Its Butterfly who has the 9ft pelargonium not Verdun.
I'd like to see that.
Mine are in the conservatory and some more hardy ones in a cold greenhouse. I do the pick up the pot test, if its light, water it.
I am still taking cuttings, I am an anytime gardener, if I need to do it, I do it. It usually works, same with the fuchsias, still popping bits in pots of water on the window sill.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Can someone please help me? This is my first post so excuse me if this is in the wrong place! I am a newbie when it comes to gardening but very excited about learning all aspects! I have brought some pelargoniums into the potting shed for the winter (cuttings and large Antik geraniums). I didn't cut the plants down before I brought them in which I see now from other posts I should have! They are losing a few leaves and starting to look a bit scraggy now, should I cut them down in the spring or leave them? Any other tips most appreciated!
As long as the potting shed is frost free I would leave them as they are at the moment keeping the soil almost but not quite dry. Don't worry about them being scraggy at the moment - they're more or less dormant. Then when you see them begin to start into growth in the spring I'd cut them back, pot them up in fresh compost and use what you've cut off as cuttings.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you for your replies! Yes my potting shed is half glass so plenty of light! I have been and watered them slightly as they were bone dry and wilted. How far down do I cut the ones that are over a meter tall when the time comes?
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9ft Verdun?!!!!! That must be some kind of record
Its Butterfly who has the 9ft pelargonium not Verdun.
I'd like to see that.
Mine are in the conservatory and some more hardy ones in a cold greenhouse. I do the pick up the pot test, if its light, water it.
I am still taking cuttings, I am an anytime gardener, if I need to do it, I do it. It usually works, same with the fuchsias, still popping bits in pots of water on the window sill.
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Mustn't comment when half asleep lol.
Can someone please help me? This is my first post so excuse me if this is in the wrong place! I am a newbie when it comes to gardening but very excited about learning all aspects! I have brought some pelargoniums into the potting shed for the winter (cuttings and large Antik geraniums). I didn't cut the plants down before I brought them in which I see now from other posts I should have! They are losing a few leaves and starting to look a bit scraggy now, should I cut them down in the spring or leave them? Any other tips most appreciated!
Hello Lynn8 and welcome
As long as the potting shed is frost free I would leave them as they are at the moment keeping the soil almost but not quite dry. Don't worry about them being scraggy at the moment - they're more or less dormant. Then when you see them begin to start into growth in the spring I'd cut them back, pot them up in fresh compost and use what you've cut off as cuttings.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you for your replies! Yes my potting shed is half glass so plenty of light! I have been and watered them slightly as they were bone dry and wilted. How far down do I cut the ones that are over a meter tall when the time comes?