How to make a "fattening" geranium blossom: there were only leaves, but buds will appear

Hello fellow florists!

The greens of the zoned pelargonium are, of course, attractive in their own way. But a lush bush is not exactly what a geranium owner wants to see. In the article, you will find out why the ward is capricious and how to unambiguously push a houseplant to a set of buds, and not to unroll new and new leaves.

Flaws in nutrition

The classic fatty geranium is not like a plant that must be rushed to save. When zonal pelargonium receives nutrition of not quite the correct composition, it builds up a lush bush of greenery with powerful shoots, the thickness of which often reaches the little finger.

Say a word about the ground

The first step is to responsibly choose the soil. It shouldn't be too "bold".

It is better to use purchased soil based on neutralized peat: its composition is more predictable than garden soil. Especially if the florist generously regaled his dacha with organic matter: compost, humus, and even more so with manure.

Vegetables such additives will be appreciated. Geranium too. But the likelihood that in too nutritious soil it will begin to fatten in a classic manner increases in direct proportion to the percentage of organic matter.

If the grower suspects that something is wrong with the composition of the soil, there are 2 options.

• Of course, you can just wait for the zoned pelargonium to use up the generous supply of the pot itself. But you will have to wait until autumn or at all - until next year.
• Wouldn't you like to languish in anticipation of the buds? You just need to deprive the geranium of excess nutrition by transplanting it into the soil easier. During transplantation, the earthen lump is shaken off as much as possible, but so as not to damage the root.

After transplanting, the first feeding begins no earlier than after 1-2 months. Until the pelargonium has enough food from the new soil.

When the dog is buried in feeding

Geranium is fed from two sources: soil and top dressing. You can also mess with the second:

• Feed pelargonium with nitrogen fertilizers that stimulate the growth of green mass. Nitrogen is needed in the first month after pruning so that the stumps are covered with new shoots and overgrown with leaves. Then comes the turn of potassium and phosphorus.
• In the risk zone, those who like to feed geraniums with organic fertilizers, humates. Organics are organic, and without potassium and phosphorus, again, you can't wait for flowering.

Geraniums, which receive the wrong nutrition, must be "left alone" for a month - watered only with water without fertilization. 1-2 dressings with a solution of potassium monophosphate per leaf are welcomed. And then you can already introduce fertilizers - for decorative flowering indoor plants, of course. In which in the composition of potassium and phosphorus prevail over "green" nitrogen.

Let it be fromColour!

Whether the geranium will grow in buds and how lush the bloom will be is directly influenced by lighting. I call all pelargoniums children of the sun and it is true that: in the northern regions or in a cloudy summer, capricious specimens may refuse to bloom even on the eastern window.

When geraniums lack sun, they grow as many large leaves as possible in order to increase the area for chlorophyll production. And often does this to the detriment of flowering

For a pot, you should choose a well-lit place on the south, west or southwest window. The summer sun makes even the most fatty specimens bloom well.

Form and content: is there a connection

There is a category of flower growers who are "sorry" to cut live shoots. But geranium left without pruning is a sad sight. A couple of extended sticks, and at best, the same number of peduncles. Still: the fewer shoots - the fewer flowers.

The way out is simple:

• You must accept for yourself: spring pruning at the root is only beneficial to geranium, making its bush more attractive, and flowering more magnificent.
• Get into the habit of pruning pelargonium in February or early March, leaving the stumps with a few dormant buds.
• Once every 2-4 years, completely renew the plants - grow new bushes from cuttings taken from an old cut geranium that has worn out over time.

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