How to grow a lush geranium. Tips gardeners

Inflorescence of this plant is often pleasing to the eye in the apartments or their homes and offices. On windowsills premises you will notice different types of room geranium, they differ in size, shape, color of buds.

The special aroma of essential oils released by the plant, helps relieve headaches and cope with depressive moods.

Pelargonium able to disinfect the air from bacteria, and during the cold often refer to the antibacterial properties of its leaves.

But, despite the fact that the geranium is unpretentious in the care, sometimes you can watch the sad spectacle with an elongated curved trunk and a small bundle of leaves on it.

How can grow lush bush? After florist want to see the transformation of a flower that, in every look he admired the household and guests.

To pelargonium continues to delight lush buds, you need to properly monitor her and the time to do pinched and pruning, creating a green, strong and abundant blooming flower.

There are two methods of forming lush flowering:

1. Updating the bush with the help of cutting old stems and large. Thus it is necessary to leave 3-5 buds on the shoots, from which will grow new branches.

Place the cut is recommended to handle disinfectant. The method is suitable for the plants, which more than a year.

This is best done in early spring, but in any case not in the winter.

2. For the formation of young plants used by pinching. Stem 8-10 pinch a leaf, if geranium grows from cuttings; 6-8 leaf, unless the seed.

It is important to remove the escape point of growth to branches of plants, it not dragged up.

If the branches grow from the axils of the upper leaves, remove them or allow them to grow up a little, and then pinch. It is recommended to make pinched at the end of winter - early spring.

Here are a few rules that should be followed to save the pomp and volume of plants:

· Optimum temperature for development room geranium 20˚ C;

· Watered 2 times a week with water at room temperature;

· Oxygen supply roots with the help of ground loosening after each watering;

· Geranium requires lit areas, however, no direct sunlight to avoid burns, and death of the plant;

· Year period must be accompanied by sprinkles Pelargonium in the morning and evening.

With these tips you experienced gardeners will be able to achieve the full flowering and lush geranium forces in your home.