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Geranium pruning

danielmoroslipdanielmoroslip Posts: 5
edited August 2023 in Problem solving
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Hi i got a nice geranium which i grew from a cutting and it grows nicely since i put it in a nice sunny spot in my balcony, but i wanted to ask if i should prune it, since i want to grew like a bush.
But i dont know exectly where is should prune it because im afraid ill ruin it.

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  • danielmoroslipdanielmoroslip Posts: 5

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If it were mine,  and I have been doing this this week I would cut off where I’ve marked in red,  strip off some of the bottom leaves pinch out the middle and push it deep in a new pot,  the bottom bit will shoot out bushy and you’ll have a lovely new plant.
    You obviously know how to do cuttings so you’ll be fine .  If you feel really adventurous you can get 2 out of the top bit. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • danielmoroslipdanielmoroslip Posts: 5
    edited August 2023
    Lyn said:
    If it were mine,  and I have been doing this this week I would cut off where I’ve marked in red,  strip off some of the bottom leaves pinch out the middle and push it deep in a new pot,  the bottom bit will shoot out bushy and you’ll have a lovely new plant.
    You obviously know how to do cuttings so you’ll be fine .  If you feel really adventurous you can get 2 out of the top bit. 

    Alright thanks ive cut in the middle but i didn't understand what you meant when you said pinch out the middle.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think @lyn means you to use the piece you’ve cut off as a cutting and make another plant. 

    “…strip off some of the bottom leaves pinch out the middle and push it deep in a new pot …” 

    Take off the bottom leaves. Trim the stem to just below a leaf joint … then push it deep in a new pot of compost … and pinch out (remove) the growing tip ‘in the middle’ which will encourage the cutting to develop side shoots and grow into a bush plant. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • danielmoroslipdanielmoroslip Posts: 5
    Lyn said:
    If it were mine,  and I have been doing this this week I would cut off where I’ve marked in red,  strip off some of the bottom leaves pinch out the middle and push it deep in a new pot,  the bottom bit will shoot out bushy and you’ll have a lovely new plant.
    You obviously know how to do cuttings so you’ll be fine .  If you feel really adventurous you can get 2 out of the top bit. 

    Oh what a dumbass i am i already threw away the part i cut hope the existing plant will grow into a bush
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Oh it will. It’s just that had you heard sed the cutting you would’ve had two fine plants. 

    But worry not … next year you can use some of the sideshoots to make some cuttings. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited August 2023
    Can you fetch it out of the bin?
    Keep the bit you cut off,   Strip some of the leaves off the bottom, pinch out the very top bit and push it deep into a pot of compost,  you’ll have a new plant,  if you like you can cut the piece you’ve cut off in half and make two new plants. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • danielmoroslipdanielmoroslip Posts: 5
    I cant fetch it :'(
    Hope the existing plant will do alright
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