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Over wintering Pelargoniums

Talitha1031Talitha1031 Posts: 11
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Should I bring in Pelargoniums for the winter now? I live in the South East and temperatures are predicted to be no lower than 13c day and 10c night for the next week at least. They have pretty much stopped flowering and some leaves are shrivelling but there is new growth too. I have no green house but I do have a draughty shed with a window and an insulated but unheated windowless shed. I don't have any window sills except north facing with radiators underneath that go on and off, How and where is the best place to store them? All advice greatly appreciated image

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    I am coming to the conclusion that's it's hardly worth the effort of overwintering.

    i bought some from Morrisons in the Spring , trays of six at 2trays for 3 pounds, so that's 12 plants, they are still blooming. Unless you have a really special one you could throw them away and start again.

    you could take little cuttings of any specials, then keep on a window sill or worktop as they would only be in little pots.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Talitha1031Talitha1031 Posts: 11

    Thanks all, yes Verdun I can cover them with fleece, well that's my afternoon plannedimage

  • goochiegoochie Posts: 27

    No fleece this causes grey mould. This has been mentioned on various gardening programmes and I know from experience.  Just leave them in cold and light with very little watering in gritty mixture.  Good luck.

     

     

     

     

  • Jan WrightJan Wright Posts: 23
    Dig up and shake off old compost! Pot into clay pots not to big, just big enough to contain the roots and use a soil based compost i.e., John Innes! Unheated (frost free) porch facing south is ideal conditions for over wintering Pelargoniums. Water sparingly and dead head flowers or even prune lightly! If placed into a heated area they grow leggy and if not by light they grow towards any light they can!
  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970

    All my  pelargoniums are covered by fleece with no ill effects, throughout the winter, fleece breaths, I cover cuttings with it as well, albeit in a glasshouse with minimum heating.

  • arneilarneil Posts: 313

    I dug up all mine and cut them down two weeks ago, they are all in one long window box and outside , blimey just looked at them and they are all flowering . I haven't watered them , they are in a fairly sheltered place , I think they will go mouldy if I bring them in ? I don't have a shed as such image

  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970

    I still have some outside here in South Wales, no frosts forecast so far.

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