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- Keep geraniums in newspaper overwinter - preparation and care
- Prepare and cut back geraniums
- Store packed geraniums properly and care for them
- Tips
Geraniums can be turned into newsprint for the winter
Keep geraniums in newspaper overwinter - preparation and care
Although geraniums (or geraniums, as the botanist calls them) are not hardy, they can be wintered to save space. All you have to do is wrap the root-bare plants in newspaper and store them in the dark cellar (or in the loft) at temperatures between five and ten degrees Celsius. Furthermore, you need to spray the plants over the winters only occasionally with water, so they do not dry out.
Prepare and cut back geraniums
But before you overwinter the geraniums well packed in newspaper, you must first prepare them. To
Now you can roll up the leafless and rootless geranium in newspaper, where you can either pack only the rhizome or the whole plant.
Store packed geraniums properly and care for them
Now place the plants next to each other in a box or staircase. Then put them in the basement or in the attic, provided it is dark and cool there. Optimal temperatures are between five and ten degrees Celsius. Do not forget to sprinkle the geraniums from time to time with a little water from a spray bottle - so the shoots do not dry out. From February, but at the latest in March, you can finally bring out the geraniums and pots properly. But do not put the plants out, but slowly get used to rising temperatures and increasing brightness. At the beginning, temperatures between 10 and 15 ° C are just right.
Tips
One of the most important rules for wintering plants - not just geraniums - is this: the warmer the winter quarters, the brighter it must be.