Grandma's house in the village, a small window and lush geraniums on the windowsill. These associations are familiar to all of us from childhood. Now this plant with bright flowers is probably in every home. Why are geraniums so popular? Yes, because they are unpretentious, bloom for a long time and luxuriantly, decorate the interior of the house, being in a pot, or the design of the garden, if they grow on the site. We will tell you how to care for her, and help you figure out why geraniums do not bloom.
Geranium not blooming?
You think you know everything about geraniums, but sometimes it happens that a seemingly he althy plant suddenly stops blooming. It seems that you take care of your favorite flowers and surround them with care, but they do not want to please you with their bright flowering. So why don't geraniums bloom?
This is a plant that is scientifically called "pelargonium", although not whimsical, but when caring for it, you need to take into account some points. If one day your flower stopped blooming, then the reasons may be as follows:
- you may not be feeding your pelargonium enough ordo it with the wrong fertilizer;
- you water your beautiful geranium a lot, so it may stop blooming too;
- the pot is too big for her;
- no spring pruning;
- there is little light for geraniums, or it grows in direct sunlight;
- the air temperature in the house is not suitable for this flower;
- geranium stuffy.
As you can see, there are many reasons why geraniums do not bloom, but we will try to deal with each one.
How to properly care for geraniums
It is believed that pelargoniums make a person friendlier, help to achieve goals, attract goodness to the house and make it more comfortable. Here they are - indoor geranium flowers. Their care must be appropriate. Try to create the right conditions for geraniums, and they will thank you with beautiful and long flowering.
The set of measures for caring for geraniums is as follows:
- plant geraniums in a small pot so that it is a little crowded in it (greens grow in a large pot and a root grows, and geranium blooms poorly or does not bloom at all);
- pelargonium loves neighbors, so you can plant up to 4 bushes of this flower in one pot at once;
- the soil should be soddy with the addition of sand and humus, annually change the top layer of earth in a pot to a new one;
- repot your geranium every 2 years;
- the room should be well lit, but do not put a pot ofplant directly under the sun;
- do not water the flower unnecessarily, but do it only if the soil dries out (preferably more often, but less);
- watering, make sure that water does not fall on the leaves and flowers, pour under the root;
- when feeding, avoid organic fertilizers, better use potassium and phosphorus supplements (feed every week if possible);
- in summer it is better to keep geraniums on the balcony in the fresh air, and in winter put pots away from radiators (geraniums like to winter at a temperature of 10-15 degrees);
- prune pelargonium bushes and remove dried flowers (shorten stems by about half);
- plant your geraniums in a flower bed for the summer, if possible.
If you follow these simple rules, then you will not wonder why geraniums do not bloom.
