When To feed 5 year old clematis in a pot

pennyreynolds · August 2017

i have 2 clematis which have been in a very large pot for 5 years and 8 fed them every spring with blood fish and bone but I think I should feed them more than once but when and with which fertiliser? Please can someone advise. Thanks.

Fairygirl · August 2017

Hi Penny - usual practice is to replace the top couple of inches of soil/compost every year with fresh stuff as that helps right away. That would be the itme to add your B,F&B too.

Depending on the varieties you have, and when they flower, it's a good idea to feed them leading up to their flowering time with something like tomato food, or a specialist clematis food, to help promote flowering. When you see buds forming, that's the time to start, and once flowers start to open, you can stop. Probably once every couple of weeks or so for that type of feed would be fine.

pennyreynolds · August 2017

Thanks very much. They haven't been flowering very well for the past couple of years, and so I will perhaps try the tomato food. The clematis are Prince Charles and Viola Venosa and I cut both them hard back like a viticella as the leaves were looking more than a bit brown and tangled, and it seems to have worked until recently. So will try your suggestion. Many thanks.

Fairygirl · August 2017

They just need more attention when they're in pots Penny. Most plants are the same. Refreshing the top couple of inches will certainly help ( you can do that when you prune and tidy for the new season) and after doing that, add your B,F&B and water well, then apply a good mulch of bark or well rotted manure or similar, and that will help to retain the moisture

Iamweedy · August 2017

Liquid tomato food is good for lots of flowering plants, lillies as well. It can certainly save you buying lots of different types of liquid plant food.

Fairygirl · August 2017

It's the only thin I use, Iamweedy

When To feed 5 year old clematis in a pot

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