Clean up wilted things - clear the way for fresh flowers

Only a few balcony plants are self-cleaning and shed their withered flowers. To ensure that dead petals do not affect the well-groomed appearance, please clean everything that has withered every 2 to 3 days. At Geraniums or Petunias Simply pinch off the dead shoot tips with your fingertips.

Woody balcony plants, such as roses, hibiscus or weigelia in the tub, require the use of the for professional cleaning Secateurs. Cut a withered inflorescence back to the next bud. The rays of the sun, which are now hitting, signal to the flowers in the waiting position that the way is now free for unhindered development.