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Post by rdywenur on Nov 27, 2007 10:23:44 GMT -7
My poor geraniums lasted all the way till Thanksgiving Day when we had our first snow storm and cold freezing weather. These were my best geraniums to date. I even couldn't believe how great they bloomed the whole summer season. (maybe they were just happy to have me home taking care of them each day...LOL) I am going to miss them and not looking forward to the Winter.   |
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Post by valpomike on Nov 27, 2007 10:49:16 GMT -7
Rdywenur,
Next year you can plant new ones, and more of them. Some bring them in for the winter, not me. I know some people who have had the same ones for several years, but it takes a lot of extra work for this, and not for me.
Michael Dabrowski
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Post by rdywenur on Nov 27, 2007 11:00:28 GMT -7
Michael, My mom use to do this. (bring in for the winter) My friends sister brings hers into the garage and it looks like a tree now. I have no idea how old it is but going strong. My mom actually pulled them out of the ground and put hem into a bucket occasionally maybe misting them. I unfortunately live in an apt so my flowers die each year and I must replace them in the spring. Does seem a shame when one knows that geraniums can come in and be saved.
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Post by jeanne on Nov 27, 2007 16:50:51 GMT -7
Rdy,
I had a couple of pots of geraniums on my front stairs this summer that were given to me by students at the end of the school year. They were still alive when I removed them at Halloween (so the little goblins wouldn't trip over them). Since I had a large, unheated porch on the side of my house, I decided to bring them in there and see what happens. I trimmed them back a bit and I'll water occasionally (it never really freezes out there). Hopefully I'll have some ready-made plants come spring.
Jeanne
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Post by freetobe on Nov 27, 2007 20:17:34 GMT -7
Geranium growers,
Take the ones you love best in side a non freezing building. Simple to pot those in the ground
Any old container will do. Amazing how they survive. Mine in the ground that have not been potted are still doing well. You have to love your plants and gardening to do this.
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Post by rdywenur on Nov 28, 2007 7:26:22 GMT -7
Guys thanks for the input. I am aware of taking care of my plants since I only have a patio I am quite limited to what I could do. I was just commenting originally about my flowers I guess because they were the nicest so far + lasted the longest and I missed loosing them. Now they are sitting frozen and dead. (so I was sad)
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Post by suzanne on Dec 4, 2007 18:56:33 GMT -7
Do any of you know if geraniums that are brought inside (and kept alive over many years) remain bushy or do they get "leggy"? I've never tried bringing them inside; I've always just regarded them as a single-season plant
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Post by rdywenur on Dec 5, 2007 6:08:45 GMT -7
Suzanne....my friends sister who has brought in her geranium into her garage each season has one that just looks like a giant geranium tree almost like a poinsettia tree. It looks full and huge but not leggy. My mom use to plant hers in the front of her house and pull them up each fall and putt hem into an old metal pail she had and on occasion slightly water them and in the spring replant them each year. If I had a place to put mine I would have just dragged into my apt and treat it as a plant but no space.
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