{"id":20190,"date":"2019-08-31T11:53:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T10:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20190"},"modified":"2019-08-31T11:53:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T10:53:38","slug":"geranium-stock-plants-growing-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/pelargonium\/geranium-stock-plants-growing-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Geranium Stock Plants &#038; Growing On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to establish some good stock or &#8216;mother&#8217; plants. These should be strong healthy plants from which I can take cuttings. I feed them up and disbud to get stems rather than flowers. The first step is to select plants you want to replicate. You want to aim for quality stock of a variety you like. I am interested to see if the children from the 2 tone plant below have similar characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20416\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lily-036-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lily-036-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lily-036-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lily-036-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lily-036-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"thirdPar\">\n<h3>How to take geranium cuttings<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fourthPar\">\n<ul>\n<li>Take lots of cuttings from your geraniums in April &#8211; August.\u00c2\u00a0 They should be ready to be replanted in a month.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">The healthiest part of a plant is nearest the growing tip so short cuttings are best I aim for 3-5&#8243;.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Choose individual cuttings that are firm healthy and without flower buds.<\/li>\n<li>For more cuttings chop your geranium mother plant back by two-thirds aiming to cut immediately above a\u00c2\u00a0 bud. The stem tips will then form the basis of your cuttings. Select cuttings that have plenty of shoots or nodes.<\/li>\n<li>Strip almost all the leaves from the stem, leaving only the top pair.<\/li>\n<li>Pinch out any tips that look like they might develop into flowering shoots.<\/li>\n<li>Insert the geraniums cuttings\u00c2\u00a0 into a gritty mix of compost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3023\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mendip-lorain-regal-geranium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mendip-lorain-regal-geranium.jpg 336w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mendip-lorain-regal-geranium-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Growing On<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience says you get better growth and flower density from younger stock.<\/li>\n<li>Place cuttings somewhere bright but cool and keep their compost moist at all times.<\/li>\n<li>If you want to keep the mother plant thin out all the spindly wimpy stems. With geraniums some growers keep the grandmothers and great-grandmothers \u00e2\u20ac\u201c.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">Pinch 1\/4\u00c2\u00a0 inch off the top of a stem and 2 new stems will grow making a bushier plant.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">For a quick result <\/span><\/span>plant three cuttings of the same variety into a large pot to grow into one bumper-sized plant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to establish some good stock or &#8216;mother&#8217; plants. These should be strong healthy plants from which I can take cuttings. I feed them up and disbud to get stems rather than flowers. The first step is to select plants you want to replicate. You want to aim for quality stock of a variety you like. I am interested to see if the children from the 2 tone plant below have similar characteristics. 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