How to deal with geranium rot

Geranium is a common variety of flower cultivation, there are many friends in the maintenance process, due to lack of experience or some unreasonable steps lead to the rotting of geraniums. So what to do with the rotten roots of geraniums? Come and have a look with the editor.

1. Remove rotten roots

When the rotten roots of the geranium appear in the process of culture, the rotten roots should be removed in time, and the healthy roots should be retained. After soaking with carbendazim for 24 hours, put it in a cool and ventilated place to dry, in order to avoid wound infection, disease, wait for the wound to heal and then change the pot and transplant.

2. Change the soil

The quality of the soil determines the root growth of geraniums, if the loose ability of cultivated geraniums is poor, and when there is stagnant water and muggy weather all the year round, it is easy to rot roots, so the best way is to replace the old soil. Then select the sandy loam which is rich in humus, good drainage and good permeability.

3. Turn the basin carefully

Many friends in the process of turning the basin of the geranium, if they accidentally lead to the phenomenon of root damage, after the root wound, the germs will take advantage of the wound, resulting in root disease, and the root rot phenomenon will easily occur if it is not treated in time, so you must be careful in the process of turning the geranium basin.

4. Controlling water and stopping fertilizer

In the process of breeding geraniums, we must control the number of watering, do not appear a large number of stagnant water phenomenon, otherwise it will lead to the phenomenon of rotten roots of geranium. Therefore, in the daily maintenance, we only need to keep the soil wet, and we need to stop fertilization during the relaxation period, so as to avoid root system burns and rot.

5. Pest control

Nematodes are the main pests that cause the rot of geranium roots. It is best to use artificial media such as perlite and vermiculite when planting, or disinfect the soil, and find diseased plants to be pulled out and burned in time.

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