When it comes to the maintenance of geranium, you can search a lot on the Internet, but it's nothing more than daily maintenance, watering, cutting flowers, weeding and so on. Today, what Xiaobian brings is dry goods, which includes the maintenance methods of Geranium all year round. If you need flowers, please come and have a look!
Geranium care skills (four seasons) Geranium care skills Geranium likes cool, afraid of hot and humid, room temperature in 10 ~ 15 ℃ sunny room is the most suitable. If you want to bloom well in winter and spring, you should prune and change pots in early autumn. In the first and middle of September, cut off the upper branches of the old plant, leave about 10 cm of branches, broadcast the original lump from the basin, remove the old soil around the root, fill in the culture soil, do not water on the day, and water it the next day.
At the beginning of October, the weather turned cool and the basin was moved into the house at night. When the outdoor temperature drops to 5 ℃ in white weather, it should be fixed in a sunny place indoors for maintenance. When it is dry and watered, it should pay attention to loosening the soil and avoid water accumulation for a long time. Turn the pot once a week to make the leaves shine evenly. Because the leaf surface is covered with fluff and easy to be polluted by dust, it can be washed with warm water when it is above 0 ℃ on a sunny day.
Maintenance skills of geranium (four seasons)
So much has been said above, so the question is, what is the most important thing in the maintenance of Geranium?
A: of course, watering is the most important.
Here's how to water geranium in the four seasons of the year.
In spring and autumn, Pelargonium grows vigorously, has luxuriant branches and leaves, has many flowers, good quality, and needs more water. Therefore, as long as the topsoil is dry, it should be watered at 10 a.m.
In summer, it is hot and hot, sometimes the temperature is as high as 35 ℃, and the geranium is in semi dormant state. At this time, the watering should be strictly controlled, the basin soil should not be dry, and continuous watering should not be allowed. The time is better in the morning. If the water is too much in summer, the plant will grow excessively, the stem will be high, the branch will be fine, the flower will be small and the color will be light, and the ornamental value will be lost.
In addition, the summer high temperature and rainy, to prevent water in the pot, and use stones to pad up the pot. In case of continuous rain, one should cover the rain and the other should stop watering. If there is water in the basin, yellow leaves will wilt, which will lead to leaf fall off and plant death.
In winter, transpiration is reduced, growth is generally stopped, and water demand will be greatly reduced. If the soil is not dry, the watering time can be extended. The watering time should be at noon.
As long as you master the above watering essentials, Geranium will flourish.
Finally, Pelargonium is suitable for cutting in spring or autumn. Take 10-15 cm long strong cuttings, insert into plain sand, water once, then keep moist, about 1 month can take root and germinate. In winter or early spring, cutting is easy to grow. In high temperature and rainy season, geranium is generally in a semi dormant state, so it should be watered less and maintained in a semi shady and ventilated place.
Maintenance skills of geranium (four seasons)