1 Care
1.1 Where to Plant?
1.2 How to Plant?
1.3 Plant Maintenance
1.4 Watering Plants
1.4.1 Watering Requirements
Keep ground moist, Requires regular watering
Allow to dry out slightly between watering, Needs watering once a week
1.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Consistently
1.4.3 In Spring
1.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Less Watering
1.5 Soil
1.5.1 Soil pH
1.5.2 Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
1.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
1.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
1.7 Pruning
Cut out old flower stalks, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
No pruning needed, Prune in flowering season, Remove damaged leaves
1.8 Fertilizers
Nitrogen, N-P-K balanced liquid fertilizer, Potassium
Compost, fertilize in winter
1.9 Pests and Diseases
Army-worms, Bacterial leaf spot, Blight, Cucumber beetles, Cucumber mosaic, Cutworms, Fusarium leaf spot, Red spider mite
Downy mildew, Gall Insects, Leaf curl, Peach Leaf Curl, Powdery mildew, Root rot
1.10 Plant Tolerance
Full Sun, Salt and Soil Compaction
Light Frost