How delightful in summer are the chic pelargonium (geranium) hats in the garden! Carefully rooted from cuttings in the spring or grown from seeds, it invariably attracts attention both in the flower bed and in containers. Pelargonium is now at the peak of popularity, I want to preserve and increase the magnificent varietal specimens.
How to ensure wintering for this, on the one hand, unpretentious, and on the other - requiring a certain amount of attention to the plant?
It is necessary
- Ceramic or plastic pot with tray
- Universal nutritious soil;
- Drainage (expanded clay);
- Vermiculite (loosening substrate);
- Zircon (stimulant of growth and root formation);
- Actellic (insect control drug);
- Fertilizer liquid universal;
- Clip-on lamp with fluorescent light /
Instructions
Step 1
In early September, transplant pelargonium bushes from a flower bed or container into a pot filled with soil mixed with vermiculite in a 2: 1 ratio (soil: vermiculite). Such a porous and lightweight substrate is quite suitable for geraniums, which cannot tolerate waterlogging of a coma. Don't forget to put a drain on the bottom.
Do not deepen the root collar.
Spread the zircon solution over the soil to help stimulate new root growth. Zircon should be watered every 7-10 days during a month.
Prune the plant, leaving 2 leaves on each shoot, otherwise it will itself lose leaves in response to a change in habitat.
Place the pelargoniums on the lightest windowsill.
Step 2
In November, install additional lighting with a fluorescent lamp above the bush. Light the plant for at least 10 hours a day.
Water the pelargonium very sparingly, only after the coma is completely dry and preferably around the edges of the pot so that moisture does not get on the stem.
Step 3
At the end of February, cut the grown fresh shoots into cuttings and put them on rooting (part in the ground, part in water).
After that, feed the plant with a solution of liquid fertilizer (with a predominance of nitrogen), this will give an impetus to the intensive growth of leaves and stems.
Continue highlighting pelargoniums and rooted cuttings.
Step 4
In early April, start feeding the main bushes and young growth from cuttings with fertilizer to stimulate flowering (with a predominance of potassium and a minimum dose of nitrogen), as well as, without fail, with solutions of trace elements in a chelated (easily assimilated by plants) form.
You can stop the backlighting, there is already enough daylight.
In mid-May, you can plant flowering (or with a mass of laid buds) pelargonium back into the garden.
