How do you propagate geraniums from a cutting?

I have a lot of bushes in my garden, and I want to fill in the gaps.

How do you propagate geraniums from a cutting?
Remove a cutting with about 2 or 3 leaf joints from the top.





Cut the stem just below a leaf joint and remove the lowest leaves to produce a bare stem that can be inserted into the cutting compost.





If the cutting has any flower heads on it they should be removed so that the cutting directs its energy into rooting.





The compost for the cutting should be a mixture of 50% sand and 50% peat. This will produce compost that is open so as not to rot the stem before it has rooted.





Place three cuttings into 75-mm pots and water in. They will need to be placed on a windowsill or in a glasshouse. The most important consideration is to make sure that the temperature is even through the day. I.e. not becoming cold at night and too hot during the day.





The cuttings should root in about 10 to 20 days. Once rooted they will need to be transferred into their own pots 75mm to 100mm using standard potting compost.





Once the cutting has rooted you will need to pinch out the top to encourage the new plant to produce side shoots.





Water only when dry, after the first watering when the cuttings are taken.





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Reply:Like most garden questions, to provide an accurate answer you should really say where you live, the climate dictates the most suitable method.
Reply:I clipped my geraniums back (they were 3 foot tall!) and stuck the clippings into pots filled with potting soil....kept them watered everyday...and I have like 10 new geraniums in pots. They took root immediately.... because in less than a week, and they had new growth. (1 out of 11 didnt survive)


You can then transplant them into your garden...I would give them a few weeks to form a nice root ball....

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