I wonder if anyone knows why my clematis begane to flower (not until
September) last year and most of the flowers didn't even have time to open
before the cold weather hit and they perished. Any suggestions. What
should I be feeding them with? I was using a chicken pooh fertiliser.


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Liz Robinson19/2/04 9:06

I wonder if anyone knows why my clematis begane to flower (not until
September) last year and most of the flowers didn't even have time to open
before the cold weather hit and they perished. Any suggestions. What
should I be feeding them with? I was using a chicken pooh fertiliser.

Could you have over-fed them? If plants have too much fertiliser they tend
to put on leaf rather flowers. Many plants flower better if a bit
'stressed' - wish one could say the same of people. ;-)
Is the chicken fertiliser in pelleted form or 'au naturel'?

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South Devon
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Liz Robinson19/2/04 9:06

I wonder if anyone knows why my clematis begane to flower (not until
September) last year and most of the flowers didn't even have time to open
before the cold weather hit and they perished. Any suggestions. What
should I be feeding them with? I was using a chicken pooh fertiliser.

Could you have over-fed them? If plants have too much fertiliser they tend
to put on leaf rather flowers. Many plants flower better if a bit
'stressed' - wish one could say the same of people. ;-)
Is the chicken fertiliser in pelleted form or 'au naturel'?

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

Liz Robinson19/2/04 9:06

I wonder if anyone knows why my clematis begane to flower (not until
September) last year and most of the flowers didn't even have time to open
before the cold weather hit and they perished. Any suggestions. What
should I be feeding them with? I was using a chicken pooh fertiliser.

Could you have over-fed them? If plants have too much fertiliser they tend
to put on leaf rather flowers. Many plants flower better if a bit
'stressed' - wish one could say the same of people. ;-)
Is the chicken fertiliser in pelleted form or 'au naturel'?

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

Hello Liz,
Chicken poo is a very nitrogenous food. Nitrogen promotes leaf and stem
rather than flowers. Use it sparingly, and never after the end of July,
because the soft new growth it promotes will be caught by early frosts.
If you want flowers, feed with a rose or tomato fertilzer, which will ripen
the wood (general term for flower-producing stem growth) and promote
flowering. When you start to see flower buds, keep up with the watering,
which will help the buds expand and bloom.
Hopefully, this should solve the problem.
Spider

Liz Robinson wrote in message
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I wonder if anyone knows why my clematis begane to flower (not until
September) last year and most of the flowers didn't even have time to open
before the cold weather hit and they perished. Any suggestions. What
should I be feeding them with? I was using a chicken pooh fertiliser.


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Hello Liz,
Chicken poo is a very nitrogenous food. Nitrogen promotes leaf and stem
rather than flowers. Use it sparingly, and never after the end of July,
because the soft new growth it promotes will be caught by early frosts.
If you want flowers, feed with a rose or tomato fertilzer, which will ripen
the wood (general term for flower-producing stem growth) and promote
flowering. When you start to see flower buds, keep up with the watering,
which will help the buds expand and bloom.
Hopefully, this should solve the problem.
Spider

Liz Robinson wrote in message
...
I wonder if anyone knows why my clematis begane to flower (not until
September) last year and most of the flowers didn't even have time to open
before the cold weather hit and they perished. Any suggestions. What
should I be feeding them with? I was using a chicken pooh fertiliser.


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