Pelargonium cuttings recorded green leaves, plump plant type, short and fat, flowering more

There are not many young geraniums in the family, so we first send the mother of the geraniums to play the vanguard and cut them when the temperature is right in March. In fact, geraniums can also be cut in spring, cutting the branches that grow only in winter, which can maintain the shape of the female parent and still have seedlings, but cutting had better give the seedlings enough time to grow up earlier, so that the seedlings are small and difficult to spend the summer.

The temperature when cutting is 15-20 degrees, about 15 degrees in the balcony, because the glass of the closed balcony is light blue, the light transmission condition is not very good, but it does not wait to start cutting if the temperature is still appropriate.

Method: the branches are cut and stained with B12 solution to dry (half an hour). It is said that B12 solution can promote the rooting of cuttings, so my cuttings are usually used and sold in drugstores.

1. Seedling block: the seedling block was used last autumn, continue to use in the spirit of saving, soaked with potassium permanganate water, branches inserted into the seedling block, a total of 8 cuttings.

two。 Peat + perlite 1:1: after the branches are inserted, the plants are thoroughly watered with potassium permanganate water for the purpose of disinfection and watering. In addition, potassium permanganate is used to promote rooting. Potassium permanganate is used to soak the 2cm at the base of the cuttings in 0.1% potassium permanganate solution. After 12 hours, the cuttings are taken out immediately.

These are the two cuttings in the picture below, and I gave them away at the same time. These are my own 2 trees, which are OK at present, and the paper cup root of one of them has grown enough to be planted in the basin.

After flowering

A friend asked me, how do you raise your geranium so well, short and fat, do you often hit the top, about when, what kind of fertilizer do you usually pour?

When I hit the top of the seedling, when the seedling starts to top, pinch the tip, pinch it again when it grows to a certain height, pinch it when it does not grow up to a certain height, pinch it when it does not blossom and see the bud, and then allow it to blossom when it grows to a satisfactory shape. after that, pruning is carried out around the middle of autumn August (according to the temperature at that time). The simplest pruning method is to cut the branches short along the edge of the basin, so that the geraniums have a good recovery time for the winter. Dare not cut too short, must leave some leaves for photosynthesis, the female parent also has the phenomenon of Lignification, but after pruning will also send new branches in the smooth rod, usually see bad shape will also be light cutting, cut branches just cut.

Fertilizer: base fertilizer with bone meal and cake fertilizer, usually with organic nutrient solution, universal and flower-promoting, alternately irrigating roots with water, it is also used alternately with balanced and high phosphorus, usually irrigated once a week (often forgotten) and suspended in winter and summer.