Culture methods and daily maintenance guidelines for potted geraniums

How to cultivate potted geraniums? Geraniums, also known as geraniums, there are many colors, red, white, pink, purple and so on, but also can stop bleeding and pain, the following Huinong net Xiaobian for flower farmers friends to briefly chat geranium bonsai maintenance guide.

1. Health care effect

Geranium has analgesic, antibacterial, deodorizing, hemostatic, tonifying effects, and has a certain auxiliary effect on the treatment of microvascular rupture, scars, stretch marks and so on. In addition, the geranium essential oil with geranium as raw material has the auxiliary therapeutic effect of meditation, beauty and deworming.

two。 Maintenance guide

2.1 soil selection

The pot geranium basin soil should choose loose and breathable soil such as well drained, fertile sand soil, sand loam or perlite, and the basin soil should be changed every August-September.

2.2 Lighting

Geraniums need plenty of sunlight for a long time, so they must be placed in the sun in winter. If the light is not enough, the stems and leaves are long, the pedicels are thin and soft, the inflorescences are dysplastic, and the buds in weak light often bloom poorly and wither ahead of time.

2.3 temperature

Pelargonium is resistant to severe cold and afraid of high temperature. The room temperature is 13: 19 ℃ and the overwintering temperature is 10: 12 ℃.

2.4 watering

Geraniums are resistant to drought and waterlogging, and they should be watered less when they enter the dormant period in summer and keep the soil moist. Spring and autumn growth period and flowering period should be more watering, can be watered once every morning. Water once a week after the beginning of winter.

2.5 fertilization

Be careful not to apply too much nitrogen fertilizer when fertilizing. Fertilizer should be applied every semimonthly in spring and autumn, from flower bud formation to flowering, and phosphate fertilizer should be applied once every 7 days. It should be watered in time after fertilization.

2.6 Reproduction

Cuttings are often used to propagate geraniums. Generally choose to be carried out in spring and autumn, select about 7cm long branches with apical bud, cut off the base leaves, and so on, after the incision is dry, insert it into the basin, and pour water once after it is inserted, it can take root in about half a month, and wait for the root to grow to the 3cm or so.

2.7 pruning

Geraniums are usually trimmed at least three times a year. Thinning branches in March, cutting off shedding flowers and overdense branches in May, and plastic surgery after autumn. Plastic surgery generally leaves 3-5 main branches with strong growth and symmetrical distribution near the base, and then cut short the main branches and lateral branches, so that the distribution of the branches of the whole plant is uniform and compact, and the plant shape is plump and short.

2.8 arrangement and placement

Geraniums bloom all year round and are suitable for display in restaurants, venues, halls, balconies, windowsills and desks.

These are all the key points of the conservation and management of geranium potted plants analyzed for you today. Flower friends who have cultivated geraniums can learn a lot!

Pay attention to the main points of raising geraniums in summer how to water geraniums

Summer is coming soon, and some plants will need different amount of water because of the light. Geranium is loved by many owners because of its cute shape and bright color. Summer is coming. How should we water the geranium? Let's take a look at the following methods.

In fact, flower watering is the same as eating, depending on the growth of the plant, the size of the flowerpot, the configuration of the pot soil, the planting environment, and so on. Next, please take a look at how the friends water the geranium.

Coordinates of Hua you: Shanghai

Culture environment: apartment balcony

Flowering age: one and a half years

When watering geraniums in summer, it is best to have a dry-wet alternation in about three days. If you can alternate one day, it will be even better. There is no need to worry about the problem that seedlings will die in summer. However, the cultivation environment is not used, the configuration of basin soil is different, the growth of plants and the species of Xiaotian are different, the method of watering and the time required for dry-wet alternation are also different. It is stated here that the growth environment of my Xiaotian is: indoor enclosed balcony; the substrate used is: 50% Danish Pinot peat, 20% perlite, 5% 10% vermiculite, 15% coal cinder, 5% perlite, 10% garden soil, a small amount of ceramsite.

First of all, let's talk about the culture environment:

We know that it may take half an hour for a freshly washed dress to dry in an outdoor ventilated place in summer, while it may take two hours to dry if it is hung indoors. The amount of evaporation outside is several times that of indoor. There is such a big difference between indoor and outdoor that the frequency of growing flowers and watering must not be the same. I often hear the flower lovers who grow the sky outside say that if they are watered in the morning, the pot soil will be dry in the evening. In the enclosed balcony of my home, the exuberant adult plants can only dry once in three or four days in sunny and dry weather. When it comes to rainy days, it will take five or six days to do it. In that case, it needs to be watered once a day outdoors, and only once every three or four days or even five or six days indoors, depending on the situation of the pot soil.

The second is the configuration of basin soil:

Due to the good air permeability of peat (because of its own structure), if peat culture can grasp the amount and frequency of watering, it will be very beneficial to the growth and development of plant roots and the full exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide and other gases around the roots. Therefore, the cultivation guidelines for Fischer geranium varieties recommend that the substrates are as follows: 55% of high quality peat, 20% of perlite and 510% vermiculite. 5% ceramsite.

The soil I grow myself has a peat content of about 50%. However, the water-holding capacity of peat is also very strong, according to data, its water-holding capacity can reach about 15-20 times its own weight, so the flower friends who use this matrix should not have more water. The pot soil is too wet for a long time in summer, which is easy to make the root system breathe poorly. Coupled with high temperature and high humidity, it is easy to breed fungi, which can easily lead to root asphyxiation and decay.

Through the above comparison, it can be seen that the maximum water content of different substrates is also different. Therefore, with the different configuration of basin soil, the method and amount of watering should also be different. If the peat content in the substrate of potted geraniums is high, it will not be possible to flood in summer for two reasons:

First, because in summer, except for angels and Dahuatian, both Zhitian and Chuantian are in a semi-dormant state of slow growth, with a small amount of absorption, so it is good for the basin soil to remain moist.

Second, because peat is not like sandy loam and garden soil, too much water can seep out from the basin bottom hole. In addition, if there is a continuous rainy day with high humidity, the dry-wet cycle of the basin soil will be slower and the longer it will take.

Finally, it is concluded that watering the geranium in summer must depend on the conservation environment and soil matrix to grasp the amount and frequency of watering, and try to make the basin soil dry and wet alternately.

How to water the geranium in summer

Summer is coming soon, and some plants will need different amount of water because of the light. Geranium is loved by many owners because of its cute shape and bright color. Summer is coming. How should we water the geranium? Let's take a look at the following methods.

Geranium figure 1

In fact, flower watering is the same as eating, depending on the growth of the plant, the size of the flowerpot, the configuration of the pot soil, the planting environment and other specific conditions, depending on the flowers and measures to local conditions. Next, please take a look at how the friends water the geranium.

Coordinates of Hua you: Shanghai

Culture environment: apartment balcony

Flowering age: one and a half years

When watering geraniums in summer, it is best to have a dry-wet alternation in about three days. If you can alternate one day, it will be even better. There is no need to worry about the problem that seedlings will die in summer. However, the cultivation environment is not used, the configuration of basin soil is different, the growth of plants and the species of Xiaotian are different, the method of watering and the time required for dry-wet alternation are also different. It is stated here that the growth environment of my Xiaotian is: indoor enclosed balcony; the substrate used is: 50% Danish Pinot peat, 20% perlite, 5% 10% vermiculite, 15% coal cinder, 5% perlite, 10% garden soil, a small amount of ceramsite.

First of all, let's talk about the culture environment:

We know that it may take half an hour for a freshly washed dress to dry in an outdoor ventilated place in summer, while it may take two hours to dry if it is hung indoors. The amount of evaporation outside is several times that of indoor. There is such a big difference between indoor and outdoor that the frequency of growing flowers and watering must not be the same. I often hear the flower lovers who grow the sky outside say that if they are watered in the morning, the pot soil will be dry in the evening. In the enclosed balcony of my home, the exuberant adult plants can only dry once in three or four days in sunny and dry weather. When it comes to rainy days, it will take five or six days to do it. In that case, it needs to be watered once a day outdoors, and only once every three or four days or even five or six days indoors, depending on the situation of the pot soil.

Figure 2 of the geranium

The second is the configuration of basin soil:

Due to the good air permeability of peat (because of its own structure), if peat culture can grasp the amount and frequency of watering, it will be very beneficial to the growth and development of plant roots and the full exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide and other gases around the roots. Therefore, the cultivation guidelines for Fischer geranium varieties recommend that the substrates are as follows: 55% of high quality peat, 20% of perlite and 510% vermiculite. 5% ceramsite.

The soil I grow myself has a peat content of about 50%. However, the water-holding capacity of peat is also very strong, according to data, its water-holding capacity can reach about 15-20 times its own weight, so the flower friends who use this matrix should not have more water. The pot soil is too wet for a long time in summer, which is easy to make the root system breathe poorly. Coupled with high temperature and high humidity, it is easy to breed fungi, which can easily lead to root asphyxiation and decay.

Through the above comparison, it can be seen that the maximum water content of different substrates is also different. Therefore, with the different configuration of basin soil, the method and amount of watering should also be different. If the peat content in the substrate of potted geraniums is high, it will not be possible to flood in summer for two reasons:

First, because in summer, except for angels and Dahuatian, both Zhitian and Chuantian are in a semi-dormant state of slow growth, with a small amount of absorption, so it is good for the basin soil to remain moist.

Second, because peat is not like sandy loam and garden soil, too much water can seep out from the basin bottom hole. In addition, if there is a continuous rainy day with high humidity, the dry-wet cycle of the basin soil will be slower and the longer it will take.

Finally, it is concluded that watering the geranium in summer must depend on the conservation environment and soil matrix to grasp the amount and frequency of watering, and try to make the basin soil dry and wet alternately.