geranium

Has anyone ever come across a climbing geranium.? My friend inherited one when she moved house.?

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"Trailing Geraniums", "Climbing Geraniums" are all IVY Geraniums. They are actually Pelargoniums. But we ALL call them Geraniums. I have seen Ivy Geraniums climb if they have some support. But it always seems accidental. I don't know if you could really train them to go where you want.

Has anyone ever come across a climbing geranium.? My friend inherited one when she moved house.?
It's called an ivy geranium, I think that's what you mean. Take care of it just like a regular one, they will spread to several times thier size. they look great in hanging baskets and will droop to about two feet.
Reply:i knew you could get trailing geraniums but not climbers!

unless it's the same thing. tell your friend good luck with it, I'm sooo jealous!!!
Reply:Yes I had one , the blooming thing wouldn't stay in it's pot

, I lost count of how many times I had to get it down from the curtains LOL

How do I kill creeping charlie (wild geranium in these parts)? It drinks Killex and laughs at dethatching.?

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Alas, poor Yorick!

You must remove these delightful beauties by hand! Make sure to get them before they bloom and dispose of all weeds in a plastic bag--they will make seeds even after being pulled!

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Can Someone Give Me A Sentence For Geranium? DEFINITION : An Herb Often Grown For Its Bright Flower.?

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Please? ;D

I THINK THIS IS RIGHT SPOT O_O!

Can Someone Give Me A Sentence For Geranium? DEFINITION : An Herb Often Grown For Its Bright Flower.?
I have a handful of geranium grown in my backyard
Reply:The dog p--'d on my lovely pink geranium. :(
Reply:I could not find Geranium in my herb book.

(but i did find it in my flower book)

Where can i buy the new yellow geranium from? it is called guernsey fair.?

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I've come across a lovely blue geranium, but unfortunately, not a yellow.

How long does it take for a geranium plant to grow?

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I planted 4 little guys ( 6 inch pot ) in a a 6x6 foot area. 3 years later I was trimming the sides off. The area had a lot of rocks and the dirt is as hard as a rock, but they seem happy. They only get about 3 hours of direct sun in the afternoon and I only water them once or twice a week. Geraniums are very hardy and grow easily and fast.

How long does it take for a geranium plant to grow?
MY FAVORITE!

how big is it?

mine are getting big in a mostly morning sun spot on my front lawn area, make sure you have lots of water for them.
Reply:Mine grow great and have constant blooms with bi-weekly use of Miracle grow.

PS: I have notice my red ones grow faster than the pink.
Reply:reach full growth 8 years
Reply:It hard to say. It matters where it is kept the room temperature how often you water it and how fertile th soil is.

For it to germinate i would say 3 - 14 days to start to shoot up about 15 - 18 days and then about 25 - 40 to grow quite a reasonable height.

It should say on the pack of seeds.

To grow to full height you're saying about 7- 9 years.

What kinds of pigment are present in Geranium leafs?

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thanks

What kinds of pigment are present in Geranium leafs?
Chlorophyll and Xanthophyll both.
Reply:Mostly chlorophyll, but also xanthophylls--they're the yellow pigments which show up when the chlorophyll fades at the end of the growing season.

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Where is the best place to buy geranium oil?

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arts/ crafts store like mjdesigns or hobby/lobby im sure it would be in the candle making supply

How much of a 5 yr. established geranium that's about 3ft.by3 may i prune w/out shocking it?

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It's not really flowering right now so i thought i'd prune it. i'm thinking 1/4 to 1/3 of it. They're very hardy but i've had some idiots severely butcher them and kill them.

How much of a 5 yr. established geranium that's about 3ft.by3 may i prune w/out shocking it?
Geraniums are very tolerant. Actually you could cut it down almost to the dirt, and it would come back.
Reply:ed is correct but i would give it a prune of about a third and some fertiliser and it will be right

Where can I purchase a potted "Jungle geranium" (Ixora coccinea L.)?

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Dintelmann's Nursery

Where can I purchase a potted "Jungle geranium" (Ixora coccinea L.)?
WELL!...from a "potted jungle geranium salesperson"... at the "jungle geranium store"... where else?! I just got 3 of them!

BEAUTIES they are...
Reply:Hi

Hope these site help for a start.

Dave

I want to purchase (2) hanging geranium plants for the front of house,facing south. Do they like fertilizer?

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how much water?

I want to purchase (2) hanging geranium plants for the front of house,facing south. Do they like fertilizer?
Yes definitely fertilize once a week. You can use liquid fertilizer or they sell fertilizer that you put in once for the entire season (they are time released) Depending if they are in full sun and how hot depends how much you water. In pots, I would water every day--You don't want them to dry out completely. Also remember that when a flower blooms then dies, make sure you cut it off-- that will make it so that the energy is left to produce new blooms.
Reply:Yes they Like Fertilizer it gives them more and Stronger Blooms. I suppose Miracle Gro will do nicely as Fertilizer,use between now and September every Week. When you think it is starting to dry out put Water in it. I would say about a Pint of Water per Plant. I had Hanging Geraniums one Year very nice Plants.
Reply:yesmthey need alittle sun,morning is best water when competly dry i use miracle grow time release.
Reply:Here's a link that explains all you need to know about your geraniums:

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/...

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I just bought a regal camelot geranium and I'm trying to find info about them - height, flowering, etc?

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go back to place of purchase and ask for information

Why are the leaves on my geranium flower turning yellow?

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i have always heard to pull off the leaves when they turn yellow and new ones will grow back. well, i have plenty of flower blooms, but no leaves, and it doesn't look like any new leaves are coming in. any suggestions?

Why are the leaves on my geranium flower turning yellow?
It could be you have been over-watering or perhaps you over-fertilized and burned the leaves.
Reply:check the soil and the roots of the plants. Two problems, one too much water, two bugs. if the soil is too wet let it dry out some before watering again. If its bugs there are several products on the market. Also the nitrogen in the soil may be too rich. I use miracle grow potting soil that has a balance of nitrogen in the soil.
Reply:you are watering the flowers to much
Reply:Needs feeding and probably does not have good drainage. Make sure there is drain holes in the bottom of the pot. Feed with Miracle grow, they love it and it will grow leaves back. Good Luck.
Reply:could be lack of sufficient light or water. Geraniums usually can tolerate a lot of neglect - they do best that way. If you fertilise too much you get leaves instead of flowers. your plant seems to b the opposite so I think it could be either the light situation or water.

hope that helps
Reply:I believe you are over-watering the poor thing.

I just bought a regal camelot geranium and I'm trying to find info about them - height, flowering, etc?

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Class: Annual

Growth habit: Upright shrub

Max height: 16" - 22"

Spread: 18" - 24"

Theres a little more info at the site below..looks intresting.I may have to get one LOL!!

Where can i buy dried rose geranium leaves? not the essential oil, i make herbal incense.?

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San Francisco Herb Co. has tons of things for projects like that.

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What is the Atomic weight of geranium?

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Germanium, atomic number 32, has an atomic weight of 72.64.

What is the Atomic weight of geranium?
Germanium (IPA: /dʒə(r)ˈmeɪniəm/) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. This is a lustrous, hard, silver-white metalloid that is chemically similar to tin. Germanium forms a large number of organometallic compounds and is an important semiconductor material used in transistors.
Reply:Geeez....look it up on a periodic table! That would take less effort than it took you to type your question!
Reply:Germanium - 72.64 g/mole
Reply:Ge : atomic number 32 n atomic mass 72.61.
Reply:germanium?? -- Atomic Weight = 72.59
Reply:germanium

A brittle, crystalline, gray-white metalloid element, widely used as a semiconductor, as an alloying agent and catalyst, and in certain optical glasses. Atomic number 32; atomic weight 72.59; melting point 937.4°C; boiling point 2,830°C; specific gravity 5.323 (at 25°C); valence 2, 4.

What should I do when my geranium cuttings start to turn yellow please?

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You should keep them in water until roots have begun to grow - so if your yellowing ones are potted up take them out, trim the end of the stem, remove seriously yellowed leaves, and put them in water. When roots have developed pot them again, if no roots develop within 2-3 weeks then discard. Healthy geranium cuttings are generally almost 100% success rate, but the yellowing suggests you might be better off starting again with fresh cuttings if you can.

What should I do when my geranium cuttings start to turn yellow please?
You may be over-watering them, or they might need fertilizer or iron, or they are kept too warm.
Reply:Cut the end of the stems off to freshen them up. Then place them in water with a little sugar and salt added. They will last much longer.
Reply:Go to the doctor?
Reply:Were you trying to root them and they turned yellow. Sometimes that just happens before they take root and then they will come back to life and spread. Some make it and some don't. I think if you put Vitamin B in the soil and just baby it, water it and put in the sun, it might just be ok. You will know later of course, but don't give up. If it gets really limp like it is going to die, then that might be too late, but if it just goes a little yellow but the stalk is still green, just leave it alone and will eventually be ok, it might take into the next season, but time will tell. They can really spread just from a cutting, so hang in there. Unfortunately, the snails like them and draw the snails, but you can put snail bate if you have no animals to protect with the bait as it is poison to animals, dogs, cats, etc., pets.
Reply:Things to consider:

Where were the cuttings taken from (leaf, twig, stem, root, old growth, new growth)?

Do you have a big cutting that can't get the nourishment it needs from the cut end? Shorten the stem or remove leaves low on the stem allowing more food to get to the upper, growing tips.

Is the water clean or getting moldy? Keep it clean.

Do not keep it too hot or too cold, room temp is ok.

Do not give it full sunlight, it can't use it now.

Too much fertilizer can kill a plant. If you must fertilize, use very little and use something with a high proportion of phosphorous (the second number)- it helps roots grow.

Sugar in the water might help. Vitamin B complex might help.

Salt in the water won't help.

Some plants root best if put in a damp medium such as peat moss or perlite. When roots form, do not try to remove the rooting medium, just place the soil with embedded roots into a more permanent pot. Roots need air too, so drowning them in water or very wet soil can kill even healthy roots.

Cacti have weak, sensitive roots that rot easily but I rooted a broken piece in damp perlite in a month or so.

The biggest mistake people make is "loving their plants to death" by giving them too much water or too much fertilizer. Too much of a good thing is not good.
Reply:cut them down and put indoors 4 the winter
Reply:give them more light

CAN THE SPENT FLOWER OF A GERANIUM BE SAVED AND PLANTED AS SEEDS FoR ANOTHER SEASON LIKE OTHER FLOWERS?

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iIVE HAD THEM WINTER OVER IN THE HOUSE UNTIL FOLLOWING YEAR......BUT IF YOU CAN ALSO JUST SAVE THE OLD DEAD FLOWER AS YOU DO WITH OTHER ANNUAL PLANTS THAT WOULD BE GREAT....THANKS

CAN THE SPENT FLOWER OF A GERANIUM BE SAVED AND PLANTED AS SEEDS FoR ANOTHER SEASON LIKE OTHER FLOWERS?
umm if i understand the question correctly you want to "reproduce" geraniums? you need to take cutting of the plant and root them, using rooting compound helps a lot and is readily available in your local garden center.good luck
Reply:Yes you can but only IF the flowers set seeds. You can tell this by looking at the base of each little segment of the flower head and if it swollen then it has a seed.
Reply:You can certainly make another plant - it would be most easy to take a cutting. The seeds might be less likely to be successful.

The leaves on some of my geranium plants, now outdoors, have gone a bright red colour. Is this a problem?

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It just means they are suffering from stress. Thsi usually happens in autumn as the temperature drops and the plant begins to shut down but I expect it's just a bit of a shock if they're just been put outdoors. They should get over it, make sure they don't stay too wet.

The leaves on some of my geranium plants, now outdoors, have gone a bright red colour. Is this a problem?
this has happened to mine, but they are still flowering, i just take the sickly looking leaves off...
Reply:no jus pick them off with thumb and forfinger.
Reply:This is a problem caused by wind, it will not harm the plant , dont worry.
Reply:It's the change of air, don't worry give them water and they will be fine.

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I want to buy scented pelargoium/geranium plants. Please let me know where I can buy them in Singapore?

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What is the reason my geranium leaves are going red (and some yellow)?

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red leaves are caused by the temperature going colder than the geranium likes... it will signal a slowdown in energy... the plant will not produce blooms for a while... it will , in effect, pout........

yellow leaves are too much water.....

What is the reason my geranium leaves are going red (and some yellow)?
over watering / not enough sun

its not a problem, they are very tollerant of different conditions.... just take off the red / yellow leaves, or even cut off the whole section if its bad....

just make sure some green is left on it.... get it outside in the sun, and let it dry out a little... :-)

i'd appriciate you answering my question too :-)
Reply:geraniums don't like to be watered all the time. let them dry out in between, them give them a good dose of water, so it runs out the bottom. They might also need a slow release fertilizer.
Reply:Fluctuations in temperature,plus too much water. If they are in pots reduce water (Geraniums require very little water) and move them to a warmer/sheltered place.

OMG how do you grow geranium cuttings without killing them?

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How do you grow a good sized cutting without killing it lol?

(yea i accidentally did :(!!!!)

OMG how do you grow geranium cuttings without killing them?
cut a piece of geranium stem with several leaves, remove the lower two leaves,

put the cutting on a table without any water

this is a very important step, the cutting needs to callus and the end needs to dry thoroughly prior to being planted or placed in water.

after the cutting has dried for at least a couple of hours, lightly dust the cut end with rooting hormone and place in water

do not let any leaves be submerged

if you don't have rooting hormone just place the cutting in water after it has dried for several hours

place in a window that gets bright indirect light

plant when roots are 2 inches long

EDIT- as someone who has taken 500 cuttings every morning for weeks I do recommend the air callusing because it reduces the incidence of rot and when a home gardener has only a few plants to take cuttings from you don't want to run the risk of letting even one of your babies rot.

use a sharp knife also. fluff
Reply:New growth cutting will root in water in 5-7 days. Sorry Fluff, you don't have to let cuttings dry - cut, to water immediately. Change the water if it gets cloudy.

Grape leaf geraniums won't root in water, must use rootone, place in damp potting soil.
Reply:YOU MURDERER!!!!

What causes yellow leaves on geranium plants?

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It sounds like your problem is either too much water or not enough water. Geraniums and begonias like well drained soil. They need a drink, but not moist soil. I water mine once a week, instead of every other day like I do my other flowers and ferns.

What causes yellow leaves on geranium plants?
Yellow leaves on plants are usually an indication of over watering.
Reply:When I first started gardening I loved my plants to death! It cost me a lot of money replacing plants every couple of weeks!

Its more than likely too much water. I now wait until the top two inches of my plants gets dry before I water them. You can use a moisture meter to measure the top couple of inches of dirt or you can use your finger.

Hope this helps.
Reply:Most likely over-watering or over-feeding...Check around base of plant to see what's going on...If it's in a pot it may need to be transplanted and you should tip it out to check the soil and roots, anyway.
Reply:Lack of water and sun and proper nutrients.
Reply:yellow leaves means too much water
Reply:Certain plants, like geraniums, naturally have yellow leaves. It's just an older leaf, and past a certain age, they begin to yellow. You may be doing nothing wrong if you have a few yellow leaves.
Reply:sounds like you're overwatering your plants.

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Have you ever seen a Geranium with yellow blooms?

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Geranium is the word used for what is truly a pelargonium. It's the one that is an annual in this midwest climate.

A true geranium is often a perrenial and I haven't seen yellow. There are several nice varieties I've been happy with from a mail order place.

Have you ever seen a Geranium with yellow blooms?
Nope...have you?
Reply:Why no, I haven't.

I need help taking a geranium cutting. I have tried soooo many times. what am i doing wrong?

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does anyone know where there is a video or images of exactly where to cut and how?

I need help taking a geranium cutting. I have tried soooo many times. what am i doing wrong?
Belize Missionary is correct about letting them dry at the wound site--this is due to rot setting in other wise--then you would notice that your plant stem will get mushy then "croak".

I just stick them in moist soil - but not soaking. They usually root in about a week or two--but don't peak in the soil because you may dislodge the new little root hairs. Make sure you keep off any little flower buds so that all the stimulation is going to growing roots. After you get the knack, you'll find geranium propagation to be a breeze. Good luck!
Reply:You should harvest a cutting about 6 inches long, and doesn't have a flower or flower bud on it (flowering drains energy from it). It should be leafy, and have at least a couple of leaves near the base. Snip those lower leaves off, the buds will be where the roots grow from. Set the cutting in a cup of water, and don't let it dry out. Indirect light, and lots of it. Once roots form, stick it in potting soil and keep it moist. It'll take several weeks.
Reply:just take a cutting, leave it laying around for a couple of days (yes -really!), strip off all the lower leaves, put in a pot of clean soil and water well. keep moist and the cutting should root in a few days.

an alternative method would be to take a cutting, put it in a bottle of water and allow it to root. this works best if you use something like the bottom of a plastic liter bottle. when the geranium begins to root you can add a little bit of soil to the container. gradually add more and more. eventually you cutting will be growing in soil, though it was rooted in water.

hope this helps....and i am very serious about allowing the geranium to dry for a day or so before planting. :)

How do I plant saved geranium plants.They just look like rootsand dead stems One has a green stem starting?

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Cut off the old "dead" stems.. back to the green that's putting out. Lots of tender loving care.. and not too much water! The plant should continue to put on new foliage.. good luck

Can you find a geranium plant in the Philippines?

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Sorry, I don't know. But you can buy seeds. Here is just one of many websites that sell seeds:

http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/wcs/store...

Can you find a geranium plant in the Philippines?
try checking out Manila Seedling Bank in QC, there are some traders who bring plants from Baguio City... Seeds maybe available at Ramgo Seeds in Heroes hill, i'm just not sure if they are available now...

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Where can I get Geranium seeds?

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Where can I get Geranium seeds?
Here are a couple of links to seed companies:

http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/us/en/q...

http://www.burpee.com/shopping/search/se...

There are good buys on eBay and there are wonderful specialty seedhouses for all sorts of things. Just keep looking!

Lots of the fanciest geraniums are grown by cuttings.
Reply:ON EBAY
Reply:Home Depot usually has a pretty good supply.
Reply:If you know where or who has a particular geranium you are looking for, you can propagate them quite easily. If you know someone who has the one you want, ask for a start. At least you know you can get a healthy plant. Then once it gets large enough, you can keep it for a stock plant and take more and more cuttings off of it. Good luck in your search.

Can I plant a geranium into the ground?

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All Day Long! Geraniums like good drainage, and they like to become almost dry in between waterings.

Can I plant a geranium into the ground?
Yes during the spring (after the last freeze) til late fall (until the 1st freeze) depending where you live. I love to do container plants that allows me to move them through out the yard and I can bring them in during the winter. Good Luck.... with your wonderful plant!!!
Reply:By geranium I take it you mean pelargonium . . . . . and the answer depends on where you live!

Many places in the world the answer is a big yes, and as long as you get no bad frosts you can leave them in over winter too.

For summer, once the plant is established well in the ground then no watering will be needed. Best to use small plants to begin with, they establish really well and grow quickly when they are happy.

My Mum, in Devon in the UK west country, has many geraniums that she's left in the ground for years on end, and some grow to 5' high in the summer because they are so well established and don't get killed back too badly in the winter!
Reply:Yes, but if you do, you will need to remember to water it.
Reply:yes, i have heaps in the ground.

2 main varieties - ivy pelargonian - glossy leaves, thinner stem = great for hangong baskets or trailing.

zonal pelargonian = traditional geranium - great for the ground, hardy plant, drought resistant

I am killing my geranium......?

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I don't know how to keep it alive.....I do water it so it's not that! Please help. The plant is called Willamena and as it has a name, I'd be commiting an offence if it died.

I am killing my geranium......?
keep it inside, give it plenty of light and try putting coffee grounds in the pot
Reply:What area of the country do you live? I normally cut mine down to a few leaves and the main stem in the winter and bring it into my garage which doesn't get cold enough to freeze. When it starts warming in the spring I bring it out to the warm sun, but wait until the last freeze to leave it out. Greaniums are heat loving plants, and a freeze will kill them.
Reply:It's coming to the time of year when it will die off naturally....it should bounce back in the Spring though!
Reply:Keep it in a cool frost free place over winter - don't over water it - but keep the soil damp - it should survive the winter. .
Reply:Miine come in during winter in zone 8. They'll tell you when to water, might want to aerate too. Otherwise they thrive on neglect. You can root cuttings in water.
Reply:I pity you!
Reply:I'm guessing that Willamina is a pelargonium rather than a geranium. If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, it's preparing for winter (not dying) and overwatering might in fact do more harm than good.

Put the plant and pot in a cool dry shaded place inside the house (cellar is good) and keep the soil just moist until spring.
Reply:All oudoor geraniums have a dormant period when they tend to loose alot of leaves, (they go yellow first and then rusty brown), unless it is a really hot climate.

Firstly take off all the brown and yellow leaves. Give it a good shake to get rid of bugs and then if it is a large plant cut it back to a pair of stronge green shoots / leaves on each stem and get it out of the cold / wet. Reduce watering to once every couple of months during winter.

If it is small enough then bring it indoors and treat as a house plant until spring.

Also take some cuttings. Just take a sharp knife and cut about 2 inches, (5cm) off a green shoot, remove the lower leaves and any flower and just put it into a pot of compost. Dampen with some water and stand on your window sill. They grow really easily and I can almost guarantee that the cuttings will survive.

Good luck.
Reply:The thing that kills most plants is overwatering. You only need to water it when you can stick your finger in the pot and it feels dry: make sure the saucer under the plant is not full of water, so the plant is standing in it, the top of the soil can feel dry and the bottom still be soaking wet. Give it as much sun as you can because they will not thrive without plenty of light. They do go somewhat dormant in winter. Their thick stems store moisture sometwhat like succulents, so overwatering is very bad for geraniums. I have found if you cut them back below the bottom leaves, they will not regrow new leaves.

Which components of a geranium plant have functions similar to those of the arteries and veins of humans?

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the vascular tissue: xylem and phloem

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Impatiens accent red hybrid? geranium?

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does this plant have sand

Impatiens accent red hybrid? geranium?
I don't understand the meaning of your question. Rephrase it and i may be able to give you a better answer.

Why won't my geranium bloom?

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Since you didn't tell us whether you are growing these indoors, oufoors in containers, or in beds outdoors, I think making sure they are properly planted is a good start.

Also remember that the Regal and the Martha Washington are genetically engineered for indoor planting. If you have one of these and are attempting to grow one of them outdoors, this may be your problem.

Growing Geraniums In Beds

To plant geraniums outdoors, you must wait until all threat of frost has passed. Pick a spot that is sheltered from strong winds and gets at least 6 hours of sun a day. The soil should be well drained and mildly acidic (pH of 6.5 is ideal). Geraniums need fertilization for best growth and they thrive in beds that have a good supply of nitrogen. Before planting, apply a 5-10-5 fertilizer to the soil. After planting, you should fertilize every month with a 10-10-10 fertilizer. Mulch the area and water at least once a week.

Growing In Planters Outdoors

Geraniums can be grown in planters on the porch, patio or garden. The ivy type geraniums are great for hanging baskets and window boxes. Make sure you use a container that is big enough for the plant or it will wilt (you may need to replant to prevent wilting as the plant grows). Use a soil that has enough aeration – either a commercial made mix or garden soil mixed with peat moss or perlite. Make sure you water it frequently but do not let it sit in water.

Growing Indoors

The Martha Washington and the Regal geraniums are not suited for outdoor growing, as I stated before, but can be beautiful indoor plants. Put our plant in a sunny window for best flowering. Plant in a well drained soil and use a fertilizer formulated for indoor plants. Fertilize monthly when plant is flowering but cut back to every two months in the fall and winter. Your geranium will do best if the day time temps are around 65 degrees with night temperature around 55.

Disease

Geraniums are hardy, but like any plant can be susceptible to disease. Some common disease are Black Leg where the stem becomes blackened and the leaves fall off, Leaf Spot where leaves become spotted and drop off, Gray Mold where the plant has gray moldy spots, Rust where the plant gets rusty looking spots and leaves turn yellow and drop off, Root Knot nematodes -swelled roots and stunted growth and Dropsy which produces lesions on the plants.

To combat most disease, remove all leaves that are infected, make sure you do not take cuttings from any plant with disease. When watering make sure you do not splash the leaves.

Pests

Some common geranium pests include:

Caterpillars - some caterpillars like to much on geraniums (perhaps they have heard of it’s medicinal properties?). These can be controlled with sprays.

Aphids - try controlling aphids with ladybugs or a special spray.

Whitefly - usually starts in the greenhouse but can spread to the garden on infested plants. Small white flys and black sooty goop can be seen on the leaves which will fall off after turning yellow. Can be controlled with sprays.

Mites - Causes leaves to curl and drop off – control with sprays.

Termites - Subterranean termites tunnel through the stems of geraniums causing them to turn yellow and die. Treat the soil with the appropriate termite treatment. Don’t let them get to your house!

Slugs - slugs love gardens but they also love beer. Leave a saucer out and you will catch more than your fair share of slugs!

I hope this helps!

Why won't my geranium bloom?
sometimes they get a virus and don't bloom, if you have been taking care of it good and it has no buds throw it out and get another one.
Reply:to much water... and not enough sun
Reply:geraniums like lots of sun, feel the soil and see if it is

to dry or to moist.
Reply:Has it been sitting in the same pot of soil for awhile? The soil may have lost most of it's nutrients. Replace old soil with a GOOD potting mix with built in plant food. Sun and water too!
Reply:Are you giving it too much water?

Did you put rocks in the soil to let air in?

Is the soil too dry?

Do you just have a black thumb?

Why is my hardy geranium corm just lying on the soil looking very poorly instead of showing new growth?

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Considering it is planted correctly then try to "deadhead" the plant. Take the old growth off the top and it should "double-out". I winter mine in the house and "deadhead" them every spring, right after planting them.

Why is my hardy geranium corm just lying on the soil looking very poorly instead of showing new growth?
Too much water.

Not enough water.

Needs a bigger pot.

Change the soil.

It has a disease.

Not enough plant food.

Too much plant food.
Reply:Geraniums don't have corms---they grow from cuttings and have roots. It should not lie on top of the soil it should be planted.

I am looking for geranium cuttings at wholesale prices, can anyone help me?

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Buy one plant of the variety you want, a pouch of Rootone, and make your own by cutting off little pieces, dipping the ends in the Rootone, inserting in loose, slightly moist medium, covering lightly to prevent drying out, and waiting. Easy, inexpensive.

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I have a geranium?

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that has been flowering with red flowers continuously for the past 8 years, is there a reason why i now have red and pink flowers

I have a geranium?
This is impossible. the only flowers known to science that can change colour, naturally, are hydrangeas and this is due ti a change in the PH. They are experimenting by injecting dyes etc. but this is not your scenario. I have grown geraniums (pelargoniums) for 50 yrs. if you have one that changes colour after 8 yrs you are sitting on a fortune.
Reply:You may need to feed it, and put some rusty nails in the water
Reply:You must have had a tiny root with the red one . The tiny root is the white geranium, so you have a red and white one which is giving the pink colour.
Reply:the soil ph has changed
Reply:lightning.strike i think....or mabe its the geranium bug...nasty little buggers....or..or radiation poisoning...or aliens
Reply:I feel it just might have faded or just had some root of a white one in it and only now coming out.
Reply:Any plant can "sport" off, with a branch of different color flowers or leaves, this is how new varieties are developed sometimes. They take the sport, propagate it, and have a while new plant from the variegation of the parent plant. This is probably what has happened to your geranium.

Why? Not a botany scientist, cannot explain what goes awry with the plants genes to do this.

Will my scented geranium (citronella) plant?

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that i am bringing indoors for the winter make my cat sick, if she eats or plays with it???

Will my scented geranium (citronella) plant?
Your scented Geranium (citronella) or Mosquito Plant (Pelargonium citrosum) is not listed as a poisonous plant. Exposure to this plant should not cause any harm to you or your pets.

I seen miniature geranium and gardenias,do they bloom as good as regular sizes?

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Positive input appreciated.

I seen miniature geranium and gardenias,do they bloom as good as regular sizes?
The miniature geraniums or gardenias, if taken cared of following the care instructions, will bloom as well as the regular sized geraniums or gardenias. Usually, the miniatures are designed as gifts. When they've outgrown their container, these plants should either be transferred to bigger pots or planted in the garden. For these plant to thrive, provide the following conditions:

Indoors - bright light but not direct sun, keep the soil moist but not soggy, fertilize at regular intervals;

Outdoors:

-Full sun, with some shading in the summer (in the hottest areas)

- An acid soil with a pH between 5 and 6

- Keep the soil moist, but never soggy

- Humidity

- Cool night temperatures

I have both plants, the geranium is really very hardy, but the gardenia needs a little more tlc.

Mom got a geranium in a hanging basket. She asked me to ask on Yahoo Answeres how to care for it so I am!?

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Make sure it is kept in a spot where it will get some sunlight (though preferably not full sun) and keep the soil moist, maybe water once or twice a week, and use some plant feed every month. (there are many different sorts you can buy that will do the trick.)

Mom got a geranium in a hanging basket. She asked me to ask on Yahoo Answeres how to care for it so I am!?
Geraniums (Pelargonium species) are among the most popular flowering plants. They should be planted outdoors where they will receive at least 6 to 8 hours of sunlight daily, but only after all danger of frost is past and the soil has warmed. They should be planted at the same soil level that they were growing at in their pot. The soil should be light, loose and well draining; to which you have added compost, leaf mold or peat moss. The optimum ph is 6.5 (slightly acid). Mulching is recommended to conserve water in the soil and to reduce high soil temperatures during the summer. Water geraniums at least once per week if you have had no rain. Geraniums dislike having wet leaves and flowers so it is best to use a soaker hose but if that isn't possible, water early in the day to allow leaves and flowers to dry before nightfall. Geraniums like to be well fed, so you should fertilize them with an all purpose 10-10-10 liquid plant food every 2-3 weeks when they actively growing. Remove the flowers promptly as they fade, or the bloom production will decline.

Most bedding plant geraniums are seed grown, and this is an excellent way to aquire different varieties. For the home gardener who wishes to keep a certain variety alive, geraniums will root easily from stem cuttings. Take cuttings in September from healthy plants which have been kept rather dry for a couple weeks. Use a clean, sharp knife and make a cutting 3 to 4 inches in length from the growing tips. Trim off the lower leaves from the cutting, and stick it into a coarse, sandy medium in a small pots or in flats, and water well. Place them in indirect light. Do not allow the cuttings to dry out. After roots are formed, move the new plants into full sun and water only enough to keep them from shriveling. Fertilize with a weak solution of liquid fertilizer every two weeks.
Reply:If you are looking for a plant that takes little care look at geraniums. Yes I know many people consider them 'old- fashioned' but they real need little care and there are many new varities including some that vine. If you forget to water them they are forgiving and unless you really abuse them, live. Geraniums are nice because if you go away for the weekend they will be fine even in very hot weather. Geraniums take full sun and like hot weather. They need little fertilization and need to dry out a little between waterings. In fact if you water them to much and give them to much attention they will look bad. One of my favorite types of geranium are the vining varieties called ivy-geraniums. The flowers on some of these look almost like small roses and the colors vary from white to pink to red and even lavender. Remember to 'dead-head' the flowers, or in layman's terms pick the dead blooms off, and they will flower all summer. If your geranium isn't blooming it is either getting to much fertilizer, to much water, or not enough light. Geraniums can also be wintered over indoors.
Reply:my mom used to have geraniums too. plants i get always die. maybe, i need to water them, huh.

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Which variety of geranium is this...and is it the one that the bumblebees love?

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Which variety of geranium is this...and is it the one that the bumblebees love?
this is a very informative article that will help you choose the flowers they like best.....

http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/wildlife/...

the list at the bottom of the page is very helpful....
Reply:Looking at the depth of the serration on the leaves it looks as if it is Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'.
Reply:Crane's bill - almost a weed here in the US, no medicinal value.

Don't know how well bees like them
Reply:This is the true geranium this one is called "Johnson`s Blue"

The common geraniums we all know and love are really pelagoniums. I have not noticed many bees on mine.

I have a geranium and somehow its petals keep falling off constantly. am i doing something wrong?

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I make sure not to drown it in water and i give it lots of light and some shade.. help?

I have a geranium and somehow its petals keep falling off constantly. am i doing something wrong?
Geraniums need to be deadheaded to promote new growth. Simply snap the stem back to the base once the bloom fades. They enjoy LOTS of sun so skip the shade. Feed every other week with a combination of plant food and epsoms salts, using 1 tablespoon of each for each gallon of water.
Reply:uhmm... how bout the weather?

I have a geranium that I love, can I bring it in the house when it gets cold and bring it back out in summer?

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can some perianals be brought out of the cold and into the house and still live for the next blooming season?

I have a geranium that I love, can I bring it in the house when it gets cold and bring it back out in summer?
Absolutely they can be overwintered. You can also take cuttings and plant them (I have put them in water a few days to start the roots...but do not keep them in water or they will rot).
Reply:Just treat them like your cat. You wouldn't want little kitty kitty to freeze right?
Reply:Yes, my mom bring in her geraniums every year. They do great by a sunny window
Reply:Geraniums are annuals that can be overwintered inside. Cuttings will root in water in a week or you can put them directly in moist soil to root. New leaves = roots.
Reply:Yes. They may loose their leaves but they can come back every year. I do it.

How did Rose Geranium get it's Botanical name and Why? Who Invented Botanical Names?

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When a new plant is identified the scientist who discovers it will spend a long time debating with other scientists about which genus it is in, but he gets to choose the species name. Species which have been known for a very very long time were given their latin names by Linnaeus and other founders of the binomial naming system.

The latin name of the rose geranium is Pelargonium graveolens. It is not technically a Geranium, which is a different genus, but Pelargonia are generally called Geranium by gardeners, as that is the category which scientists used to put them in. Graveolens is latin for 'heavy-smelling' apparently!

If you look any living organism up in Wikipedia it will often tell you who named it. The person's surname will appear in the box in the top right hand corner, next to the species name, in little black letters. P. graveolens isn't recorded there but Pelargonium genus was named by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle.

How did Rose Geranium get it's Botanical name and Why? Who Invented Botanical Names?
I agree with Curious Orange that you can tell who named any given species by looking for the name or abbreviation of the name at the end of each Latin name, but I might add that Linnaeus is generally given credit for our current system of botanical names, in 1753 (though others contributed ideas). He named so many plants, and is so well-known, that you will often simply see an L. at the end of a botanical name.

(Not all sources include the author, as the person is known, when they give a botanical name.)

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Any information on Geranium leaf?

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I have NO information about this leaf...

Can anybody please give me information on this leaf and give me the source of their information.

Thank you Very MUCH...

Any information on Geranium leaf?
You haven't been very specific about the information your require, ie is it to do with health, growing, climate etc.

Health - A Pelargonium (geranium) from South Africa with Dark Red Flowers known as :

Umckaloabo. Helps loosen mucous but more important it strengthens the immune system against bacteria and viruses. The bodies own defence mechanisms are stimulated (increase in the bodies own interferon(against viruses)and also an increase in killer cell production to fight the baddies).

View http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=Um...

Geranium leaves can be scented or unscented - just search on line for information on the Geranium leaf.

In the UK a Geranium plant is hardy and is a perennial.

Pelargonium also referred to as Geranium because it has almost identical leaf to the Geranium is of the same family but is in fact tender and will not survive frost.
Reply:You welcome - and many thanks for the vote - hope you found specifically what you were looking for.

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Reply:all i know is theyre kinda shaped like a star with very rounded corners and theyre fragrant when crushed. Oh, and the oil extracted from them can be used in aromatherapy to help relaxation.
Reply:You might want to mention what context you need information in? Do you need taxinomical information, do you need uses of the plant?
Reply:The geraniums are grown for the scent

of their leaves as opposed to their flowers. Native

to the Cape of Good Hope, they were first

introduced into Europe in the early 1600s.

They have glands in the leaves in which essential oils are stored.

These essential oils are used in Aromatherapy.

The leaves are compound and can show divergent palmately retuculate venation(arrangement of viens on the leaf in the form of palm, reticulate because network like arrangement of veins and veinlets)

The leaf form is highly variable and the leaf texture can be smooth, velvety or even sticky. It is the back of the leaf that releases the scent for which each geranium is known and named.

Is the geranium plant a male or female plant?

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A geranium is an a sexual plant it can pollinate itself. It is fifth grade science.

Is the geranium plant a male or female plant?
Never heard of that, it can grow and flower without having another close by.

I think male and female is when a tree or shrub put out fruit

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My poor geranium's blooms are gone and the leaves have blackish circles on them. What have I done wrong?

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I have been watering it fairly often (almost daily) and have it placed in full-to-partial sun. Am I over-watering? Can it be rescued?

My poor geranium's blooms are gone and the leaves have blackish circles on them. What have I done wrong?
Geraniums can't take frost. If the nights have been really cold, you might want to bring them inside.
Reply:A lot of Geraniums have blackish circles on them this is very common for a Geranium. But you could be over watering them I would only water them if the dirt feels dry. Most Geraniums can handle the direct sunlight have you fertilized it at all ?
Reply:Maybe you over watered them.
Reply:You may be overwatering them. Water them when the soil is dry down about 1/4 an inch, and only water on the soil. Try not to get water on the plant, especially the leaves. Rainwater won't hurt them, but tap water will.

Plants help?

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how can we make geranium to produce more flowers?

Plants help?
Dead head and fertilize.
Reply:Just pull off the dead ones and when time to cut back after winter cut or break off lots and lots of stems, pretty impossible to kill.
Reply:Pinch off the flowers just after they start to fade. This may force new buds.
Reply:Prune it in late winter so that in spring it produces a lot of new stems. More stems means more buds.

Also fertilize after u prune with a fertilizer that has high potash levels. Simpler would be to buy some sulphate of potash (white powdery stuff) and along with ur normal fertilizer, sprinkle a little potash around it. potash encourages plants to produce buds and flowers.

And, pinch of the spent flowers so that the plant produces more flowers rather than seeds.
Reply:provide efficent nutritions for growth and evelopment of your geraniums.

Label each of these plants as xerophytes, hydrophytes or mesophtes?

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xerophytes are plants adapted to dry conditions

hydophytes are plants adapted to living in water

mesophytes are plants adapted to neither a particularly dry nor particularly wet environment.

the plants are:

spinach

umbrella plant

lettuce

tradescantia

peace lily

money plant

eucalyptus

ivy

geranium

Label each of these plants as xerophytes, hydrophytes or mesophtes?
lets see

1st one is an mesophyte

2nd is an mesophyte

3rd one is an mesophyte

well donot know all surley but

i think peace lilly is an hydrophyte,money plant a mesophyte,eucalyptus a mesophyte too thats it i know i think some may be wrong but i m 89% sure

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What sort of plants are good for a NW facing border under some pine trees? Pyrennials or shrubs - smallish.?

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On the south east side of my garden in S England is a 6ft high solid wood fence with some large trees just the other side and overhanging my garden. So it is fairly shady, but the soil is light and quite good. I need some ideas for nice plants that will grow a couple of feet or less, or climb the fence. Preferably flowering. So far have hebe and veronica and some wild geranium and they do OK.

What sort of plants are good for a NW facing border under some pine trees? Pyrennials or shrubs - smallish.?
I used to be a gardener by trade, I have a similar border and find hydrangea's do very well, most perennials are quite tolerant. grow a couple of shade tolerant clematis, you only need a couple, but pick fairly rampant ones like Montana, and support them till they reach the trees, then they will use the overhanging trees as support, they come in a lot of colours now and vary as to when they flower. hope this helps!
Reply:One suggestion is ferns, or Tanakea which has white flowers.

Some oxalis are also suitable for shady areas
Reply:Astilbes might be nice or Cimicifuga racemosa, Digitalis is pretty, Ligularia and/or Ferns. Trumpet Vine, Climbing Hydrangea, Lonicera heckrottii would be good for climbers, and of course Hosta is good in part shade.
Reply:scelentriachonis,trepsies and folicholeras are all equally beautiful flowers at this time of year
Reply:Try Helleborus. They are great in shade and bloom in either late Winter or very early Spring. There are many new hybrids which are larger and more colorful than the traditional type which has white blossoms tinged with green. I prefer the traditional type as the plant is smaller, has nicer leaves, and will colonize if they like the spot. Also, once they bloom the flowers remain for several months. Good Luck! They are my favorite plant.

Help me identify this plant!?

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it starts out as a green shrub of sorts- and gets thicker and thicker in the spring and then gets tiny buds arcoss the top-then covered in very delicate periwinkle blue /purpleish flowers. the foilage is largish green leaves with points on them almost geranium shaped. the flowers are about the size of a large pansy. the shrub itself is quite large now- and grew quickly- i had cut it back last fall (to the ground!) i am seeing them in bloom everywhere at the moment in the uk- and they are one big purple blue stunning eye ful! any body got any ideas what they are? any web sites?

Help me identify this plant!?
I would suggest putting a picture on here for a better answer. It's kinda hard to tell otherwise.
Reply:Can't say for sure without a pic, but kinda sounds like a rose of sharon of the variety with the double blooms. The flowers resemble a rose or a peony.

How does corn oil affect plant growth?

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I am doing an experiment of how cooking oil affect plant growth... The only thing i have close to cooking oil is corn oil. I watered the plant with corn oil and water mixed together. The result weren't what i suspected the plant is dieing some how. Maybe because it doesn't have enough temperature because there were some cold days.

Can someone give me an exact answer what are the correct results?

If you have any background skills that may help please list

them.

I am watering a Geranium plant Thank you so much any answer will recieve 5 stars =]

How does corn oil affect plant growth?
my son did a similar experiment for school and watered similar plants with different products,the oil clogs the plants ability to "breathe" it prevents the plant from absorbing light energy to photosynthesis.He also watered with vinegar,coke and water

Dog sneezing from flea collar?

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I put this collar I bought on a stray dog in my neighborhood, it is supposed to keep away vermin and is 100% herbal. It has stuff like eucalyptus and geranium and I can't remember much cause I threw the package away but now that I put it on the dog - she started sneezing a bit. Not like a lot, but just occasionally. I'm worried that this may be bad and I'm wondering whether I should take it off of her, but at the same time if it's nothing serious I'd rather she keep it because my neighborhood is full of fleas and all kinds of crap. You think it sounds....bad?

Dog sneezing from flea collar?
The only collar I trust is Preventic Collar by Virbac, it only protects against ticks though, not fleas.

I'd take the collar off and give the dog a bath, it could definitely be some sort of allergic reaction. Go the the Vet and get Frontline, it can be sold over the counter. Costs about $13-$15 per tube depending on the size of the dog. Advantage and Advantix also work well and are safe, they are by presription only, so the pet would have to have been to the Vet within 1 year before it could be dispensed to you.

It could also be the start of a upper respiratory infection. Get the dog to a Vet asap, especially if you plan to keep her.
Reply:Oh I'm jumping up and down on this question with my hand raised. I share my advice with experience. I will no longer use flea collars because of my experience. It turned out not only was my dog allergic to the collar so was I! It was terrible. I only now use what my vet sells, which I believe is Frontline. Which turns out to be better because my dogs are swimmers and we live off the lake. Flea collars are not water proof. I suggest away with the flea collar and get stuff from your local vet.
Reply:Some dogs are allergic to eucalyptus and other plants. It can also cause skin problems. The smell on the collar at first is strong, but it will wear off soon enough, just make sure it doesn't bother her skin around her neck. It will look red and rash like. Leave it on for another day and see if she stops sneezing then.

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Dry scalp and hair, what shampoo do you reccomend?

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I have very dry, thick wavy hair. lately my scalp has also been dry do to the dry air. My hair is also damaged because i bleached it about 8 months ago and was a blonde up until december, i dyed it back to my natural brunette. I also flat iron. Even after all this, my hair still looks and feels great, it just takes me 3 hours to get it that way. I have been using an all natural shampoo from The Body Shop that contains honey, which has worked well for me, but its such an expensive little bottle and doesn't lather well. I'd like to try something new, preferably under $10. I have been using rose geranium mint-aloe vera hair and scalp treatment lately as well, which helps a bit ive noticed. I also use a leave-in from The Body Shop, and ofcourse i always use a heat protectant. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what shampoo would work for me? Thankssssssssssssssssss

Dry scalp and hair, what shampoo do you reccomend?
Try herbal essances hello hydration shampoo %26amp; conditioner.

my hair used to be excaly the same as yours but not its all sleek and soft it the best and it smells like coconutt haha but its soooooo good i would recommend it to everyone!
Reply:Thanks for your feed back. I ended up getting John Frieda Straight Ahead and have been rubbing aloe vera gel on my scalp the night before i was my hair. Report It

Reply:Beat an egg in a cup of milk.When it foams, rub it into the scalp.Leave it on for 5 minutes. Rinse the hair thoroughly with water.Carry out this routine twice a week for excellent results for dry damaged hair. Check out http://solutionsfordryhair.blogspot.com/ for more info.
Reply:Try giving your hair a trim, put some VO5 hot oil in it, and a leave in conditioner. Aussie works really well also for dry hair. The hot oil and leave in conditioner will help your scalp too.
Reply:if scalp dry means apply coconut oil and massage on scalp leave for an hour and take head bath apply shampoo which ever u like ..it may helps u lot.. this is cheap and best......
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Reply:The answer to your problem is HERBAL ESSENCES HELLO HYDRATION SHAMPOO %26amp; CONDITIONER! Its the best! You will notice the change very soon..

Also i would suggest hot oil treatment with almond oil.. Take a little oil in a bowl, warm it and apply to your scalp with the tip of your fingers in circular motion. After that dip your towel in semi hot water and then squeeze the water completely. Then tie this towel around your head for 15 minutes and then go for a head bath.

Also include lots of green vegetables, fruits and fish in your daily diet. Drink 10 to 12 glasses of water. This will help your body retain the nutrient content from inside..

Which situation is not an example of the maintenance of a dynamic equilibrium in an organism?

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a. a runner perspires while running a race on a hot summer day

b. the release of insulin lowers the blood sugar level in a human after eating a big meal

c. guard cells contribute to the regulation of water content in a geranium plant

d. water passes into an animal cell causing it to swell

Which situation is not an example of the maintenance of a dynamic equilibrium in an organism?
Passing of water into the cell causes a disturbs the equilibrium and hence the answer would be D
Reply:D.

The other 3 are normal regulation methods used to maintain equillibrium, D is not.
Reply:The water passing into an animal cell!

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Latin name for a plant?

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Does anyone know the latin name of the Lemon Scented Geranium plant? please i really need to know :(

Latin name for a plant?
Pelargonium graveolens is a species of Pelargonium (commonly called geranium) with great importance in the perfume industry.

It is cultivated on a large scale and its foliage is distilled for its scent. P. graveolens cultivars have a wide variety of smells, including rose, citrus, mint, coconut and nutmeg, as well as various fruits.

However, the most commercially important varieties are those that have rose scents.

Common names include or rose geranium , old fashion rose geranium, and rose-scent geranium.

Pelargonium gravelons is also known by taxonomic synonyms "Geranium terebinthinaceum Cav." and Pelargonium terebinthinaceum .

"Rose geranium" is sometimes used to refer to "Pelargonium incrassatum (Andrews) Sims" or its synonym "Pelargonium roseum (Andrews) DC"

Commercial vendors often list the source of geranium or rose geranium essential oil as Palargonium graveolens roseum.

Pelargonium distillates and absolutes, commonly known as "scented geranium oil" are sometimes used to supplement or adulterate more expensive rose oils.

Click on the links below for more information==

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/med-a...

http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/htm...

http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_...
Reply:The genus is Pelargonium which includes many species. They are members of the family Geraniaceae.
Reply:Believe it or not, there are several lemon scented geraniums. Try this plant web site and see if the picture is the one you want.

www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/pelargon...

If not, there are many on-line nurserys (White Flower Farm, Parks Seed, etc) you could scroll through their offerings.
Reply:Pelargonium crispum

Need Help with mass of leaf?

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Ok i'm doing my AP Bio lab report, but i lost my data on the mass of my leaf. Does anyone know what the mass of an average geranium leaf is?

Need Help with mass of leaf?
Can you call someone in you lab class to get the approximate weight?

Replenishing Tonic Alternative?

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I used to use Purehair Geranium Replenishing Tonic in my hair which has been discontinued for quite some time but my supply has finally run out, can anybody suggest an alternative that is as similar as possible? I can still get Purehair products on e-bay and such but I'd like to avoid that if I can.

Replenishing Tonic Alternative?
http://www.nioxin.com

Would you purchase a facial moisturizer like this for $28 Please answer. I am curious Thank you!?

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Jojoba Oil Certified Organic (a superb moisturizer as it mimics and balances the skins natural production of sebum, making it good for dry or oily skin, protects against pre-mature aging and wrinkles caused by exposure to ultra violet radiation; anti-oxidant), Rose Hip Seed Oil (improves texture and restores skins natural moisture balance, supports the keratin migration cycle, producing natural regeneration of skin cells, helps cells to produce more collagen and elastin for smoother, firmer, more supple skin; high in linoleic and linolenic acids), Hazelnut Oil (helps tone, tighten and restore elastin to the skin, stimulates circulation, encourages cell regeneration), Borage Seed Oil (moisturizes, nourishes, high GLA), Evening Primrose Oil (anti-inflammatory, high in GLA) , Squalene from Olive Oil (moisturizes the skin as it absorbs deeply to create smoother, softer skin, prevents transdermal water loss), Helio-Carrot Oil (rich in vitamin A, E and Beta carotine, powerful anti-oxidant), with the (no) Wrinkles Blend of Essential Oils: Rosewood (rejuvenates skin), Geranium (astringent, toning, anti-inflammatory, stimulates lymphatic circulation, balances sebaceous production), Rose Bulgarian (high vitamin C, rejuvenating), Neroli Tunisian (rejuvenates skin), Rosemary (toning, stimulates lymphatic circulation and drainage), Frankincense (rejuvenating, anti-inflammatory), Myrrh (rejuvenating, anti-inflammatory),

Patchouli (cellular regeneration, anti-inflammatory), Clary Sage (re-vitalizing)

Would you purchase a facial moisturizer like this for $28 Please answer. I am curious Thank you!?
I would feel more comfortable if they had a money back guarentee. This is why I use Artistry. Their ingredients are natural as well and they work awesome. They also have a moisturiser for oily skin; it's called balancing moisturiser. They have a 100% money back guarentee on all of their products for up to 6 months if you don't like them for any reason and not only that but they are not as expensive. You can't get their products in stores but you can get them at

http://adrennan.qhealthbeauty.com/produc... I hope this helped :)
Reply:Try the sample. Most stores have sample written on a bottle.
Reply:I would purchase anything that would make my skin look and feel better. You should buy it, try it, and if it doesn't work, return it. Give it a week, though.

I have found a great web site where members give reviews on every type of beauty product out there. I use this site often when I want to try something new:

www.makeupalley.com
Reply:most of the ingredients are great but if you have oily skin this may not be suitable but to answer your question - I would pay $28 for it.
Reply:For that price, no. I can get other stuff similar for less.
Reply:I personally like the Nivea Visage, it has sunscreen, and it isn't greasy or cause your skin to breakout. Costs about $11.00. It's not necessary to spend that much on cosmetics or moisturizers.
Reply:why would i pay $28 for it, when I could make it myself at home??

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Was this a sign that we shouldn't get married or what?

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My fiance and I have been together for 4 years and engaged for 2 years and I am also 37 weeks pregnant with his child. We were set to get married this past weekend but when I got to the courthouse to get a copy of my divorce papers( I had to have these to get a marriage licence) the courthouse was closing early for a Geranium Festival. WTF!!! That never happens and no one told me it was happeneing. I know I probably should hav gotten the papers earlier and not the weekend of the wedding. So we didn't get to get married, there was no way around it without the marriage licence.

Was this a sign that we shouldn't get married or what?
Oh, I don't think it is a sign. It is more of a story to tell your grandchildren. Right now it might seem like a big deal but in the future I think you will laugh. My Grandparents had a similar problem getting married in the 1940's. Their problem was that the lady didn't think she was old enough to get married and called her roommate, who thought it was some kind of joke and told the lady she was only 14. So she gave her the papers and purposefully didn't sign them. So when they finally found a preacher it was 8:00 at night. They realized they weren't signed. So they actually went to the lady's house, who was drunk and hitting on my grandpa the entire time she was signing the papers. ( They had gotten engaged the day before) I guess they didn't have long engagements back then.

Geranium Festival lol I hope you order a special case of Geraniums just for the wedding. I think it is your flower now
Reply:could be a sign that you shouldnt procratinate. If you had gotten the papers sooner then the day before you would have had time, if something unexpected like this happened.
Reply:No, it's not a sign. It's the courthouse fault for not posting their schedule. I won't take it as anything else than an inconvience to yourself.
Reply:WOW - well if you think that is a "sign" then your probably not ready for committment or your just getting cold feet - or your looking for any excuse to get out of getting married - personally no I wouldnt have t aken it as a sign but then we have to have everything organised at least a month before the wedding here in Australia you cant just turn up and get married - get the forms you need and think about what you want to do before booking a day again.
Reply:congratulations....

wheres the question?
Reply:There is no "sign." Get the papers and get married quietly. You should have done it before you got pregnant.
Reply:If you really love him, then get your divorce and marry the man you love.
Reply:It's a sign that if you have something important going on, you need to make sure you attend to it properly. I think if anything, its a sign to him that you don't place a high degree of importance on things you should.
Reply:Nope. This should not be considered a sign- if you had put everything in place you would not have had this problem.

This is more a result of Procrastination!
Reply:If you think that was a sign that you shouldn't get married, maybe you were just looking for an excuse not to. Don't do it.
Reply:If your looking for signs that you shouldn't get married, it's only because you have your own doubts to work out. No one is sending you a sign except your own mind.
Reply:The fact that you're LOOKING for a sign that you shouldn't get married is a sign that you shouldn't get married. Real life and real marriages don't work or not work because of "signs," they work because both people make an effort everyday to MAKE them work. If an unfortunately timed GERANIUM FESTIVAL is making you question whether you should marry him, then you definitely shouldn't marry him.
Reply:I dont think thats a sign not to get married.. thats just a coincedence.. Dont think too hard into the situation!! You'll be ok! Go now and get your paperwork and marry him now! :D
Reply:if you really wanted to get married to this guy then i think you would have gotten your papers earlier... Not wait till the last minute!

Is there another underlying issue?
Reply:Yes fate is trying to give you a sign that you shouldn't get married to this guy. It is in youre best interest to leave him and take off out of country or else he might hunt you down.
Reply:If you have doubts at all, it's not meant to be. Getting married is supposed to be the easiest decision you make because you know for sure that person is the one you want to spend the rest of your life with. I think that you should sit down and really think about whether that's the man for you, or if you're marrying him because you've been together for a while, you're pregnant, and you care about him. If you decide that he's the one and you really love him, don't let a stupid Geranium Festival stop you. If you decide you're unsure, just wait it out until you are sure. Good luck!
Reply:It's just a sign that you're not very organized! Getting divorce papers, is something you should have done way in advance...and you didn't know the courthouse would be closed? This was your wedding day! What did you and your man do? Say, "Hey, I feel like getting married today, let's go to the courthouse"? Plan better!
Reply:This is how you will overcome "minute" inconveniences in the future?

The only sign here is that life have reserved obstacles for us which, not being for dead, are always defeatable.

Help on this riddle "who owns the zebra"?

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im stumped...

1.There are 5 houses in a row, each of a different color and inhabited by people of different nationalities, with different pets, drinks, and flowers.

2.The English person lives in the red house.

3.The Spaniard owns the dog

4.Coffee is drunk in the green house

5.The Ukranian drinks tea

6.The Green house is immediately to the right (your right) of the ivory house.

7. The Geranium grower owns snails.

8.Roses are in front of the yellow house.

9.Milk is drunk in the middle house.

10.The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left.

11.The person who grows marigolds lives in the house next to the person with the fox

12.Roses are grown at the house next to the house where the horse is kept.

13.The person who grows lilies drinks orange juice.

14.The japanese person grows gardenias

15.The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.

Please help.

Help on this riddle "who owns the zebra"?
House Color Nationality Animal Beverage Flower

1 Yellow Norwegian Fox Water Roses

2 Blue Ukrainian Horse Tea Marigolds

3 Red English Snails Milk Geraniums

4 Ivory Spaniard Dog O.J. Lilies

5 Green Japanese Zebra Coffee Gardenias

So the Japanese person own the zebra
Reply:ENOUGH WITH THIS ....Come on now! Its every day!!!!
Reply:einstien posed this question a long time ago try somthing new and original.
Reply:umm well to be honest... i didnt even read it all!!! srrry
Reply:Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Spun cut, Fox

Blue, Ukranian, Tea, Mixtures, Horse

Red, English, Milk, Medium Cut, Snails

Ivory, Spanish, Orange juice, Flake, Dog

Green, Japanese, Coffee, Rough Cut, Zebra
Reply:dosent make any sence theres only four differnt types of drinks......and theres 6 things you listed....it should only be five
Reply:you can only place the norwegian and the milk drinker.. it doesnt work

Stomatal Size Large, medium or small?

2010-05-22T01:21:00.002-07:00

In the following plants, can you put whether the stomatal size is big, small or medium:

Spinach

Umbrella Palm

Lettuce

Tradescantia

Peace Lily

Money Plant

Eucalyptus

Ivy

Geranium

I've tried to look for it on the net, but can't find anything...

Please PLEASE help

If there's any websites found on this, please post

Thank you

10 points waiting for you here..

Thanks

Stomatal Size Large, medium or small?
You'll need to check it on a Botany book like "Botany" by James D. Mauseth. I don't think you'll find it in the net, at least not a true answer. As far as I know, the stomatal size depends on the plant's organ you are talking about.
Reply:hi i am looking round the web for you.perhaps you will have to look up some pictures of the plant leaves and see which has the largest stomatoes,i will have a look myself and see what i can come up with.i hope this helps,i will text back in a bit with more on this subject. jill

Plant Specialists?

2010-05-22T01:21:00.001-07:00

I've got these plants:

Spinach

Umbrella Palm

Lettuce

Tradescantia

Peace Lily

Money Plant

Eucalyptus

Ivy

Geranium

Which are xerophytes, mesophytes or Hydropytes??

Please PLEASE help

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Plant Specialists?
Spinach - mesophyte

Umbrella palm - hydrophyte

Lettuce - mesophyte

Tradescantia - mesophyte

Peace lily - mesophyte

Money plant - mesophyte

Eucalyptus - xerophyte

Ivy - mesophyte

Geranium - xerophyte
Reply:I beg to differ:

Spinach - mesophyte

Umbrella palm - Mesophyte

Lettuce - mesophyte

Tradescantia - mesophyte/partial hydrophyte (grows in very wet regions.

Peace lily - mesophyte/partial hydrophyte

Money plant - mesophyte

Eucalyptus -Mesophyte

Ivy - mesophyte

Geranium - Mesophyte
Reply:I go with Lea I think on most of these.

Eucalyptus is a xerophyte as is Geranium - more correctly Pelargonium.

Spinach - meso

Umbrella palm - definite hydrophyte

Lettuce - meso/hydro

Tradescantia - meso/hydro

Peace Lily - meso

Money plant - meso

Ivy - meso

Hope that helps a bit.

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I need information on the following plants, the information I need is: Sun or shade or both, spacing,and?

2010-05-22T01:21:00.000-07:00

other information continued water requirements, container or ground, colors available.

Impatiens

Lantana

Sweet Potato Vine (BLACKIE), (Marguerite)

Begonia

Celosia

Coleus

Dusty Miller

Geranium

Gerbera

Marigold

Pentas

Pepper Golden Summer

Petunia (Blue Spread), ( Red Spread)

Portulaca

Salvia

Tomato Beefmaster

Vinca

Zinnia

Boston Fern

Dianthus

Double Impatiens- white,red,rose on white

I need information on the following plants, the information I need is: Sun or shade or both, spacing,and?
Checkout the site below, there are quite a few flowers on these pages and the basic sun, shade, growing requirements for each
Reply:These sound like mostly annuals. They will have planting instructions on th etag that comes w/them. From what I know, most of these plants like sun.
Reply:Most of those like lots of sun- Lantana, Dusty Miller, Pentas, Marigolds,Diathus, Salvia Tomatoes, Petunias- and they don't need a lot of water.

The guy ahead of me said they were annuals but here in Calif. A lot of them are perrenials.

I love the experience of essential oils.?

2010-05-22T01:20:00.003-07:00

i take a few with me to smell straight out of the bottle every day---depending of my fancy!!!

some favorites are tea tree, rosemary, fennel, anice, fir, spruce, camphor, lavander, geranium and about 50 others.

could this practice, in any way, be harmful to me?

please, serious answers would be appreciated...

thankyou

I love the experience of essential oils.?
If your nose doesn't burn, I wouldn't worry~~~~~~
Reply:Remember that too much of anything is bad. l've read that too much of aromatheraphy oils is not good because it can cause your nasal turbinates to become swollen and affect the mucous system.
Reply:how about warm erotic oils?
Reply:I don't see why it would be harmful.
Reply:no one has ever said anything about anyone being hurt form it If I was a woman I would use it everyday my wife does she has Bath %26amp; Body and Victoria's Secret lotions oils and shower gels
Reply:i dont think so hun. my favorites are lavender and jasmine. merry christmas.
Reply:God no. You're fine. And lavender is sensual indeed.

Plant folkelore and history?

2010-05-22T01:20:00.002-07:00

geranium and peppermint

Plant folkelore and history?
look up the book Magic and Medicine of Plants Reader's Digest both plants you asked about are in there but too much for me to type...
Reply:geranium - The name Geranium comes from the Greek word "geranos" which means crane. It refers to the long skinny seed pod that looks like a crane's beak. see first two links

peppermint - The first commercially cultivation of mint in the United States occurred in western Massachusetts in the 1790s.

Two prominent 19th century mint growers/dealers - Hiram G. Hotchkiss of Lyons, New York and A, M. Todd of Michigan - were known in their respective states as "Peppermint Kings."

See third and fourth links

I was wondering what color flowers would look the best with violet colored geraniums, and lavendar colored?

2010-05-22T01:20:00.001-07:00

dianthus. Do you think either red, white, or pink begonias would look nicer? Also, are there any other kind of flowers that would look nice with these? The flowers have to like alot of sun.

I was wondering what color flowers would look the best with violet colored geraniums, and lavendar colored?
pink begonias would be nice. Something dark royal purple sets off lavender well--petunias, for example, or verbena. White becopa or sweet alyssum is nice with lavender-colored plants, too.
Reply:If you have a lot of sun (heat?) begonias may not work for you. I use a dark purple and lavender verbena, lavender trailing lantana, lavender yarrow, and then throw in some bright yellow calendula here %26amp; there. I also have some bright red petunias for a little extra color. We are zone 8, with summer temperatures averaging low to mid 90's to 3-4 weeks of 100 degrees. The plants I've named are in full sun and do great.
Reply:Actually, I'd suggest using the color from the opposite side of the color wheel--yellow. You might try adding some yellow and purple pansies, yellow or white irises or daylilies, Of the ones you've named, though, I'd go with the pink.
Reply:Orange Gerberas

orange (sherbet) osteospermum

work well with purple

a booming red, red would make nice contrast. Can't go wrong with white.

post a pic of your artistry!
Reply:I think yellow is a nice bright color to add with the purple, that or orange.

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What's the best way to save my beautiful big Mother geraniums, so I can replant in the spring?

2010-05-22T01:20:00.000-07:00

I have nowhere to put them in the sun to keep them blooming all winter.

What's the best way to save my beautiful big Mother geraniums, so I can replant in the spring?
If they are potted, water them one final time before the first frost and let drain.. Bring them inside to a protected place that will not freeze and place pot upside down on a shelf or out of the way place. near a window is nice ,but not necessary. leave it there till spring. a couple of weeks before placing back outside, place in sunniest window you have and resume watering. Plants will be ready for spring... Did this twice. it works.(don't know why)good luck
Reply:Cut them back about 2/3's and put them somewhere they will not freeze. Give them a very slight amount of water.Maybe by spring you can think of a place to put them in the light when you start watering and fertilizing, before it is really warm enough outside for them. Good Luck.
Reply:If you don't have enough light to grow indoors you can let them go dormant instead. You can prune it back and make small cuttings if you like. Find a cool dry place to overwinter like a heated garage or dry basement. Reduce watering to once a week. It may look a little rough by spring but it will recover quickly in the warm sun. RScott

Plants are in the sun and fertilized.why aren't my geraniums blooming?

2010-05-22T01:19:00.002-07:00

what kind of fertilizer are you using? Perhaps no enough water? Too much sun? Not enough nitrogen in fertilizer? Or you just need to wait.

Plants are in the sun and fertilized.why aren't my geraniums blooming?
The plants may not be mature enough yet. Are you watering them enough? Is it warm enough in your area for them to bloom?

X-X-X on a fertilizer package stand for the ratio of Nitrogen (N)- Phosphorus (P)-Potassium (K). N encourages leaf growth, P %26amp; K encourage blooming. So you should be using a fertilizer that is listed as 5-10-5, 10-20-10, 15-30-15.

Good luck.

Bio 101 lab questions... please i need help desperately and quick?

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Hi everyone, these are questions from bio 101 lab book. This book is written by one of our college professor which answers can’t be found from the book. So I need yall help desperately and quick as possible… you don’t have to answer all but please do ones you know for sure. I’ve guess couple of them, so please check my answer, and help me and tell me what the answers are for the others… thank you so much in advance.

1)the raw materials used for photosynthesis include

a.O2

b.C6H12O6

c.CO2+H2O

d.CH2O

MY GUESS IS C

2)a device useful for viewing the spectrum of light is a

a.spectroscope

b.volumeter

c.chromatogram

d.chloroplast

DON”T KNOW

3)products and byproducts of photosynthesis do not include

a.O2

b.C6H12O6

c.CO2

d.H2O

MY GUESS IS C

4)a paper chromatogram is useful for

a.measuring the amount of photosynthesis

b. determining thye amount of gas evolved during photosynthesis

c.seperating pigments baded on their physical characteristics

d.determining the distribution of chlorophyll in a leaf

DON”T KNOW

5)which of the following pigments would you find in a geranium leaf?

a.chlrrophyll, xanthophylls, phycobilins

b.chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, carotenoids

c.phycocyanin, xanthophylls, fucoxanthin

d.carotenoids, chlorophylls, phycoerythrin

DON”T KNOW

6)which reagent would you use to determine the distribution of the carbohydrate stored in leaves?

a.starch

b.benedict’s solution

c.chlorophyll

d.I2KI

DON”T KNOW

7)an example of a heterotrophic organism is

a.a plant

b.a geranium

c.a human

d.none of the above

DON”T KNOW

8)organism capable of producing their own food are known as

a.autotrophs

b.heterotrophs

c.omnivored

d.herbivored

DON”T KNOW

9.grana are

a.the same as starch grains

b.the site of ATP production within chloroplasts

c.part of the outer chloroplast membrane

d.contained within mitochondria and nuclei

DON”T KNOW

10) the ultimate source of energy trapped during photosynthesisi is

a.CO2

b.H2O

c.O2

d.sunlight

MY GUESS IS D

Bio 101 lab questions... please i need help desperately and quick?
I would educationally guess CACCABCABD. Only two have been guesses, albeit educational ones but i'm pretty certain on most. Simple searches on google for key terms would have helped you.
Reply:Ok, these are the ones I know for sure: 1.c 2.a 3. the formula for photosynthesis is 6CO2 + 12H2O + sunlight ---%26gt; 6O 2 + C6 H12O 6 + 6H2O so all of those are components7.c (heterotroph is one that relies on something else for sustenance) 8.a 10. d light drives photosynthesis. The rest I don't know about.
Reply:1, is b, because glucose is the reactant in photosynthesis.

2. a

3. glucose, obviuosly it is what is used to start the reaction therefore u cant have it be the product also.

4. c

5, not sure, i looked it up but nothing came up.

6. starch, i just had that lab a few weeks ago

7. heterotrophic means organisms that have the ability of synthesize their cells by not just using carbon dioxide but other compound as well. but dont know which one of your option is the answer here.

8.a

9. ?

10. d the sunlight is the ultimate energy source for everything on earth.
Reply:1. C, this produces glucose.

2. Specroscope, you want to see the spectrum

3. I am thinking C, but photosynthesis does not give off water does it?

4.C, since it is paper, it can separate pigments.

5. B since both chlorophylls and cartenoid should be found.

6. I'd say benedict's solution, it t tests for sugars

7. D, I would say, they rely on their surroundings, meaning they get carbon from their surroundings

8. A: latin "self" "nutrition"

9.B, they are stacks of Thykaloids

10 D: without it, nothing would happen

What can I plant in front of a cinderblock wall?

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I want to plant something to hide a 3.5 foot cinderblock wall it measures 70 feet long and 3.5 feet high, its used as a retaining wall in my back yard, but is old and ugly and would cost thousands to replace it. I was thinking about planting geraniums on the wall (there is dirt) so that they hang down but the wall is slightly tilted and I dont want 70 feet of geranium pressure pulling it down. What can I plant very close to the wall that will grow up and cover this wall? Is there a type of vine that is not too aggressive and will pop up everywhere? Any suggestions.

What can I plant in front of a cinderblock wall?
English Ivy would work. It will cling to the blocks and is slow enough for you to keep up with trimming. It will also add beautiful fall colours in September and into late October. You'll see the wall in the winter time but for the months that you'll be using the backyard, you'll hardly know that the wall is there. If you plant the vines at the base and up along the top edge of the retaining, the vines will trail down and eventually meet. To completely cover, this may take a few years with absolutely NO trimming but the result will look better than a cinderblock wall. Some will recommend Boston Ivy but that is more prone to grow into the mortar of the wall and can cause it to become weakened.
Reply:Morning glories are ok but in some areas, they are considered annual plants (you would have to replant them every year, tearing down the old). They're self-seeding and would add a nice touch of colour during the summer. My English Ivy is a more permanet solution. :) Report It

Reply:hemp?
Reply:Practically any perenial will do to hide the wall by planting them in front of it, could be that you could paint it or put stucco on it yourself and greatly improve its appearance too.
Reply:Lady, if what you want is a quick fix, have I got a treat for you!

Morning glory. As long as there is some sunlight at that spot, these puppies will crawl all over that wall. Need seeds? Email me with an address and I'll send you more than enough. Be advised -this will be for NEXT year.

Works for me!
Reply:You can use just about anything. Tall perennials planted in front. Something on top to hang over as you suggested. On that note, I doubt geraniums or any other plant like that can push over a cinder block wall. You could use boxwood and disguise it with a short hedge as well. Your choices are pretty much limitless within the boundaries of you zone. And, I can't think of any vine that won't, at some point, end up where it isn't wanted. Let your imagination be your guide.
Reply:Any vine that will pop up everywhere is going to be aggressive and take over. If you do a Virginia creeper or something to that effect, you will for sure cover the wall, but you will also attract bugs, mosquitos , etc...Is there enough room for some sort of shrub. Something that you can keep pruned up to your satisfaction?

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Neighbors crazy (again)?

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It all started when I bring my Geraniums outside. I was VERY careful not to take my sight on my plant because, I gave it to my mom on mother's day when I was in grade 5 and I don't want my neighbor's teenage grandson breaking it because, yesterday when he was lying down on the table on the deck and his mom came and got angry at him not only lying on the table but, at his goth girlfriend so, when his granma left he started kicking two potted plants on the deck and left. I know I should'nt spy on my neighbors but, I keep on hearing inanimate objects breaking next door and it is getting annoying. and the reason why I have to bring my plants outside is because my Geranium neeeds FULL sunlight it it NEEDS IT'S SUN. By the time I left my plant the mom got mad at those two and and I think there's gonna be a fight in the near future and me and another neighbor don't want to be in the middle of this mess I cannot move out of there because, I can't afford another house and I don't know whic

Neighbors crazy (again)?
Are you looking for advice? If you call the cops, I assume they will know its you. I assure this will not please them. it could get worse before it gets better.

Have you thought about talking to them directly? You or an adult or whatever? Talking to someone face to face is a far better way to start the process. Talk to the adult not the noisy punk. Let them know, in a nice way, that if they continue to disturb your peace, you will have to call the police. If they rent, let them know that their landlord will be informed of their ongoing disruptions as well.

Call the police after direct relations break down.

How do I tell my co-worker I admire her geraniums?

2010-05-22T01:18:00.002-07:00

horticulturalist

How do I tell my co-worker I admire her geraniums?
How bout saying "nice flowers...would you be interested in a little cross pollenation?" lol
Reply:I don’t see how telling some one you admire their bright colorful flowers to hard to do

What is the worst that can happen right after all they are just flowers what will she do pick them and throw them out because you admired them.
Reply:Can't you just tell her how much you admire her geraniums and why?
Reply:Probably you can't without getting dinged for harassment and over-stepping the bounds of common sense.

You admire her geraniums? You might as well shoot yourself.

You can't say that to somebody.
Reply:just let her know...maybe give her another plant....maybe an orchid
Reply:Tell her that you want to show her your seed.

Living in drought-stricken Columbia,SC, wondering how often hanging geraniums need to be watered?

2010-05-22T01:18:00.001-07:00

I assume windy days will dry them faster

Living in drought-stricken Columbia,SC, wondering how often hanging geraniums need to be watered?
"Watering

Geraniums are able to withstand some dryness. In fact, it is important not to over-water them, especially cuttings and young plants. To avoid root rot, water them only when the soil around them begins to dry out. Watch those geraniums in clay containers in the hot sun. They are likely to dry out faster than those in the garden. If possible water by hand or drip system to avoid wetting the blossoms. They deteriorate quickly when soaked."

Here's a tip from me - but a bucket in the shower with you to catch the water (when you aren't dribbling soap). This is an good way to get plant water without breaking restrictions.
Reply:I agree with "I see you". Geraniums do best when allowed to dry out between waterings. I also agree with you, on windy days water more often. I would suggest that every other day might be appropriate... trial and error will be the only real way to know.

Try adding a silicon gel to the soil to help with water retention. The brand we have up here is called "Soil Moist". It's dry when you get it, when it gets wet, it swells and hold water (like clear Jell-o). As the soil drys around the gel, the water is 'leached' out.

Hope that this helps

Hope the drought breaks soon!
Reply:I live in Alabama and when it is extremely hot here(Aug) I must water mine twice a day. Right now - at least daily
Reply:as ofen as needed to keep the soil moist ~ water when the surface feels dry.

great water conservation idea above - and a little soap will not even hurt ;)

How can i get rid of Aphids?

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I recently put some seeds of my geranium plants in the soil. They grew up and i thought what a success , but over the past few weeks a large group of aphids have taken over my geraniums and over half have died. I keep them in my consevatory and i put a insect kill spray on them and their still their. These plants i my prize 2007 annual village competition plants and i need help other wise i will loose them.

So what do i do ?

How can i get rid of Aphids?
I'm sorry to say that if these are your prize plants for the annual village competition that you are better off dumping them and starting again. Geraniums grow fast and furiously with the right care and attention so you can still produce prize plants.

Now that you know that you have aphids, prevention is better than cure. So clean your conservatory right out and then wash it down with a mild disinfectant. Remove all debris as this provides places for the little critters to hide. If you have other plants in the conservatory then this is your problem. They all need to be treated (sprayed) with a mild soapy solution twice a week.

If you are determined not to lose these plants then you need to keep spraying them with a soapy solution made with washing up liquid. You might also consider putting in more seeds just in case of disaster.

Other plants will not deter aphids at this cold time of year and I'm not sure that ladybirds would be that active either.

I have lots of experience with gardening and the only thing which will sort out aphids at this time of year is sqashing them with your fingers and spaying with soapy solution.

Make sure to sow more seeds and keep a very close eye on things. Good luck.
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Reply:I heard that soapy water will kill them i haven`t tried it but if i had the problem i would give it a go
Reply:I had these on my oxalis plants. Just take a deep breath, be patient, and every week go over your plants by hand, picking off all the evil critters. The unfortunate thing about aphids is that just about every species of them can reproduce asexually. So even if there's only one left, within a couple of weeks you'll have plenty again. Just be patient, spraying them off helps, but not a pathetically weak spray, you've got to blast them into oblivion.
Reply:bit early for aphids.
Reply:Take dish washing liquid with warm water put in a spray bottle and spray away. Only use regular dish soap not the fragrance or the oxy stuff its no good.
Reply:If your garden is infested and the soap doesn't work for you and you want to avoid chemicals, there are botanicals, used by organic gardeners. Those that are effective on aphids, such as pyrethrum, rotenone or sabadilla. They're easy to find at gardening stores or online. Try Gardens Alive (online or catalogue) for organic/natural products for every garden problem. I've used their products for years.
Reply:Are you not to early to be growing geraniums outside? Anyway I use garlic corms planted in my garden near to plants that I want to protect. I always grow garlic below rose bushes and they stay aphid free. Never tried it with geraniums though. Good luck.
Reply:I do the same thing as jonsey...use about 1 teaspoon of DAWN dishsoap in 1 windex sized bottle of water. Mix well and spray directly on the bugs. You must keep vigil and watch for any new outbreaks...sometimes after I spray they sort of scatter and move to new places on the plant. You can spray this daily if need be.
Reply:lady bugs

you can buy them in containers at your local garden shop
Reply:Scrape most of them off now that you've sprayed.

I was going to say get some ladybirds, but you've used chemicals...

Grow garlic between the plants.
Reply:For a quick start wash them off using water with a little washing up liquid in it and wash them off then go down to the garden centre and get an aphid spray what does surprise me is aphids so early MMMMMMMMMMM you sure
Reply:When my roses get aphids, I just mix up some dishwashing liquid and water in a spray bottle and spray the affected areas, it gets rid of the aphids and it's not toxic.
Reply:you can buy spays tomkill unwanted bugs, but you can also wash them of with soapy water mixed with parafin
Reply:Use an insecticidal soap, spray under leaves, also.
Reply:Don't cover your eyes when you count to ten!!
Reply:I have always used dishsoap and water and spray it on the plants. Make sure you get under the leaves and blooms. You will have to spray it a few times but, wait a day in between.
Reply:I really don't like pesticides, so I use the stages method.

First stage is spray the aphids with water to get them off.

if they come back, then on to

Two, which is spray them with Safer Soap (That's easy to make=a couple teaspoon of dish washing soap in a sprayer filled with water)

if they still come back,

Then I go to the Garden Store and buy Ladybugs (they are actual ladybugs) and they love to eat aphids.
Reply:you need to completely soak every surface of the plants in a solution of safer's soap everyday or as directed until the aphids are gone. also any other plants that are in the same room or area that aphids may be hiding on. you might also try neem extract with the safers soap, but read the label 1st to make sure you use the amt. directed for which plant. you can do it! good luck.
Reply:Marigolds in the same greenhouse should work, otherwise pick them carefully off with your fingers, you can also get insects that eat aphids
Reply:learn aphid language then tell them to take a hike or else you will zap em with cow prod
Reply:Spray with washing up liquid,it should do the trick
Reply:Dig up your garden %26amp; put concrete slabs/mono-bloc down. Voila no aphids, alternatively get some ladybird or lacewing larvae. Those six legged scoffing machines get rid of any pesky pests.

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How can I maximize the number of blooms on my geraniums?

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Pinch growing tips in early growth stages to force side branches.Geraniums in pots bloom best when somewhat pot bound.Plant in full sun in any good garden soil. Keep soil on dry side in bed, in pots water every second day. Remove faded flowers regularly to encourage new blooms.

How can I maximize the number of blooms on my geraniums?
Hi,

All good great practices given so far, and if I may suggest fertilizing with a fertilizer with a high "P" (phosphorus) level, at least 30 to 55.

Water solubles provide quickest results.

Hope this helps, and have fun!

Dave
Reply:Keep all the dead blooms cut off as well as dead leaves, make sure soil is fairly loose, and moist but not wet, chipped leaves and sand mixed in the dirt as well as compost makes for a good healthy hardy plant. They do require light, but not constant
Reply:By dead heading the plant.

Neighbors crazy (again)?

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It all started when I bring my Geraniums outside. I was VERY careful not to take my sight on my plant because, I gave it to my mom on mother's day when I was in grade 5 and I don't want my neighbor's teenage grandson breaking it because, yesterday when he was lying down on the table on the deck and his mom came and got angry at him not only lying on the table but, at his goth girlfriend so, when his granma left he started kicking two potted plants on the deck and left. I know I should'nt spy on my neighbors but, I keep on hearing inanimate objects breaking next door and it is getting annoying. and the reason why I have to bring my plants outside is because my Geranium neeeds FULL sunlight it it NEEDS IT'S SUN. By the time I left my plant the mom got mad at those two and and I think there's gonna be a fight in the near future and me and another neighbor don't want to be in the middle of this mess I cannot move out of there because, I can't afford another house and I don't know whic

Neighbors crazy (again)?
So, the neighbor's son is breaking stuff at everyone's house near his mother's house? Whose deck was he on when he kicked the potted plants? I know those flowers need full sun; is there anywhere else you can put them, another part of the house? How about hanging them up? If he comes on your property and breaks things, call the police! Has he always been destructive like this? Or is it just recently? If he's the grandson of your neighbor, he won't be over there too much, hopefully. You're not really spying, you hear something smashing and are going to check it out. Nothing wrong with that.

Flowering plant identifcation?

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We have a flowering plant that has orange, yellow and pink blossoms on the same plant that look similar to a geranium flowers but the leaves are not the same as a geranium as they are much more pale and shaped differntly. Any ideas as to what this is?

Flowering plant identifcation?
Pick a leaf and smell it--if it has a spicey smell you have lantana.
Reply:how about petunia..
Reply:Could you give a shape description of the leaves? also what section of the country are you in. Is this a permanant plant?
Reply:I couldn't possibly answer this question without a picture, but the closest thing to a geranium I can think of is a hydrangea though they usually don't bloom in different colors. Good luck finding out.
Reply:Sounds like a lantana to me.

What fabric, rope, yarn will work best for wicking water into a plant pot?

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I am inserting a 12-inch, bottom drainage plastic pot into a 24-inch tall patio urn with no drainage hole. I want to wick water from the urn into the plastic pot, which I will fill with soilless mix, a standard geranium, three ivy geraniums, and 3 asparagus fern. The urn will sit in sun most of the day.

What fabric, rope, yarn will work best for wicking water into a plant pot?
I have used cotton/polyester rope in the past with success. The poly prevents too much water from wicking up and making the soil soggy.
Reply:anything made from natural fiber such as cotton or hemp
Reply:I have used the old clotheline rope made from cotton. Actual wicks for kerosene lamps work well also.

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I love Original Source shampoos and shower gels?

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My favourite one was Rose and Geranium but I cant seem to get it anywhere. Does anyone know where in the UK I can get this. I can get the Rose and Aloe stuff but the Rose and Geranium was much nicer!

I love Original Source shampoos and shower gels?
I know boots sell Original Source but I could not tell you which ones. Have you tried looking to see if they have a website and maybe you could e-mail them and find out that way.

And don't you just hate the Dick Heads on this site that feel the need to answer with sarcastic comments etc?!
Reply:You can get the Original Source Rose and Geranium online from

www.originalsource.co.uk for £2.49

Hope this helps!
Reply:good for you
Reply:Why don't you find out the company that manufatures it and send them an email or phone them?
Reply:It may have been discontinued, they do that sometimes.

Maybe you should ask your local store if they can get some in, if it's available they will at least be able to tell you.
Reply:Not sure what types they stock but superdrugs sell a lot of original source products!
Reply:I think you can get in Sainsbury's (well, you could last time I looked). I prefer the lavender one - it's gorgeous!
Reply:OOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo i bet you smell nice
Reply:Try their shop on website
Reply:no idea
Reply:if yuo go to like lil cheap sales then you should be able to find sum or maybe the factory shop they do quiote alot of them, but u have go to like the mint one thats my fav its the best and lemon is not bad either.

Using liquid fertilizer, how often should I fertilize my geraniums planted outside?

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No more than once a month.

Using liquid fertilizer, how often should I fertilize my geraniums planted outside?
No offense to anyone, but Winkie offers a valid suggestion.

Your issue in part, involves soil composition, rainfall, or watering, how much SUN the plants get, and certainly any ZONE you may be in. If flowers need fertilizer it often means they aren't getting enough of something from the soil, or in the attention given them. Flowers, in seasonal confines, usually do well enough naturally.

You should also check packaging for instructions regarding keeping any chemicals OFF of leaves and flower blooms, and ask at the garden center.

Just my two "sense"
Reply:I do every fortnight
Reply:There should be directions on the container.

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How do I know if I've overwatered my geraniums? No blooms, just leaves. Been watering every day - live in CA

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The two most common reasons for geraniums not blooming prolifically are too little light or too much fertilizer. Geraniums are a sun loving plant that need 4-6 hours of full sun a day, or perhaps longer in somewhat filtered light. South and west exposures are usually best. In too little sun, the plant will often grow, but will tend to grow a little bit taller or leggier, as it reaches for the light and it definitely will not bloom as much. The number of flowers is very much related to the amount of sun that the plant gets.

As far as fertilizing goes, if geraniums, like most annuals, get too much, you will get large, lush green plants and not as many blooms because the plant will be in more of a vegetative mode. In containers, if you feed your geraniums, every 3 to 5 weeks, you will be just fine. Use any of the water soluble fertilizers available, and just get a balanced solution (10-10-10 or 20-20-20). In the ground, your geraniums will need to be fed even less frequently; every 4 to 6 weeks should be sufficient. If you are going to make a mistake fertilizing, you are much better off to under feed than over feed.

How do I know if I've overwatered my geraniums? No blooms, just leaves. Been watering every day - live in CA
Geranium has a rose-like aroma with minty undertones. An important ingredient in many skin care products, it provides balancing properties to both dry and oily complexions.

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Reply:fact! more house and garden plants die of over watering each year, then all other garden problems put together. a plant will tell you if it needs a drink. they will droop, or look limp. give um a drink and they spring up again. almost all house and garden plants will survive a day or two without water. no biggie. the real killer is over watering. by the time you can tell something might be wrong, it's to late. the fungus molds and root rots have already killed the plant and nothing will bring it back. want to learn how to care for your geraniums and other plants?

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american horticultural society has a complete list of links to all state and local master gardener locations. covers all 50 states and 3 canadian provinces. click on the state of your choice and you can find the link to the local mg office. you live in california and i'll bet you have a master gardener as neighbor living nearby who would love to chat. (no more getting garden advise from someone living in ohio) get it designed for your own back yard from someone who knows about your conditions, problems and how to fix 'um. never kill another plant again! my word on that.
Reply:My geraniums did the same thing - I moved them to full sun and watered less. They are blooming beautiful now!
Reply:well i live in australia and my plants are in shade 95%of the day and i hardly ever water them!!but they are healthy and flower really well.by the way,daily watering is not necessary.

Would anyone like to sit in a field of geraniums and drink pennyroyal tea with me?

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Except for Tublet. I know she would.

What would be the last thing you say to me?

Would anyone like to sit in a field of geraniums and drink pennyroyal tea with me?
That's funny....because I dislike tea of any kind and flowers are happy. I saw this question and I couldn't stop staring at it....and my mind said no, but my heart said yes...and I had to click and open it.

I feel like you willed me to want this. You must be magic. Is this some kind of reference to death?
Reply:I am allergic to flowers and grass (except the kind you smoke) so No I would do other things though (IE: Bowling, water balloon fight, playing with your hair, Whipped cream fight, dress up fashion show, jello wrestling,singing talent challenge, etc)
Reply:Of course I would like that...and believe me...

Those "geraniums" will become more aroused than any flower ever has been before...

(You would actually see those geraniums "shiver" with delight as they surrounded our naked undulating bodies making love under the sun...Good God! Schwing!)
Reply:i love sitting in fields, so yeah.

the last thing i'd say to you would be "i have to pee." then my attention would probably be caught by a pumpkin patch, given the time of year.
Reply:I have never had pennyroyal tea. What is it. I love geraniums. So why not. I would probably say thank you for the new experience.
Reply:That sounds like a fine time to me....

and

the last thing I would probably say is.....

"Doesn't Tublet look beautiful dancing naked in the flowers?"

Peace.
Reply:No but I would like to sit in a sea of pennyroyal tea and eat geraniums. The last thing I would say to u is "burp"
Reply:I'll pass on the tea, but if you don't mind, I'ma fire up this doobie.
Reply:YEAH!
Reply:"Grab your ankles love"
Reply:yes....thankyou~
Reply:yes,that sounds like fun
Reply:i want to play with your hair
Reply:sure !
Reply:"Plug your ears, luv" (as I loaded my sniper rifle and prepared to pick off blackflies with it).

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Is a multi purpose compost suitable to pot up geraniums, that is pelargoniums, into please?

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I'm talking about well grown on plants such as you buy from the market or garden centre.

Is a multi purpose compost suitable to pot up geraniums, that is pelargoniums, into please?
No. Pelargoniums need sharp drainage. They will rot in a compost that is peat based as it does not drain well.

Use a soil based compost ( John Innes is good if you are UK)with added gritsand.
Reply:It's too fertile for pelargoniums,resulting in too much leafy growth.50% compost/50%sharp sand
Reply:Any fine soil is ok for Geraniums.Just make sure that you put some broken crockery or stones at the bottom of your pots.

Will Iranian gardeners succeed in producing weapons grade geraniums?

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Only if they use unstable plantonium

Will Iranian gardeners succeed in producing weapons grade geraniums?
you'll have to rely on the sun for that.
Reply:i wondered that my self
Reply:Flower power. Only if they can tap into mass hayfever among enemy troops.
Reply:If they do, it will be the end of life as we know it. We'll be compost!
Reply:Certainly, environmentally friendly though!
Reply:You're BACK!
Reply:my allergies are killing me so i think they have
Reply:they allready have
Reply:Shhh. Don't give the CIA any ideas. I don't want another war.
Reply:Please do not be so flippant about such awful things. Being flippant can be a good characteristic when times are hard but when a country is so determined to declare war on us (to the extent that it will take our people rightly or wrongly prisoner) it is not a matter for joking.
Reply:Sorry to be the one to spring this on you but they already have and they've even started to export it.
Reply:YES
Reply:No. Russian spies stuck too many marijuana seeds into their geranium seed supply. They'll just get distracted by the smokable that sprouts.

Why have the leaves of some of my Geraniums turned bright red?

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this is normal if the leaves are very young (or very old and about to die naturally). it could be a symptom of poor light or watering but in Spring most new geranium leaves look red to start with before they turn green.

Why have the leaves of some of my Geraniums turned bright red?
Water them and don't let them get too cold.

What is the best way to care for geraniums?

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when the flower is spent, should it be cut off or should it be left alone, and if left, will the plant grow stems from the spent bloom?

What is the best way to care for geraniums?
Geraniums are very hardy flowers. Trim off spend blooms,the plant should last the season.....
Reply:Geranium has a rose-like aroma with minty undertones. An important ingredient in many skin care products, it provides balancing properties to both dry and oily complexions.

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Reply:Definitely snip off the dead flower at the stem. Anywhere is fine. This will encourage the growth of new stems with new flowers. Water regularly, fertilize with a little 6-6-6 or 6-12-6 type fertilizer every 4 weeks or so.

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Hello I'mjust wondering how best to keep geraniums and pelargoniums in winter if I don't have a greenhouse?

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Geraniums have to be removed from soil before they freeze. Just loosen with a claw and shake off dirt. Put into cardboard box up high at the back of garage, the floor tends to freeze. If they freeze, they die. Take them out in Feb, cut back and pot, water, and keep inside till danger of frost is over.

Pelargoniums: Starters are broken off in the fall and put into dirt trays. Water after 3 days and sparingly through the winter. Keep in basement windows where they get a little light but won't freeze. Transplant in spring.

If you lack the space, then you should not try to keep them over the winter and just buy new in spring. They are not that expensive. And one of my favorite places to go come spring, is a green house, packed full of flowers!

Hello I'mjust wondering how best to keep geraniums and pelargoniums in winter if I don't have a greenhouse?
Do you have a basement where its cool? or a garage where the plants wouldnt freeze during winter? That will do. Good luck :-)
Reply:You can also dig up, shake the excess dirt off, and hang upside down in the garage. Does work, but not all make it. I prefer to dig them up, pot and enjoy them as flowering houseplants all winter.

Wha is the best way to over winter geraniums?

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In a cold frame-don't wet them they will rot. trim up, take all dead flowers off and keep them quite dry.

Wha is the best way to over winter geraniums?
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Reply:It would help to know what zone you live in. If you live in Canada/the northern US, there is no way you can leave them outside, even in a greenhouse, shed or garage. The best way is to put them in pots (if they aren't already), bring them inside into a dark, preferably cool place and leave them until spring. They will turn brown and look dead, but they are really just dormant. By the time late February/early March comes around, bring them out, water them, and gradually let them have a bit more light each day. Once it is warm enough, put them outside. They should green up fairly quick, then once there is no risk of frost at night, plant them wherever you'd like and enjoy!
Reply:Indoors away from frost ,if you have plenty room to grow thm on a window sill indoors failing that you can pruen them back.

And wrap in newspaper put in carboard box and still in loft till early Spring.

Then when you check and can see new shoots this is the tiem ot start teh cycle again and repot and water .

Keep indoors or in a greenhouse till fear of all frosts are well past.

They certainly will not last outside in winter.
Reply:I think it is very difficult as they don't like cold so it is best to take cuttings. Put them in water until they root then pot them up and keep in the garage.
Reply:I used to leave mine in the garden but only in sheltered spots any in patio containers I took into the shed. I just cut them down to ground level
Reply:Plant new ones in the spring.

(sorry not my favorite plant.)

I think everyone, including me, is thinking Pelargonium. Not really geraniums.

Try some hardy geraniums, Genus Geranium. Nicer plants (to my eyes) and intensly purple blooms. They are hardy and come by well on their own.
Reply:It depends on the variety and whether you've got a greenhouse. If they are the sort with fleshy stems, cut them off to about 4 inches and bring them indoors. (A greenhouse or shed will do, but not a garage - they don't like car exhaust). If you've got cranesbill geraniums just chop the tops off and leave them where they are.
Reply:Take them out of their pots, remove all leaves and flowers. Put them in a brown paper bag in dry basement. In the spring, plant them where you want.
Reply:my mom used to use planting pots and cover them with leaves and straw,the straw keeps them warm,also in very cold weather,to protect your water pipes in the ground,lay out straw on the grass and the snow and ice will not damage your pipes
Reply:Depends where you live. In Scotland it's best to take cuttings and grow these on indoors, over the winter. I have successfully overwintered geraniums outside but that particular winter was very mild and I think it was just luck that they lasted through ok to the next spring

What is the best way to overwinter geraniums, in pots. Should I leave them outside, or bring them indoors?

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i bring mine indoors by a bright window.

What is the best way to overwinter geraniums, in pots. Should I leave them outside, or bring them indoors?
Bring them indoors. Cut back on the water when you bring them in and let the soil get pretty dry. Stoe in a cool darker room, closet or basement (depending on how cold it gets...non heated, not good)

Mist them once in a while lightly. Bring them out in late march and trim off any dead limbs. Give them a little water and sun and keep an eye on them. When they show new growth give them some fertilizer.

At this time I repot them.

Some people take them out of the pots and store them in brown paper bags. I tried it one year. It worked but I prefer pots. Denise http://www.thegardenersrake.com
Reply:um...how cold is it where you live?

What is the best way to winter geraniums?

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can I pull them out of the pots and hang them in the basement till spring?

What is the best way to winter geraniums?
The most important thing I can tell you is to keep all of your plants away from heat sources in the house. Also be aware that there may be insects on the plant, which could migrate to your houseplants, so you might want to spray them before exposing them to your others.

The best way is to try to re-create the same conditions indoors that the geraniums were growing in, outdoors. Try to provide as much light and humidity as you can. The best temperature range would be from 60-70 degrees, which is cooler than a typical house in the winter, so if you have a spare room, that might be cooler, with sufficient light, you have it made.
Reply:Your sucess will depend on what type of geranium it is and the temperature of your basement. Perennial geraniums simply stay out in the garden with all the other perennials.

Cranesbill, these are also called true geraniums.

Ivy, Scented, Seed and Regals (a.k.a. Martha Washington). Zonal, Scented, Seed and Ivy geraniums are the most likely to winter successfully indoors. But Regal (Martha Washington) geraniums need special attention both during the growing season and during the winter. Regal geraniums need cool temperatures in order to bloom profusely. Winter them in the house in a cool 50° to 60° room that has a south or west window.

Dig up the plants before a killing frost in the fall. Cut the branches back about half way. Remove as much of the dirt from the roots as possible. Do this carefully because geraniums are rather brittle. They were traditionally hung from the rafters until spring. If you don't have rafters, you can bag them separately in paper grocery sacks. Leave the sacks open for ventilation.

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*********Storing Them Dormant

Check your plants every month or so to see if they are getting too dry and shriveling. If necessary, spray them with water. If they get so dry the stems begin to shrivel, take them out and soak them for an hour or two in tepid water. Remove them from the water and allow their surfaces to dry before putting them back in the paper bags. Plants that have been overwintered in this manner may take several weeks to begin growing again in the spring. Soak the geraniums for several hours, roots and all, in water that contains a transplant fertilizer mixed at half strength. To get an early start, you can pot up the plants indoors several weeks before the last frost and transfer them into the ground later. When planting directly outdoors, be sure to wait until after all danger of frost is gone.

As for insects on the plant make sure you check the roots for the little buggers and since you are cutting them back do this outdoors leaving the unwanted guests outside. When you take them in use a organic spray to eliminate the possibility of bug or any fungus. Something like a 3 in 1.

Just make sure they are dry before you bag them.

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I might add that the work involved may be a little much considering the cost of fresh plants in the spring are usually very minimal.
Reply:I just haul mine inside. Bugs get murdered later if they dare show their antennae. Cuttings will root in water.

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What is the best method to overwinter geraniums?

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If they are in a pot put the flower pot in a brown paper bag, don't worry about watering it, put the bag in the basement and forget about it until spring after the last frost. Then bring it out and water it, in a short time it's revived and blooming again. I do this with all my geraniums. If you have them planted (not in pots) dig them up dirt and all put them in a brown paper bag, and forget them until spring then replant them and water. By the way if you want more geraniums all you have to do is cut off a branch, put it in a glass of water let it alone (make sure that the cut portion stays in water all the time) it will grow roots and you then can replant it and you have got another plant.

Good Luck

What is the best method to overwinter geraniums?
bring them inside
Reply:I bring mine inside and set them in a sunny window.
Reply:Bringing them inside is the best but if that is not possible, do as I do...I put them under the house, in the crawlspace. It sounds strange, but they go dormant, do not require water or much light.

I have 4 geraniums I have saved for the past 3 years. I admit they

look pathetic when I first take them out in the Spring, but within two weeks they are green and trying to bloom. I also do my mandavillas this way and have had great success.
Reply:I learned this on the t.v. a couple of years ago and did it with this elderly lady's geraniums. They came out great!

Take the geraniums and put them in a styrofoam cooler with a small amount of soil in the bottom that's been lightly watered. Put them in the garage, basement, somewhere cool for the winter. When it starts to warm in the spring, replant and enjoy for another year! You can continue to do this for many years I believe.

Do I have this right!?

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Ok, the question is asking how the chloroplasts in a geranium are different from most other cellular organelles, so I took that as "How are the chloroplasts different from the other organelles in a geranium?" Is this answer right, or am I totally off?

"Colour, size, shape and function are what make chloroplasts unique. Chloroplasts are what help create food for the cells, and since the food created is green, the chloroplasts are green as well. The chloroplasts give the plant a green colour as a whole, but when examined closely, the chloroplasts are some of the only organelles that are actually green, within a plant cell. The chloroplasts were small and almost jelly-bean shaped, and when I looked through the microscope I didn't see any other organelles like the chloroplasts in the geranium cell."

If I'm totally off on something, could you tell me what it is and how 2 fix it? Thanks!

*I put this under biology because that's the unit I'm studying. I thought I'd get better results here

Do I have this right!?
no offense. but you sort of repeated the whole color green thing and well everything looks green in plant cells. if your slides were colored (each organelle having their own color) then it was artificially colored. and mitochondria are similarly shaped like chloroplast. and mitochondria also make energy as well (we just like to think it's only chloroplast, i didn't know this either until i took ap biology but plants have both mitochondria and chloroplasts)

anyways, chloroplasts have their own dna, are their own energy source, and are double membrane bounded. (and i think i'm pretty sure they can make their own proteins too)

mitochondria also are similiar in how they have their own dna, energy, and are double membrane. you'll probably learn this later about the endosymbiosis theory but it involves mitochondrias and chloroplasts. but then technically they have THEIR OWN dna, energy source, and double membrane.

Biology help, please?

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A horticulturalist wants to produce geraniums with specific characteristics. She knows that the trait of red flowers is governed by the allele R (RR and Rr) and the trait of white flowers is governed by the allele r (rr).

The horticulturalist plans to cross a geranium that is true-breeding for red flowers with a geranium that is true-breeding for white flowers. Which Punnett square best describes this cross?

ANSWERS: http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=...

Biology help, please?
C

The two parents either give R to all offspring or r to all offspring, as shown in C.
Reply:the answer is b
Reply:C

Whats the best soil mixture for indoor geraniums and feeding program?

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I'd look at Premier Pro-mix (available at many Home Depots and Lowe's). It's a pro soil and has pH buffering and starter nutrients. For feeding, a 5-6 month osmocote plus (controlled release fertilizer). Water only when soil begins to dry out.

Whats the best soil mixture for indoor geraniums and feeding program?
A soil based compost such as John Innus and we feed our on a tomato feed to keep them flowering all winter, they need a high potash to keep flowering, which most tomato feeds are
Reply:Miracle grow potting soil. Add vermiculite and/or pearlite if you like. 4:1 ratio

MiracleGro food. Directions on container.
Reply:General purpose potting compost will do for Geraniums, feed with any general purpose fertiliser once every 2 month in winter to twice a month in summer, water only when starting to dry out, water from the base of pot, (water lying in pot will rot the stem).

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Confusing?

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a seed company advertises that,if its geranium seeds is properly planted the probability that the seed will grow is 90%.

a) what is the probability that a geranium seed that thst hss been planted properly will fail to grow

b)if 5 geranium seeds are properly planted what is the probability that all wll fail to grow

Confusing?
(a)

Percentage probabilities for failure and for success must add up to 100.

90% probability of success means 10% probability of failure.

(b)

There is 10% chance that one will fail to grow.

10% means 10/100 or 1/10.

The chance that five will fail is:

(1/10)^5 = 1 in 100,000.
Reply:A. 10%

B. 2%

What is the proper way to deadheading geraniums...?

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Just pinch off the spent flowers. Once that stem dries, remove it.

What is the proper way to deadheading geraniums...?
I used to work in a greenhouse and they had me snap the whole stem off
Reply:cut the flower stem all the way back as close to the soil as you can. The flowers from here throughout the hot summer will be smaller, but then in fall when the cooler weather hits, they will go crazy....good luck

My goat just ate next doors prize geraniums, HELP !?

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The lady will do me unless I come up with a good excuse.

Got any believable ones?

Best one gets the ten points.

(and maybe the goat)

My goat just ate next doors prize geraniums, HELP !?
offer her some "alone" time with the billy goat....and then you and I can have some "alone" time together.....and we will all be happy.....
Reply:Offer her some goat curry
Reply:ohhhhhhhhh my pigs did the same , went across a main highway and ate there vegetables out the garden , i say fess up .. our animals get us in the **** sometimes ,,they are worse than kids sometimes lol ..

the goat did it ,,or im in deep doody xx
Reply:Buy some more and when she's not looking plant them. If she asks give her your most adorable innocent little boy look and say "I dunno." And smile. She'll spank you, you'll have a good time, then give her your goat. Tell her your goat wants to play with hers. Baaaaaa!!
Reply:Nothing you can do now. Its done. Go buy some geraniums say you are sorry and replace them for her.
Reply:My goat ate it

Is there a way to save geraniums over the winter to replant in the spring?

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My friend has her geraniums on the bathroom ledge where they are thriving. I also believe that 3 inch cuttings off a non flowering stem, root very easily.

I love the raw potato smell they have.

Is there a way to save geraniums over the winter to replant in the spring?
I left my geraniums in a large pot when they were outdoors. I have brought them in for the winter where they are happily blooming. Outside it is 24 degrees and snowing. It will be snowing for the next 6 days. The geranium is quite happy and putting out new blooms. I give the plant supplemental light from a portable gro-lux lamp.
Reply:Buy a cheap flourescent 4 ft fixture with four bulbs.

They are 10 bucks at wal mart. When you buy the bulbe (which are about 2 bucks a piece buy 2 warm and 2 cool.

You can pretty much grow anything under this. Not quite enough for fruiting plants but definetly enough to do for aq gernanium
Reply:I plant mine in a pot I can use indoors. They are still blooming now but when there done I snip them back only leaving the green leave and water and fertilize.
Reply:there is quite a few. I bring mine in pot them up cut them back to really new growth and put them in a sunny window. In the spring I cut them back before putting them out. You can take cuttings, sometimes they will root in water sometimes not. You can hang them upside down in a dry dark place. All the dirt has been shaken off and the plant is cut back to a main stem, I tried this but had too much moisture and they didn't make it, so try a few plants different ways and see what works for you.
Reply:depends on where you live -try cutting them down and mulching heavily.

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What is a good hardy flowering plant to go with the fuchsias and geraniums in my small town garden?

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I have a small, partly-shaded, town garden. I am looking for bright low maintenance plants that will last. I have been successful with fuchsias and geraniums but am looking for something else to complement them. Nothing that needs a lot of tlc as I travel a lot for work.

What is a good hardy flowering plant to go with the fuchsias and geraniums in my small town garden?
I hope this helps!!!:-)
Reply:I think that Dahlias would work nicely. They flower continually are showy and low maintenance. I am not sure where you live but here in NH I just remove the tuber in the fall, store in a cool place and replant in the spring for beautiful flowers. Another nice choice would be inpatients, and they like partial shade.
Reply:I'd recommend columbines and wallflowers, also daffodils and other spring bulbs like crocus, They all flower earlier than the plants you have now, and will give you colour until the geraniums start flowering. I myself would add tulips, they tolerate shade quite well, but you have to take them out and replant them somewhere else every year.

All of the above come in many colours and can happily survive on benign neglect.
Reply:Try petunias. There's zillions of different colors, they're tough, long lasting- not particularly subject to bugs, and are excellent for growing inbetween the plants you mentioned. Happy gardening!
Reply:Why not go for something seasonal to go in - the fuchsias and geraniums will stop flowering through the winter so put something in that will give you a display then - colchicum and/or autumn flowering crocus for example. You can leave them in and they'll come back next year. Snowdrops for January, and some daff's or narcissus (similar to daff's but smaller) for March. And to plug those gaps in the summer you could have some lilies. all these bulbs can be put in now and if you arranged them in drifts you'd have seasonal displays all year round, the only thing you need to do with them all is cut the flower heads when they die and wait a few weeks before cutting back the leaves (you wait to let the goodness go back into the bulb for them to come back the following year).

Added: I just read someone else recommended dahlias. If you live in the UK they only start flowering quite late - you get stunning displays for a month or two and then have to lift the tubers and store them carefully, planting them back out in May. They thrive in full sun and need a lot of watering in the UK, you need to stake them and watch out for earwigs which devour them. - This is the UK experience anyway so if you want low maintenance, whilst they are gorgeous flowers, perhaps best to steer clear.
Reply:Peonies. Just make sure you provide support. Also, don't worry about the ants; the peonies need them to bloom.
Reply:since geraniums and fushsias like cool weather, petunias are great if they get enough sun.....along with dwarf snapdragons or purple nierembergia......if you can find aslysum (white) or white dianthus...they are great and low lying. My very favorite in the world is an English Daisy (Bellis perennis)....which is a good plant for full or half-day sunlight. Look in your garden center. They come in white, red or pink or a combination......have fun....
Reply:?
Reply:potentilla comes in yellow or white will live as long as geranium and fuchsia
Reply:Some jonquils and chives would compliment your geraniums and fuchsias. Chives produce wonderful purple flowers and are a handy garnish.
Reply:How about a beautiful blue hydrangea bush? Very low maintenance and they love the rain (as do fuchsias).

How do you care for potted geraniums?

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Here are some sites that discuss potted geranium care in detail:

http://www.fischerusa.com/pdf/plantcare/...

http://flowergardens.suite101.com/articl...

http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/page...

Good luck!

How often should you water potted geraniums in Las Vegas NV?

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The potted plants are in 20"pots in semi shade.

How often should you water potted geraniums in Las Vegas NV?
you should once a week,that big of of a pot would drink about 3 to 4 cups this time of the year .watering will help protect the roots from freezing.the best way to measure it give it 3 cups check in 4 -5 days if its still wet, you will know it was enough. if dry add a little more.
Reply:water once a week until it gets colder then water every 2 weeks! They should bloom all winter! Ive Had a plant for 5 years! Im in AZ!
Reply:when they feel dry about 1 inch down into the soil. Stick your finger down there and if it feels cool, or moist, it doesn't need water. Also watch the leaves. if they begin to wilt down, then water.
Reply:I would think at least twice a day. I understand it is very dry out there. I envy you your geraniums this time of year. The frost got all of mine.