How to care for geraniums

Do you have a balcony, and you think you can do something more creative than using it for drying clothes? Would you like to celebrate spring with a few flowers, but you have fate wither even plastic flowers in the bathroom?

There is still hope for you. Just start with something simple: a robust plant that does not require too much care but can still give you a beautiful bloom.

Geraniums are certainly a good place to start is not by chance are the most common flowers from the balcony. Here are some tips to make life easier both for them and for you!

Instructions

• They must receive sufficient sunlight. The flowering will be poor, no matter how they will water.
• Do not need instead very large for vessels: the roots reach the modest size (another advantage).
• In winter, unfortunately, tend to die, especially in colder climates; but just a few tips, how to repair them with the wind of non-woven fabric (it is in the best garden shops and nurseries) and remember to water them when the weather is warm (never, never in the evening before going to bed: winter the temperature drops enough to freeze the water in the ground, sending suffering the roots).
• It is important to remove dead leaves and flowers now dry: cut them with scissors garden (not recycled paper!) About 1 cm from the root of the stem, so you will avoid ” scratching ” exposure to pest attacks.
• During spring and summer, the geraniums are often wet because the soil should never dry out. Not the overturned a jug of water on him would end with the exit from the drain holes after ” drowned ” the roots: take some time, let gently slide a bit of water just below the leaves, and when you see that the earth absorbed, pour a little.
• The potted geraniums go every year. Use potting soil, peat, and clay (or go to the nursery and specify ” soil that works for the geraniums “). For the more experienced: a pinch of calcium carbonate will raise the soil’s pH for the benefit of the plant.
• An Urban legend: many use the funds Moka coffee as fertilizer for geraniums. Be careful because you run the risk of dragging into the soil of the mold. Rather let it dry in the sun and only after carefully spread it in the jar.