Autumn is approaching rapidly, which we feel more and more every day. It is much cooler outside, but geraniums still decorate our balconies and terraces. They can be a beautiful decoration of the home space even until November, provided that we provide them with adequate care. Most gardeners forget about one important procedure.
Each of us knows perfectly well that balcony plants even need water in autumn, but much less than in summer. So let’s water the geraniums only when the earth is slightly moist. Pouring can lead to rotting roots and yellowing of the leaves.
Let’s not forget that these plants prefer sunny positions. Therefore, even after the summer they need at least 6 hours in light.
In autumn, the removal of faded inflorescences should be continued. Then the specimens will not lose energy on seed production. However, they will focus on releasing buds.
It can not do without fertilization either. From September, let’s use fertilizers rich in phosphorus and potassium responsible for abundant flowering.
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In autumn, it is worth fertilizing geranium with garlic conditioner. It has sulfur compounds that support plant health. It also provides them with the necessary potassium responsible for abundant flowering and intense color of flowers. That’s not all …
Garlic has a deterrent effect on pests, e.g. spider mites. After such fertilizer, specimens grow healthy, strong and begin to release a lot of flowers, and all this without the risk of survival and burdening the environment with chemical preparations.
How to make fertilizer from this vegetable? At the beginning we crush 2 heads of garlic and pour 2 liters of water. Set such a mixture for 24-48 hours in a dark and cool place. After this time, we dilute the mixture with water in a 1: 2 ratio and water it with geraniums once a week.
In late autumn, when frosts come, even fertilization will not help in the abundant flowering of geraniums. At a temperature below 10 degrees Celsius. You can put them in a warmer room for the night and put it outside in the morning.
Nothing prevents me from wintering geraniums. Then We transfer specimens to a bright room, where the temperature is from 5 to 12 degrees Celsius. We water them once every few weeks and stop fertilizing.
At the turn of February and March, we put geraniums in a warmer room at 15 to 18 degrees Celsius. We cut their shoots and exaggerate them to new, fertile soil. We start watering and fertilizing with low doses more frequently. In May they will be ready to expose.
