Pelargoniums
pttomlins
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How do you stop Pelargoniums from shooting and becoming too tall, can you do similar to Fuchsia's by pinching out the middle?
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pttomlins
Posts: 22
pttomlins
Posts: 22
pttomlins
Posts: 22
pttomlins
Posts: 22
How do you stop Pelargoniums from shooting and becoming too tall, can you do similar to Fuchsia's by pinching out the middle?
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Yes and you can also cut of sections about 4 inches long which can be easily rooted to make more plants.
Many thanks. Also if the plant that you take cuttings from which has a habit of lankiness will that habit transfer to the cuttings?
Good point there cos I have one plant like that, lanky and in flower inside my front window. I do not want to propagate from this one as this is a possibily. I made cuttings from Carnations that were not the best, resulting in lanky Carnations..
Thank you for the response
The reason they grow lanky is either lack of light or they are kept somewhere too warm. It doesn't usually happen to plants grown outside (but they aren't hardy so die in the winter.)
Catch 22. My cuttings are grown in the warm conservatory so that maybe the reason for lanky plants.
So are they best grown from seed?
Pat T
Most of the ones available from garden centres etc are grown from cuttings I think. They can be grown from seed but those can be a bit expensive (eg 50p per seed is not unusual for a named F1 variety.) I generally buy them as plugs for bedding and pot up a few plugs indoors as houseplants.
Thank you BobTheGardener