Geranium is one of the most popular indoor plants for its delicate colors and ease of maintenance. Top dressing is one of the most important care measures for her.
Key recommendations
Geranium color depends on the variety. The most common flowers are red, pink and white. Subject to all the rules of agricultural technology, they bloom for 3-4 weeks, then fade, replacing each other.
Up to 8 buds are on the stems at the same time. The introduction of stimulants allows you to achieve flowering throughout the year.
Flowering stimulation
To create abundant and long-lasting flowering, preference is given to compositions:
- Contains potassium and phosphorus. Use during watering 2 times every 21 days.
- Use sweetened water or Heteroauxin. Geranium is especially responsive to such formulations in winter. Top dressing is applied once every 7 days.
Ready-made complex preparations for geranium, which are sold in specialized stores, are actively used. The working solution is prepared strictly following the instructions.
Required items
In addition to potassium and phosphorus, the following elements are required for high-quality flowering, active development and growth of geranium:
- Nitrogen. Allows the plant to get out of the dormant period faster, to build up a healthy green mass.
- Iodine. Promotes the formation of the root system.
- Potassium sulfide. Prolongs the flowering period.
Be sure to use macronutrients:
- zinc;
- magnesium;
- boron;
- manganese;
- iron.
Use of iodine
Geranium does not like overly fertile soil. If there is an excess of nutrients in the soil, then the plant actively grows green mass, but does not bloom.
The plant responds well to the use of iodine. To do this, 1 drop of the solution is diluted in 1 liter of warm water.
The plant is pre-prepared:
- Thoroughly spill the soil using soft, well-settled water.
- Allow the soil to dry slightly.
- The iodine solution is injected carefully, retreating from the plant 0.5 cm, or poured along the edge of the pot. This method will help to avoid getting burned to the root system or leaves.
No more than 50 ml of iodine-based fertilizer is used per flower.
This method has a positive effect on geraniums:
- Strengthens her immunity to various diseases.
- Makes flowering more vibrant and longer lasting.
- Enhances growth.
- A healthy root system is being formed.
Fertilization rules
In order not to harm geraniums, adhere to the following fertilization rules:
- Make sure the plant is getting enough light. Geranium prefers a well-lit place. It is placed on the south or southwest windows. If the flower lacks light, it is difficult for it to assimilate and distribute nutrients. The situation is corrected and only after 14 days top dressing is applied.
- Do not use preparations if the plant begins to shed its leaves or rot spots appear on the plates. This means that the irrigation regime is violated, and the root system is damaged by a fungal disease. Geranium is watered thoroughly as soon as the top layer of the earth has dried. Avoid stagnant moisture and excess moisture. Use soft, well-settled water.
- After feeding the geranium, the ground around the plant is carefully loosened so that the root system does not suffer from a lack of oxygen.
- Fertilizer is applied no more than 1 time in 7 days.
- Before transplanting, dressings are refused for 14 days before the procedure and for 7 days after. It is such a period that the flower needs to recuperate after the event.
- For young flowers, the dosage is reduced by 2 times.
- In winter, fertilizers are applied once a month.
Timely application of fertilizers allows you to get a healthy, abundantly flowering plant.
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