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Jan 12th, 2015 at 01:15 AM
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Well now that I finally know what the seed looks like, when are the seeds started for end of May planting? Does anyone know?
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I have read that one should start them indoors approximately four months prior to spring planting.
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Thank you, guess that would make it somewhere at the end of this month or beginning of Feb? When they start growing and come in with their 3 rd set of leaves, do they have to be snipped?
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I would just start back the 4 months, from when you plan on planting them. I would make sure it is a bit after your last frost date, if it were me. to answer your question: You should pinch off the top growth of the geranium seedlings when the seedlings reach 4 to 6 inches in height to encourage the seedlings to grow laterally instead of taller.
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Update: Well, what I thought was a weed was actually a little geranium seedling. It's only about 2-3 inches in height but has it's second set of leaves with a 3rd little coming out, should I pinch it now? Giggle, giggle.
Last edited by DaisyM; Mar 27th, 2015 at 10:28 AM.
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patience grasshopper.
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I kept a geranium over winter in an unheated room an it is just about ready to bloom. Made me happy. Red...
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My mother-in-law would put her geraniums in her basement every late fall & bring them back out in the spring. most if not all of them lived. which was esp. nice when it came to her candy-cane stripped geraniums.
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Mine die mostly in the basement so I had it upstairs
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Year before last I kept a geranium alive all winter. Can't remember what happened to it but it's long gone.
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I have not ever been a big geranium fan, unless it is a variegated leaved or a red/white candy striped one. Those are beautiful IMO.
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I aren't on variegated geraniums.. I love solids.. They are a great cemetery flower here..Love them.
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