Geraniums – Strategies to Plant in Pots
When the pot, to be generous with drainage material to ensure the free water. As with any plant, always water with care, because too much or too little can be dangerous. The best rule is to follow the water when the soil surface to dry. Then, water the soil and do not do it again until the plants need. If the soil kept too moist, the leaves turn yellow, and if too dry they wilt and discolor.
To maintain the steady growth of plants, plant them again from time to time. Remove yellow leaves and faded flowers from plants that attract the eye at the door or other places colorful. If the rain rot and stain the central florets of flowers, remove them by hand, leaving the cocoon.
If you want to plant for next spring, drink two to four inches from the reduction in August or early September. Find mature stems (with leaves together) are easily broken as a string bean. Achieving growth stems from the complex and tasty tips tend to rot. Before planting, separate pieces in a sheltered area for several hours, and the leaves lose excess moisture.
When ready to plant, cut the lower leaves, leaving two or three in each cut. Also remove the small branches of the rod, because it tends to rot. Dip the stem in the distal hydrated lime to prevent decay and then put half in a pot with sand and peat. With geranium, do not need to search for powder.
When cutting a few inches from the roots grow, which is ready to be planted back on another ship or to be planted in separate pots of 2 ½ inches. Fill the pot with a mixture of three-quarters of a quarter of the sandy soil and peat moss or compost. After planting, keep in the shade during the early days, and protect them in the house when cold.
When the wound has developed a strong root system, re-planted pots back four or three and a half inches. Use the same mix that I use before adding bone meal. We have started to grow, eat regularly with a high phosphorus fertilizer such as 5-10-5 or 4-12-8.
To keep plants bushy and to encourage branching candelas while they are small, starting when they were three to four inches high. Provide bright windows, and turn the pan to prevent the growth side. Spray it regularly, but let the soil dry slightly before watering again.
Plants overwinter in a cold basement in low light. Just remember that the less light they provide, must be the lowest temperature. This is because too much heat and little light, will cause the poor and undermine the healthy growth of plants.
The gardener with the basement or the barn when the temperature is very low, can overwinter geraniums hanging upside down from the ceiling. They seem dead stems, what surprised when they become a beautiful flowering plants.