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How to get stronger stems

10 years ago

About 30 years ago, I dug up peonies at my mother's house in another state (they had been dug up from my father's old family home before), and moved them to KY. It took a few more "movings" to finally get them in a place where they're happy - in a small triangle between the driveway and the street. They get plenty of sun there. I have my mother's old peony cages - the old wrought iron ones that no longer exist - but they are falling apart and the local welder wanted a huge price to fix them.

I get tons of blooms each spring - usually around Mother's Day, but we also get tons of rain at that time, and the poor things (they are all old-fashioned double ones) just fall over. I've never fertilized them as I'm not good about remembering to do this and wasn't sure what to use anyway. The only thing I am good about is making sure that my yardman does not mulch them.

Any advice on how to get stronger stems and where to buy GOOD, strong peony cages?

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