How to properly store geraniums in winter

When preparing geraniums for wintering, you need to pay attention to the age and variety of the plant. Because, for example, small bushes can be transplanted into pots and stored in apartment conditions (watering them periodically), but large ornamental shrubs will require a room with a cool temperature (balcony or cellar) and containers with substrate.

How to properly prepare a basement for storing geraniums

The basement is ideal for preserving pelargonium until spring. Before sending a flower for storage, the necessary preparation should be made in the room:

• first, the basement needs to be ventilated and the area for containers with geraniums cleared;
• make sure that the room is not very humid and the thermometer is within +7 °C;
• provide the basement with lighting (a flower needs 12 hours of light).

How to properly prepare geraniums for storage

At the end of October, all foliage and flower mass of pelargonium must be trimmed. Only trunks that have turned into wood and cuttings should be placed in prepared containers with substrate. There are several options for storing geraniums in the basement.

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The most common method is when pruned bushes are treated for parasites. All branches are freed from foliage, rhizomes without soil (without a large lump of it) are saturated with moisture by dipping them in a container of water, and then the plant is dried. After this, the geranium roots should be hidden under a newspaper or paper cover. It is worth remembering that the site of each cut must be disinfected with a special agent.

You can also dig up the geranium with a lump of soil. This way they will be able to avoid drying out. Such planting material should be folded vertically into closed cardboard boxes and ventilated from time to time.