How to manage geraniums in winter

Pelargonium is warm and afraid of cold. In winter, special attention should be paid to cold prevention and freezing. Geranium cultivation in the northern region, should be in the frost when the arrival of the pot plant moved indoors, placed in the sun window, so that it fully accept the light. If the light is insufficient, the plant is easy to grow, affecting the formation of flower buds, and even

The buds that have formed will also wither due to insufficient light. If in the south, should also be in the early winter after the pot plant moved to the shelter warm sunny place, both easy to pot more sun, but also easy to avoid the cold. The indoor temperature should be maintained at 15℃ to 20℃ during the day and not lower than 10℃ at night. In the environment of low temperature, the growth of plants is weak, which is not conducive to flower bud differentiation, flowering less, or even no flowering, but the environment of temperature higher than 25℃ is also unfavorable for its growth and flowering. Pelargonium drought-like fear of wet, so daily watering should be appropriate, winter more can not be watered every day, even in dry weather, generally five to seven days to irrigate water, keep the pot soil slightly dry can be seen wet. Too much watering can cause yellow leaves to fall off, thus affecting flowering, and even cause rot and death. However, regular spraying with water leaves, keep leaves clean, conducive to photosynthesis. If you want to make geranium bloom continuously, you need to supply sufficient nutrients. Generally, you should apply thin liquid fertilizer once every 10 days or so. You can mix bean cake, hoof and fishy water. After fermentation, add water to use. You can also use compound fertilizer sold by@#@204 @#@, only 3 to 5 tablets each time. Pelargonium branches more, in order to promote its multi-flowering, to plant for many times to pick the heart, promote its multi-branching, multi-bud pregnancy. After the flower withers, the residual flowers should be cut off in time, and the branches that are too dense or thin should be cut off to avoid consuming nutrients. However, in the middle of winter, it is not advisable to cut again.