These are my favourite plant for the garden. I have just grown my own this year some from seed and some from plugs, would love to get cuttings for next year.
Very new to gardening so these questions may be a bit basic
"Select healthy, squat and fat shoots. Remove them from the parent plant by cutting immediately above a bud"
Q. What is meant by a bud?
"Remove flower buds and lower leaves from the bottom half of each cutting and cut the stem just below a node"
Hi Bud808 think you might be getting things mixed up.
I began this message trying to explain what it all means but it got quite lengthy and difficult to describe without being able to draw a diagram so i have had to give up.
I think the best is for you to get a book on gardening and give yourself time to read and digest the basics of taking cuttings there are many books on the subject.
Please don't stop writing in as there are lots of experianced people here to help.
I have quite a few double coloured Geraniums that have given me a wonderful display this summer (what little we've had of one that is) so I shall most certainly be giving this a go later on today, Fingers crossed they survive ok in the greenhouse over winter.
I have quite a few double coloured Geraniums that have given me a wonderful display this summer (what little we've had of one that is) so I shall most certainly be giving this a go later on today, Fingers crossed they survive ok in the greenhouse over winter.
Pelargoniums will.....and do...survive for me in an unheated greenhouse. Often they survive outdoors. But then i am in sw cornwall. The main thing is to keep them fairly dry in the winter only watering during warm spells when it is obvious they need it. Bud808 read up a little to see what buds and nodes are.it really is not difficult. Pelargonium cuttings are best taken and left for day before potting. Cuttings do best on the edge of pot too.
They may survive for you-you are fortunate in your location-but as a general rule they will not-the damp or cold will see them off-for insurance they are best kept indoors on a sunny windowsill during the winter
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These are my favourite plant for the garden.
I have just grown my own this year some from seed and some from plugs, would love to get cuttings for next year.
Very new to gardening so these questions may be a bit basic
"Select healthy, squat and fat shoots. Remove them from the parent plant by cutting immediately above a bud"
Q. What is meant by a bud?
"Remove flower buds and lower leaves from the bottom half of each cutting and cut the stem just below a node"
Q. What is a node?
I began this message trying to explain what it all means but it got quite lengthy and difficult to describe without being able to draw a diagram so i have had to give up.
I think the best is for you to get a book on gardening and give yourself time to read and digest the basics of taking cuttings there are many books on the subject.
Please don't stop writing in as there are lots of experianced people here to help.
I have quite a few double coloured Geraniums that have given me a wonderful display this summer (what little we've had of one that is) so I shall most certainly be giving this a go later on today, Fingers crossed they survive ok in the greenhouse over winter.
In an unheated greenhouse they will not survive
Thanks Sotongeoff, It'll be the hallway for them then!
They may survive for you-you are fortunate in your location-but as a general rule they will not-the damp or cold will see them off-for insurance they are best kept indoors on a sunny windowsill during the winter