Technical guidance on planting and caring for geraniums

The geraniums are quite beautiful, or they are bought by the women on the occasion of Tet holiday, just pay a little attention to the planting techniques, the geraniums will produce beautiful flowers.

Geraniums with a variety of colors have different meanings. At present, in Vietnam, the style of the leprechaun which women love to plant in the balcony brings a brilliant appearance to the cold winter. To be able to have decorative geranium pots, let's learn techniques of planting trees and taking care of this beautiful flower.

Characteristics

Body : Geranium is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows vertically, branching a lot. Round stem with small feathers covered. When mature, about 20 - 50 cm high.

Leaves : Oval leaves growing on the stem of the tree grow water. The geranium leaves are dark green in color, on the surface with a thick coat of hair that protects the leaves from insects. The aromatic leafy geranium has a special smell emanating from the essential oil in the leaves. When crumpled, it will smell the aroma emanating from the leaves, which may be lemon, mint, pine, fruit, even chocolate. Because of the wonderful scent, this type of geranium is like " Angel of perfume ".

The right planting and selection techniques will produce beautiful draft pots

Flowers : There are two types: single geraniums (5 wings) and double with typical colors such as white, pink, orange, orange, red, magenta, purple and two colors. King's geranium with big petals, often purple, purple and pink with beautiful colors. Left: The fruit of the geranium is shaped like a crane, so in English it is known as the geranium because it comes from the Greek word "geranos" meaning crane.

Planting techniques

Cuttings : Choose to cut cuttings from healthy mother trees, without pests and diseases. On the mother tree, select the cut-off section (the body is brown-green, not too old, but not too young). Each piece of cuttings is about 10 cm long, with at least 2-3 healthy eyes. Beveling a 45 degree angle to have the largest contact area will give the highest rooting rate. Remove all leaves leaving only the stem stalks about 1-2 mm. Can cuttings directly into pots, in pots or on nursery beds, grow into seedlings and then transplant into pots.

Like other plants, the geranium can be grown by planting techniques from seeds or cuttings

Sowing seeds : You can take seeds from the left after the flower season, or buy seeds from abroad. Each bag of seeds contains about 20 seeds. The seeds are quite small. From the time until the flowering time it takes about 18 - 20 weeks. Pour the substance into a plastic basin with a hole in the bottom. Equally, mix well. Can also use garden soil. Sow seeds into rows 2cm apart. The distance of each seed is 5cm. Water mist every morning and cover glass or nylon paper to keep it moist. After 2 weeks of opening nylon paper or removing glasses, avoid watering the soil well to avoid rot. When the first leaf grows, separate the small pot. Lift and lift with 2 fingers of seedlings with some soil.

Take care of

Care is an important step in planting techniques

- Fertilizing : Geranium suitable for planting in pots, hanging rolls. If you want the plants to bloom brilliantly throughout the season, you should apply the fertilizer every 2-4 weeks.

- Water amount : Geranium does not require much water so it is only necessary to marry 1-2 days / time when the ground has been dry to avoid rooting. However, if there is a lot of deciduous trees, then there is a shortage of water.

- Lighting : Geraniums live well in bright or semi-sunny conditions, semi-shady.

- Time of flowering : Flowers bloom many times from winter to summer; and will return when cold air comes. Each flower starts from the beginning of hatching until it lasts more than 2 weeks.

- After the flower has died, use a sharp knife to cut the stem close to the root, remove the old leaves, cultivate the gourd surface, apply more fertilizer, water enough to continue to sprout for the new flowers.