Geraniums always die in summer? The old lady next door grew them for three years and propagated over a hundred pots
Geraniums are a flowering plant I really love. They come in many varieties with a wide range of flower colors, and are divided into single-petaled and double-petaled types. They are elegant and luxurious, refined and beautiful, very eye-catching, and a great choice for indoor potted plants.
Many people find that geraniums always die as soon as summer comes, but really that depends on who is growing them.The geraniums grown by old Mrs. Wang next door did not die for three years, and she even propagated more than 100 pots.She even earned quite a bit of pocket money just from selling flowers. The key is, how did she do it?
If you love geraniums, summer care is especially important. Let geraniums get through summer safely, and you will have flowers to enjoy every day. How do you protect them from the heat and get them through the season? Let me share it with everyone!
Although geraniums belong to the full-sun plant type, summer temperatures are higher and sunlight is stronger, so you need to pay attention to shading. You can place it one meter away from a sunny balcony to receive diffused light, which not only lets it get through summer safely but also extends the flowering period.
Also, in July and August, you need to control water and fertilizer. With less fertilizer and water supplied, you need to reduce unnecessary consumption by branches and leaves, so cut off diseased branches, weak branches, old branches, and messy branches. This can improve nutrient use efficiency and increase light penetration and air circulation, keeping the plant growing vigorously and getting through summer safely.
In addition, when caring for geraniums, summer is quite hot and stuffy, so you must pay attention to ventilation. Strengthening ventilation and air exchange can lower the surrounding temperature. Many friends like to place it outdoors, but do not let it get rained on, otherwise in hot, stuffy weather it easily gets black rot, which leads to death.
Pay attention to these points, and geraniums can get through summer safely and bloom for many years, with flowers to enjoy every year. The branches cut off during pruning can be used for immediate cuttings to propagate, and they quickly grow into a small plant.
During the growth period of geraniums, you must keep pruning continuously. Especially during the seedling stage, the plant needs to be topped and pinched. The top buds pinched off can also be used for cuttings. At the same time, branches cut off because growth is too dense can also be used for cuttings.
You can use vermiculite for cuttings. Put the vermiculite in a transparent plastic cup, place it on a tray, and make sure the tray has plenty of water. Insert the cut branches into the vermiculite, and in about 7 to 10 days they will root. Moreover, through the transparent plastic cup, you can observe the rooting situation. When the roots grow to 5 to 8 cm, you can move them into pots. In 30 days you can propagate a small plant, and propagating 100 pots in three years is no problem at all!
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