geraniums Thought
is a plant cultivated for its showy flowers in gardens, planters, balconies bright and sunny windows. Features
Perennial, erect, much branched, semi-ligneous stems, reaches 0.5 to 1.5 meters high. Leaves rounded at the top and sharply toothed, measuring 5 to 10 centimeters.
Most varieties are bicolor or tricolor flowers. Soil
are planted outdoors from mid-October, 35-40 cm apart, with their loaves of land.
fertilization and irrigation improvement Bloom using 20-30 grams of bone meal per plant or 300 grams per square meter of stonemason, built the soil at planting. 
be watered every 2-3 days avoid wetting the foliage and flowers. Propagation
This is done by cutting in spring or early summer.
Care takes a lot of light for 4 hours minimum.
shortening the shoots with pruning in spring stimulates sprouting. It
protect from midday sun to avoid burning the tender leaves.
plants are renewed every 2 or 3 years.
prefers low humidity atmosphere.
Troubleshooting
sprouting spring leaves small and weak: required change in container or substrate.
Shoots elongated and weak (low light), transferred to a brighter place.
yellow leaves with red spots (excessive sunlight): protect from sunlight midday.
geranium propagation
thoughtThe scion is prepared with a terminal bud cut three or four pairs of leaves.
Cut the bottom pair of leaves and the base is coated with rooting hormone.Placed on a wet substrate composed of peat and perlite or peat land equally developed roots in three weeks.
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