After winter, geraniums usually look miserable: they have elongated, pale shoots and few leaves. This is natural and shouldn’t worry you too much. This doesn’t mean you can leave them alone. February is the only time to cut geraniums.
Shortening the shoots by even half stimulates the plant to produce new growths, and flowers will appear on them. If this step is skipped, the geranium will focus on pulling itself towards the light instead of setting buds.. Make the cut with a sharp, clean pruning shears, above the healthy eye. For geraniums, this will be a signal that it’s time to start a new season.
In February, geraniums should move from their cool wintering place to a brighter and slightly warmer place. This is the moment of their awakening, but not yet full vegetation. Keeping them in the basement or unheated garage for too long causes the shoots to weaken and the leaves to start falling off en masse.
In turn, exposing them to high temperatures too quickly may cause shock. A bright window sill in a cool room is the best solution. The optimal temperature for geraniums in February is 10-15 degrees Celsius. The plant will get light, but will not move too rapidly.
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After winter, many people want to feed geraniums with water and fertilizer as soon as possible, but in February this is a direct path to root rot. Watering should be sparingonly when the substrate is visibly dry.
It is best to postpone fertilization until the first new leaves appear. Feeding too early will cause the plant to produce weak, limp shoots that will not hold flowers in the summer. February is a time of preparation, not intensive growth.
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