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[marydmjj]

Did I get your attention?

My DH gave me a beautiful geranium and I would like to propogate it. Problem is, I don't know how. I've heard it is really easy to start new plants off of geraniums.

Does anyone know how? I need step-by-step directions. I have rooting hormone, seed starting mix, and a mini-greenhouse.

Thanks buds.

 

[mommytotwo]

It is very easy. Just cut off some branches and put them directly into the dirt. Do not over water them or you may spoil the stems and they will die-which you will know when they start turn brown and hollow.

 

[marydmjj]

Do I dip it in rooting hormone?

Do I take off all the leaves on the branch before I put it in the soil?

Should it be a branch that is blooming or not blooming?

 

[mommytotwo]

Originally posted by marydmjj
Do I dip it in rooting hormone?

Do I take off all the leaves on the branch before I put it in the soil?

Should it be a branch that is blooming or not blooming?

You could dip it in some rooting chemical, but I just put it directly into the ground and it does just fine. Take off the access leaves and branches that are at the bottom of the stalk-the portion that will go into the dirt, and it can either have blooms on it or not.

 

[marydmjj]

Shweet~ thank you for the details. For some reason I am a spaz at propogating and seed starting.

 

[chessie]

I had 2 pots of geraniums on my deck last year and at the end of the summer I cut them almost completely back to the ground. I brought them inside set them by my slider that gets the southern sun. I watered them only occasionally. They came back absolutely beautiful. In fact, they were blooming by Easter. I thought I would try propagating them this year. It doesn't sound to to hard.

 

[DebºoºS]

I divide my geraniums over the summer either rooting in water or directly in pots. The scented ones are very easy. The conventional pinks and reds sometimes die off. I take off leaves to a branch union.

When fall comes I carry some of them over by shaking the dirt off of & hanging them upside down in the (cool and dark) basement from the rafters. You don't have to hang them upside down but it helps get the dirt to fall off.

The scented and some pinks are repotted and live out the winter in my bathrooms. They get plenty of light and they smell good too.

This year I'm going to divide and hold over Martha Washington for the first time. She'll go in the kitchen where I can keep and eye on her

 

[Tulirose]

I was thinking of trying to save a coleus I have outside. Perhaps I will do the same with the geranium since you guys make it sound not too difficult.