Preparing geraniums for winter: Expert tips from TikTok influencers
How to prepare geraniums for wintering? Videos have appeared on TikTok offering two suggestions to help your plants survive the autumn-winter period and dazzle us with colourful blooms in the following flowering months.
As summer ends, potted plants need preparation for the autumn-winter period. How should you care for geraniums? Maintenance is crucial, which includes trimming certain parts of the plant and watering, key for surviving the winter.
Take care of your geraniums before winter. Here's how to store them for the next season
On TikTok, a step-by-step guide was presented on preparing geraniums for wintering. The first step is removing the plant from the pot and clearing the soil between the roots. Then, prune any faded flowers and dry leaves.
Next, place the geranium in a box with the roots facing upwards. Store the plants in a cool place where the temperature doesn't exceed a few degrees above minus eighteen Celsius (0 Fahrenheit). Even if the leaves fall, don't worry. In the spring, the flowers will sprout new ones and quickly rejuvenate, assures the author of the video.
This isn't the only method, though. The influencer has a slightly different approach to geranium wintering. First, flowers, buds, and any dried leaves are removed. This task should be repeated several times during winter. The geraniums placed in a crate are then sprayed with special solutions to protect against diseases and pests.
With geraniums prepared in this way, you can leave them by a window, on a stairway, porch, or in a garage, as long as the temperature doesn't drop below minus eighteen Celsius (0 Fahrenheit). I limit watering, as it's better to be too dry than too wet. They await spring this way, says the creator of the video.
