4 light steps will make beautiful geranium with the arrival of spring

Zonal pelargonium (in the home - a geranium) after hibernation is often debilitated match. In the cold season often houseplant growth slows down, drops leaves and shoots pulls. Even if for the winter with the pelargonium has not happened anything critical, it is recommended to rejuvenate, to Bush in the coming season rose decorative because of geranium growing rapidly and izrastayutsya.

The publication you read in detail about the 4 stages of the "awakening" excellent zonal pelargonium and its transformation from the "ugly duckling" into a beautiful swan. Let's start of a need for transplantation, continue choosing the right pot for the town and extend the effect of "delicious" dressings.

# Transplant: whether or not to

I believe that all should be repotted in the spring geranium. Optimal time - March, when the duration of daylight displays pelargonium of dormancy.

I explain why transplant. Geranium is growing very rapidly, managing to quickly master the earthen room. And at the same time and nutrients from the soil composition. Therefore, without the addition of a new substrate, the contents of the pot will be "poor" on the need to grow new shoots and lush flowering minerals.

How to choose the perfect primer for geraniums?

Practice shows that it is perfectly grows in the universal soil for flowering plants. The soil in which the plant pelargonium, should be nutritious and good to pass air. For looseness, if necessary, add additional components, for example, perlite or coarse river sand.

At the bottom of 🌿 necessarily make drainage layer

How to choose a pot for geranium

Now about choosing pots for indoor plants. Everything is simple: just follow the standard recommendations. New home houseplant needs to be only slightly larger than the previous dishes. It is preferable to focus on the size of the root system geranium: pot diameter equal to the diameter of the root system + 1.5-2 cm.

🌿 Geranium - and graded, and "grandmother" - looks glamorous in a clay pot. This "national" style. But we must remember that in this dish the land will dry up quickly, because the porous walls absorb moisture.

I add another versatile way inSelecting the pot size for the zonal pelargonium varieties in size:

• Dwarf and miniature pelargonium pleasing to the eye in a pot volume of 0.5-1 liters.
• Grades standards are satisfied l pot 1-1.8;

A very large specimens planted in a bowl capacity of 1.5-2.5 liters.

Small cuttings and seedlings do not need a lot of space. For their cultivation is quite enough plastic cup volume of 200 ml or similar container.

# Trimming Bush geranium - mandatory spring stage Caring for houseplants

For me, the answer to the question: "Is it necessary to cut the geraniums in the spring?" Unequivocal. Be sure to need. Some growers somehow "regret" their houseplants. But by cutting the plant will get better, and its owner grow lush bush instead of a few bald sticks.

Optimal plan - to leave all the main shoots ⅓. It is desirable that each branch turned 1-2 leaf and 2-5 dormant buds.

After about 10 days to begin the growth of new shoots. They can pinch on your own, forming a bush Pelargonium. For example, the plant can grow nice, prischipyvaya it through the same number of internodes.

# Choose a suitable place

Geranium - a plant that loves the sunshine. I have it even grows on the southern balcony without shading: only need to be watered more often. However, from the intense sun blush leaves.

To form zonal pelargonium bush was smooth, the pot must be periodically rotated. Because shoots houseplants are drawn to the light.

# Feeding Pelargonium spring: what and how

One month after transplanting and pruning occurs during the first feeding. The easiest way to make use of complex mineral fertilizers in liquid form. They only need to be diluted with warm water defended, observing the dosage and use according to instructions.

An important caveat is a product composition. In it prevails NPK complex. This nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

Immediately after cutting plants need nitrogen, "responsible" for the growth of green mass. But to stimulate flowering, the other elements are also needed. Therefore, the optimum ratio for the first two NPK fertilizing - all elements in equal proportions (e.g., 10:10:10).

Later, when the time comes to set buds and flowers of dissolution, It is necessary to feed a geranium means where more phosphorus and potassium. For example, 10:30:20.

🌿 When buying is better to give preference Drugs, which contain not only the basic macronutrients, but also a number of trace elements: manganese, zinc and others. They also need geraniums!

Alternative liquid mineral fertilizer - granular fertilizer of prolonged action. The bottom line is this: they are added to the soil at planting, then they slowly dissolve and nourish the flower. But I do not trust them... or something. How do I know when the action is over, how to change the elements?

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And here People's Council (I read a lot of positive reviews): every 2 weeks in the water for irrigation is added 1 dropiodine per liter (No more - you can burn)! Perhaps this is the placebo effect, but not the first person hearing that fertilizing geranium flower iodine went good.

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