The geraniums are blooming so beautifully, the old gardener is content, enough to show off for a month

Today I'm sharing the geranium care experience of an old gardener from the north, I hope you all like it.

Location: Northeast

Time: June 18

A few days ago, the geraniums hadn't fully bloomed yet, but these past few days the little geraniums have all opened up, and even I think they're blooming quite beautifully, so I took some photos to record this year's geraniums.

This year the little geraniums bloomed relatively late, and there are reasons for that. One is that the spring temperature was too low, plus it was windy, so they barely grew before May 1. Another is that in winter the little geraniums didn't grow well indoors, since the good indoor spots were all given to the seedlings, and the little geraniums could only be placed in the corners here and there, so it's not surprising they didn't grow well.

This year in mid-December I changed the soil for the geraniums, earlier than the usual mid-February soil change, and I didn't see any advantage to it; it felt about the same as combining pinching with the mid-February soil change. The soil was 3 parts of my homemade nutrient soil plus 1 part perlite, and for some of them it was homemade nutrient soil plus half Northeast peat, with a bit of perlite added too; comparatively, the homemade nutrient soil gave slightly better results. This showed in the pot soil's wet-dry cycle being faster, which is more beneficial for the little geraniums' growth. Some of the little geraniums are still in medium-seedling pots even now, that is, 13-14 cm double-sided pots, and even after blooming they still haven't been moved, and they seem to be growing quite well, needing watering once a day.

Some friends may ask, old gardener, the little geraniums are growing well, what fertilizer did you use. Haha, this year the fertilizing method at home changed again; it's no longer burying compound fertilizer in the soil. The compound fertilizer I bought at home had been sitting for a long time and had partly dissolved. I thought about it: burying compound fertilizer in the soil makes the amount too hard to control, and it's troublesome too. At home there are two large water tanks, one in the south and one in the north, each holding more than 100 liters of water, used for storing water to water the flowers. Before May 1, once the temperature reached above 20 degrees, I started putting compound fertilizer into the water tanks, at first once every 10 days, about 130 grams each time. When the temperature got a bit higher and the flowers looked like they were growing well, I switched to putting in compound fertilizer once every 7 days and a nutrient solution, used alternately. When the flowers were about to bloom, it became fertilizing once every 5 days, and now it's fertilizing once every 5 days. The main advantage of this method is convenience, and no need to worry about burning the seedlings. In a few days when the weather gets hot, the fertilizer will gradually be reduced, changing to once every 7 days, or an even longer interval.

Seeing the little geraniums blooming merrily, the old gardener feels so happy inside. The first upright Flower Fairy is about to burst into a full pot, how could I not be happy. Last night at 11 o'clock I brought 2 pots of my favorite flowers into the living room, looking left and right, unable to get enough of them, and even took photos. Then I looked and thought, no good, not beautiful, forget it, I'll take photos early tomorrow morning. These were taken this morning.