When, how much and with which fertilizer?

The right potting soil for the Christmas rose

So the Christmas rose is easy to care for it also makes demands on the plant substrate - whether outdoors or in a tub.

It thrives best in soil with the following properties:

• Calcareous
• Loamy
• Humos
• Permeable

Fertilize the snow rose outdoors

There is no need to fertilize later if you add the potting soil before plants with ripe compost, some lime or Horn shavings(€ 32.93 at Amazon *) enrich.

If the snow rose is under deciduous trees, leave the leaves behind. They decompose, releasing nutrients to the soil.

Otherwise mulch The bed with the Christmas roses with leaves, lawn clippings or bark mulch.

Provide the Christmas roses in the pot with nutrients

The right plant substrate also plays a role in pot care. Usually the earth is a bought one Christmas rose nutrient-rich enough to supply the plant until it is planted out.

If you have the Plant the snow rose yourself, use nutritious garden soil to which you add a little lime.

In the bucket it may be necessary that Christmas rose to fertilize. Add some organic fertilizer at the beginning of flowering and in late summer. But don't overdo it. It is better to fertilize a little rather than too much.

When the Christmas rose doesn't bloom

Sometimes the lime content of the earth is not high enough. This often happens when the Christmas rose is under conifers. Lime deficiency can lead to the Christmas rose not blooming.

Enrich the soil with lime, which you can buy at the garden center. Often, however, a piece of chalk is enough that you simply stick in the ground.

If your tap water is very calcareous, you should always use it to water the snow rose.

Tips & Tricks

If you provide your garden plants with organic fertilizer in the spring anyway, you can also fertilize the Christmas rose. Suitable fertilizers are ripe compost, horn shavings and Herbal manure. Basically, the Christmas rose can do without fertilizer for many years outdoors.