Geranium is one of the most popular house plants, breeding of which the power of even the novice grower. Her bright blossoms, painted in the snow-white, pale pink, blood red and dark cherry color are pleasing to the eye of the owner literally year round.
Flowering geranium does not depend on the time of year, although it is growing more active and throws the flower stalks in the period from early March to late October. To extend the flowering time, it is important to follow some simple rules.
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Reproduction and transplant
Propagated vegetatively this plant - branches. As time stretched geraniums, laid bare the lower part of the stem and flower hats are smaller, experienced growers recommend updating the plant periodically. Young specimens, grown from cuttings, which in a short time takes root in water, begins to gain color after 1-2 months after planting in soil.
Therefore, the old plant to regret it is not necessary - it is necessary to cut off part of the stem to the terminal bud and put the root in a container with water. Roots appear after 1-2 weeks, the young plants can be planted in a pot and wait for the appearance stems.
Conditions of detention
Geranium loves bright light, so it should live on the bright windowsill. With a lack of sunshine, she is pulled, the lower leaves wither, green mass becomes faded, lost a decorative look. In the dark, the plant is difficult to bloom.
During warmer months, it is recommended to put the pots of geraniums on the balcony, so it gets the sun energy. After a short adjustment period, it will gain the color, and soon bloom bright fragrant caps that will decorate a copy to late autumn.
To enable geranium nourished by the earth, it can be planted in the spring in the open ground on the plot, and at the end of the summer with a clod of earth around the roots in a transfer pot.
Watering and fertilizing
To admire the flowers all year round, it is important to properly watered and fed plant.
Water is better to take a soft, to defend. Lack of water can lead to the fact that the leaves will wither, turn yellow, fall off. Therefore we can not tolerate a strong drying of the soil in the pot.
But the excess moisture is fatal for geranium - and leaves and the roots begin to rot, so the flowering and can be no question.
Watering is necessary to measure the upper earth layer in desiccation.
To cause the appearance of abundant fragrant flowers, geranium can feed. You can use a universal fertilizer for flowering plants, which can be purchased at a specialty store.
You can cook at home feeding on the basis of ordinary iodine, which is always there in the medicine cabinet.
To do this, 1 drop of the drug to dissolve in 1 liter of cool boiled or settled water and stir thoroughly. Then in each pot of geraniums need to pour 50 ml of this solution, but it should be done on the vessel wall - so that the tool is not got to the roots, but only saturated ground. Before treatment plant should be abundantly watered with clean water. These precautions will help not to burn the roots, which may lead to the destruction of all copies.
Pursue a dressing does not need more than 1 time in 2-3 months, because the tool is strong enough, despite the fact that the concentration of iodine in it is minimal.
You can start feeding in the spring, in early March, when the plant comes out of hibernation and enters the phase of active growth.
Repeat the procedure can be the beginning of summer, then to the end of autumn, you can provide a magnificent flowering geranium.
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