The latest safe wintering skills of geraniums

Geranium alias hydrangea, stone red, its flowering color is red and beautiful, is the family bonsai and park square commonly used herbs, and with the temperature gradually cool, how to make the geranium safe winter when each partner should consider the period, the following and the editor to take a look at the geranium safe winter skills bar.

1. do a good job of keeping warm

The first thing to do in the geranium overwintering is to keep the geranium warm. The geranium likes to grow in a warm environment in winter and cool in summer. The overwintering temperature in winter is kept above 10 degrees, so it can be safe and read. Therefore, winter maintenance is recommended to move the geranium to indoor maintenance to ensure its normal growth.

2. Plenty of light

The temperature is lower in winter, when the plant needs more light to be lower than the severe cold, so it should be placed in a sunny place during winter maintenance to make it receive more sunlight, and the winter sun is mild and will not burn it. You can rest assured that you can accept full-time sunshine.

3. Control watering

Pelargonium likes a dry environment, so the demand for water is further reduced in winter, so it is necessary to control the amount of water and keep the soil dry. If the soil is too wet, it is not conducive to overwintering. Too much watering may also lead to low temperature freezing injury or rotting roots, so watering must be controlled and choose when the temperature rises at noon.

4. Stop fertilization

In winter, the geranium will enter the dormant period, when its growth basically stops, in addition to the reduced demand for water, its demand for nutrients is also greatly reduced. Therefore, in order to cause fertilizer damage in winter, it is only necessary to apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer once before overwintering, and then there is no need to apply fertilizer during the whole overwintering period, and then fertilize again when the plant recovers after the beginning of spring next year.

5. Good ventilation environment

When the geraniums enter the indoor maintenance in winter, in addition to the first few, it is also necessary to maintain a good ventilated environment, so that this case can ensure that it can grow normally. If the ventilation is poor, it will cause its leaves to wither and fall off, and in serious cases, it will cause plant death, so indoor maintenance in winter must stay away from air conditioning and radiators, so as to avoid the phenomenon of plant wilting.

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