Monday, May 17, 2010

Repotted mature geraniums initially gave us large flowers, now the buds and flowers are much smaller, why?

They were probably dosed with a high phosphorus foliar fertilization at the greenhouses before they were shipped to be sold. This is a inexpensive way to make a greenhouses plants look nice for sale. Once they are established in their new location (and you are sure they are through the root shock of being planted) you can use a Bloom Booster fertilizer on them to see if they just need a little more P. Shultz makes a very good liquid bloom booster. (The numbers should be something like 10-50-10.)





Also make sure you dead-head all the spent blooms. If you don't, the plant puts its energy toward the seed production from those earlier flowers.


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