✔ Autumn care of geraniums: the canons and practice

Geranium - one of the most popular houseplants. Although the zonal pelargonium (another name of the indoor flower) believe unpretentious, for a luxurious flowering it needs proper care. Special time to start in the autumn. About all the nuances - "scientific" and as is the case in practice, I will tell in the article, in view of his personal experience.

What happens to the flower fall?

If you've already read about the care of a plant, it certainly met the recommendation "to provide a rest period," "to put on a cool loggia", "place in the penumbra." Of course, we are talking about some distant plant, rather than what is growing in your home. Terms of different, and often in fact, few gardeners happy with geranium dormancy. How to maintain a luxurious flower without much labor costs?

In autumn all the plants slow their growth. Air temperature falls and the sun shines less and less. But often grows geraniums on a warm windowsill and continues to steadily produce buds until the winter and even during the winter. What to do? I make out the points.

1. The first option of those geraniums that grew up in the fresh air of the garden or on the balcony. There are 2 ways of development of events: move the bush in the house or breaking / root cuttings. Do not forget that on the street a lot of pests and pathogens, so I recommend for preventing spray "fitoverm" and "fundazol". Carefully inspect the plant to notice the alarming signs of infection.

2. Pelargonium main signal the occurrence of temporary hibernation - termination of flowering. No need to calculate the average daily temperature or duration of daylight - the plant itself will inform you that it is time already to prepare for winter.

3. Sometimes it happens that already in October-November on the calendar, and the geraniums still not appeased. It produces more and more flower stalks. What to do - you decide. But I remind you that the plants may not bloom magnificently forever. They need to relax, to reboot and to please your eyes in the next year. In this case, I create a period of rest is artificial and it falls during the winter months, as agreed with the biorhythms of the plant.

On the basis of this information, write to the general guidelines for care. What to choose as a guide to action - you decide!

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Proper autumn care

If geranium ceased to bloom in the fall, she went to rest alone) Our task - to ensure it is correct for a short vacation! To this end, reducing watering. Moistens the ground when it is dry to 2 cm in depth. Of course, a good idea to put the pot in a room with a temperature of 15-18 ° C. But in practice it does not always work. You can move pelargonium simply closer to the glass.

Important! Be sure to expose wintering pelargonium from drafts.

Geranium continues to blossom? Continue to care while house plant will not give a signal about the need for the winter.

What to do with dressings

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Here, everything is easy. Should stop feeding, so that the plant still properly rested. If you do not give a rest period of geranium, flowers, crushed or even cease to appear. Fertilizer lush flowering specimens can be continued to a maximum of mid-November. Use of potassium and phosphate fertilizers, but nitrogen - strictly prohibited.

Grafting and pruning

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Geranium transplanted in autumn or spring. Personally, I like the second option, because in the spring the plant starts new growing season and actively growing. Exception - geraniums growing in the summer outdoors. Even if she was standing in the garden or on the balcony in the pot, transplant: the land could remain pests and their larvae or eggs. Earthen room straits for the prevention of a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

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