Feeding jasmine: effective fertilizers for mock orange

Basic principles of caring for jasmine

Jasmine belongs to the category of unpretentious plants that can withstand temperature changes. There are no special requirements for lighting and soil. However, in order for the growth of the shrub to be stable, it is necessary to plant it in an area where there is no draft. You will also need to systematically moisten the soil and apply fertilizers for the jasmine so that the bushes are well-groomed and delight with lush flowering.

Note! Excessive moisture negatively affects the growth and development of the plant, so it is necessary to water the shrub often, but in moderation.

Features of the culture: why is jasmine worthy of decorating your garden?

This culture belongs to the Hydrangeaceae family. Unpretentious in care, presented in the form of spreading bushes with a predominance of white and cream flowers with a pleasant aroma. Due to its ease of care, jasmine is very popular among landscape designers. Currently, breeders have developed many varieties of garden jasmine. You can purchase jasmine seedlings to create a landscape composition in our nursery.

The ancestors of modern varieties of this crop come from the subtropics. There they are represented by evergreen climbing vines. In our latitudes, jasmine is an upright shrub with many branched shoots. The crown of the bush has the shape of a ball, the shoots have a soft core, which is used to prepare chibouks for the purpose of subsequent transplantation of the crop.

The size of the flowers of the shrub reaches 5 centimeters; it blooms for two summer months, starting in June. In autumn, both the flowers and foliage of the bush fall off, and wintering of the bush needs to be taken care of in advance.

Spring feeding of jasmine

Experienced gardeners recommend applying the first fertilizer for garden jasmine on May 10–15. To do this, you need to prepare a nutrient solution, which includes:

• superphosphate - 60 g;
• urea - 30 g;
• potassium sulfate - 30 g.

Pour 20 liters of water into a deep container and add the listed components to it. The prepared solution is used for spraying bushes in May and after the end of the flowering period.

What fertilizers are suitable for jasmine

Not every fertilizer is suitable for jasmine. It is recommended to give preference to mineral and organic preparations intended for processing this shrub. Feeding plants with a solution containing calcium promotes abundant flowering. Below you can find the most suitable types of fertilizer for jasmine.

Organic fertilizers

For the harmonious growth and development of the shrub, lush and timely flowering, it is necessary to systematically enrich the soil with useful substances. Beginner flower growers often wonder how to feed jasmine in the summer? The most useful feeding during this period will be wood ash (0.1 kg per bush) or manure diluted in rainwater (1:10).

Mineral fertilizers

Jasmine bushes need mineral supplements. It is recommended to use as a fertilizer a solution containing water and superphosphate (1:5), urea (2.5 g) and potassium sulfate (2.5 g). After thoroughly mixing the components, the solution is poured under the jasmine bushes.

Complex fertilizers

During the budding period, plants need complex fertilizers. Using a similar fertilizer for jasmine promotes the formation of healthy leaf blades. Complex fertilizers for jasmine are applied at intervals. However, it is not recommended to use them more than once every 14 days. Most often, gardeners prefer Agricola, which is diluted in settled rainwater (5 g per 2 liters).

Other Possible Flowering Problems

In addition to the lack of buds, the gardener may encounter such phenomena as their too small size or their premature shedding.

Shedding of buds

How to propagate garden jasmine in spring and summer

Jasmine can drop buds prematurely under the influence of the following factors:

• Draft or strong wind.
• Use for cold water irrigation.
• Untimely and incorrect transplantation, when the plant has already begun to produce buds.
• Dry soil, lack of nutrients and minerals.
• Incorrectly selected fertilizer or its use in excessive quantities, which causes the roots to burn.
• Lack of lighting.

Jasmine may drop its buds because the room is too hot or exposed to direct sunlight.

Additional Information! It is recommended to plant jasmine outdoors in partial shade or in a place where the lighting is good but diffuse. It is especially necessary to follow this recommendation when planting a plant in the Moscow region, where summers can be very hot.

Small flowers

Varieties of mock orange with large inflorescences include:

• Mont Blanc;
• Pyramid;
• Schneeshturm;
• Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya;
• Virgin;
• Coronary.

Owners of jasmine with large inflorescences may encounter a problem such as insufficient bud size. This is due to improper care of the plant:

• frequent drying out of the soil;
• absence or insufficient pruning, due to which the plant puts all its energy into the growth of new shoots;
• insufficient refills or their incorrect choice;
• unfavorable location of the plant in the country - the influence of a draft or strong wind, stagnation of moisture.

Establishing care will help normalize the condition. If the plant is in a draft or exposed to direct sunlight, replanting will be required.

Attention! Transplantation is prohibited during the period when jasmine is actively putting out new buds.

Fertilizing jasmine depending on the soil

Despite the fact that jasmine is not a capricious shrub, it is better to plant it on fertile loamy soil. By choosing the right place and providing the plant with proper care, you can grow healthy bushes that delight you with dense foliage and bright flowers. Before planting jasmine, you need to prepare drainage consisting of crushed stone, broken bricks, gravel and sand, which is placed at the bottom of the planting hole.

What to feed jasmine after flowering depends on the type of soil in which the crop grows.

1. Sandy soil. It is recommended to feed jasmine with water-soluble nitrogen fertilizers. The solution can be prepared independently at home.
2. Loamy soil, easy to cultivate and allowing sufficient heat, moisture, and air to pass through. You can enrich mineral-rich soil by watering the soil with a solution made from water and manure.
3. Chernozem is a rich and fertile land, but it also requires the application of fertilizers, which contain potassium, phosphorus, peat and sand.

Preparing for winter

Jasmine, however, like seedlings of ornamental shrubs planted in the spring, must be prepared for wintering. This procedure does not apply to adult bushes, but for newly planted bushes it is not so easy to withstand the cold. For the winter, young seedlings are covered with light material and secured with twine.

The material protects only the stem of the cutting, and to protect the root system, the soil mulching procedure is used. They dig up the ground around the seedling, fertilizing it thickly with sawdust, leaves, and pine needles.

Beautifully blooming mock orange, which is what people call jasmine, is the calling card of any garden. Fluffy and fragrant flowers in abundance beckon you to stop near them, inhale the aroma and enjoy the beauty. You can purchase different varieties of jasmine, as well as seedlings of ornamental shrubs on favorable terms in our nursery.

General rules for applying fertilizers

In order for jasmine to bloom timely and lushly, it is important not only to properly care for the bushes, but also to choose the appropriate fertilizers.

Agronomists have developed general rules for applying fertilizing, according to which the grower must:

• systematically fertilize the soil;
• introduce and alternate different types of fertilizers (organic, mineral and complex);
• select fertilizers, taking into account the type of soil and plant variety;
• take into account the timing and norms of applying a specific solution;
• distribute useful elements evenly over the entire surface;
• Follow manufacturers' recommendations for the dosage of a particular drug.

Diseases and pests of mock orange

To grow beautiful garden jasmine, as in the photo, it is important to monitor not only planting and care, but also periodically carry out treatments against diseases. The plant has good immunity, but if watered excessively it can suffer from rot and other fungal infections. To combat them, 1-2 treatments with a fungicide are carried out:

• Bordeaux mixture;
• "Topaz";
• "Abiga Peak";
• "Profit";
• "Maksim";
• "Ordan" and others.

If there is an invasion of aphids, beetles or other pests, garden bushes are treated with insecticides:

• "Biotlin";
• "Fitoverm";
• "Karate";
• "Fufanon";
• "Aktara".

Timing for applying fertilizer for jasmine

Regular application of fertilizers allows you to achieve lush and long-lasting flowering. At the end of spring, manure diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10 should be added to each jasmine bush.

Gardeners are often interested in how to fertilize jasmine in the summer so that it blooms profusely? In June, you need to apply mineral fertilizers to the soil, which contain:

• urea - 30 g;
• potassium sulfate - 30 g;
• superphosphate - 45 g;
• water - 15 ml.

Advice! In summer, jasmine is fertilized in the morning or evening.

As soon as the flowering period is over, it is recommended to add 150 g of wood ash to the tree trunk, this will promote good bud formation for the next year.

Description of the bush

Mock orange is naturally distributed in East Asia, North America, Southern Europe, and the Caucasus. This is a plant of the Hydrangeaceae family.

Mock orange is also known as jasmine, but this is a misnomer. It is confused with jasmine because of the sweet, pronounced aroma of flowers. The shrub is grown in gardens individually and in groups and is suitable for forming hedges. The plant is planted in city parks and industrial centers; the bush is resistant to air pollution.

White fragrant flowers appear among the oppositely arranged serrated leaves from May to July, depending on the variety.

Mock orange flowers are usually solitary and develop in the months of May-June. But there are varieties and hybrids with flowers:

• terry (for example, “Snowbelle”);

• semi-double (for example, “Virginal”).

There are low varieties:

• "White Dwarf", reaching approximately 1.2 m;
• "Erectus" - 1-1.5 m tall.

Interesting varieties with two-color or yellow leaves - for example:

1. "Variegatus";

2. "Innocence"

Some varieties have later flowering dates, for example in June-July:

• "Kalina"
• "Virginal"

The varieties listed above usually have a strong aroma, which, unfortunately, cannot be said about the fluffy mock orange (the lower part of the leaves is covered with delicate hair), which blooms in early summer (June-July) with numerous white, very beautiful flowers, but completely odorless.

The smell of mock orange is compared to the blossoming of citrus trees and, therefore, to the English name of the shrub - mock orange or fake orange.

Scheme for spring feeding of jasmine

How to feed jasmine in the spring to create a supply of nutrients? Experts recommend using:

• infusion, for the preparation of which manure is mixed with water (1:10);
• mineral fertilizers, which are applied to the soil at the end of May.

To prepare mineral fertilizer, you need to combine 4 liters of water, 6 g of potassium sulfide, 8 g of superphosphate and 6 g of urea in a deep container. The components are mixed. The prepared solution can be poured over 2 jasmine bushes. It is advisable to apply mineral fertilizing before the start of the active growing season.

Note! During flowering, the crop should be watered abundantly and the soil should be systematically treated with wood ash.

Mistakes gardeners make when applying fertilizers

Beginner gardeners often make mistakes when feeding jasmine bushes. The most common mistakes include:

• incorrectly calculated dosage. It is important to strictly follow the manufacturer’s recommendations when preparing the solution;
• violation of feeding deadlines. Above we indicated the preferred timing for applying fertilizers;
• use of drugs after the expiration date. The elements that make up fertilizers lose their beneficial properties over time, so feeding jasmine with expired fertilizer will be pointless;
• uneven distribution of the drug over the area. It is important to fertilize correctly to avoid a deficiency or excess of substances in a particular area of ​​the soil.

Jasmine is an amazing shrub that delights with abundant and long-lasting flowering. This plant can become the highlight of a garden plot. But so that the crop does not lose its attractive appearance, it is worth feeding the bush correctly and developing your own schedule for fertilizing mock orange.