Rewriting my comment which was written on a bad device I was an avid fan of Thalassa Cruso. And learned so much from her , I love the scented varieties The showy Martha Washinton too. I subbed here and am going to enjoy my visits to the channel
Good luck in the show Mr P 🌸 video full of valuable information for us again. New to pelargonium propagation and with your help all have rooted, and on the strength of it invested in some really nice hybrids….so hoping to have show stoppers in a few years 🤔 question for you David. How old will a plant get before it gives up the ghost 🤷🏻♀️
A good question Kimmy. Technically they can go on forever if kept frost free in the winter but obviously they will get very big if left to grow naturally which you would need to do to keep them from getting hard wood at the base. The constant cutting back eventually produces too much hard wood and stems can no longer break from it so to keep them you would need to just let them grow unhindered and have a great deal of room. 😂😂. Thanks for your kind comments. D
@@thepagsociety Thanks Mr P. Well iv got room, patience and a host so going to give that a go, it took finding one of your videos to even appreciate a pelargonium, which until then like most called them geraniums 🤦🏻♀️ such a lovely plant and the fact they do not go dormant was a winner for me, winter was very horticultural in my house x
great videos, i grow them in my green house in winter and put out to sell at my plant stand in spring. we grow from seeds and now the plants have been moved outside. I notced you are still growing them in your greenhouse and was wondering if i could do the same or better outside on porch.my greenhouse is about same size as yours but have shade cloth on top to keep temps down. have vent fans that open if the temp gets above 30 c , would that be to hot for these plants, also have a automatic mister watering system.it would be nice to use the glasshouse this summer , thanks for any info
Gosh, that’s a lot of interesting information. It doesn’t really matter to grow them outside in the summer as it can toughen them up. The problem may be that blooms suffer outside in a UK summer when we get periods of rain. Plus I am growing for exhibition early in the summer and plants need to be kept perfectly clean. With plants in the greenhouse I am using whitewash shade and have many windows and vents which are kept open during the day. I don’t often use misting and if I did it would only be used early in the morning as in general pellies don’t like a lot of damp. When hot you need to be very careful with overwatering in a greenhouse as they go into a sort of winter shutdown so be careful. Hope this helps. D
Great video. Can really see how to grow a bushy plant. Good luck for Saturday.
Rewriting my comment which was written on a bad device
I was an avid fan of Thalassa Cruso. And learned so much from her , I love the scented varieties The showy Martha Washinton too. I subbed here and am going to enjoy my visits to the channel
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Good luck in the show Mr P 🌸 video full of valuable information for us again. New to pelargonium propagation and with your help all have rooted, and on the strength of it invested in some really nice hybrids….so hoping to have show stoppers in a few years 🤔 question for you David. How old will a plant get before it gives up the ghost 🤷🏻♀️
A good question Kimmy. Technically they can go on forever if kept frost free in the winter but obviously they will get very big if left to grow naturally which you would need to do to keep them from getting hard wood at the base. The constant cutting back eventually produces too much hard wood and stems can no longer break from it so to keep them you would need to just let them grow unhindered and have a great deal of room. 😂😂. Thanks for your kind comments. D
@@thepagsociety Thanks Mr P. Well iv got room, patience and a host so going to give that a go, it took finding one of your videos to even appreciate a pelargonium, which until then like most called them geraniums 🤦🏻♀️ such a lovely plant and the fact they do not go dormant was a winner for me, winter was very horticultural in my house x
great videos, i grow them in my green house in winter and put out to sell at my plant stand in spring. we grow from seeds and now the plants have been moved outside. I notced you are still growing them in your greenhouse and was wondering if i could do the same or better outside on porch.my greenhouse is about same size as yours but have shade cloth on top to keep temps down. have vent fans that open if the temp gets above 30 c , would that be to hot for these plants, also have a automatic mister watering system.it would be nice to use the glasshouse this summer , thanks for any info
Gosh, that’s a lot of interesting information. It doesn’t really matter to grow them outside in the summer as it can toughen them up. The problem may be that blooms suffer outside in a UK summer when we get periods of rain. Plus I am growing for exhibition early in the summer and plants need to be kept perfectly clean. With plants in the greenhouse I am using whitewash shade and have many windows and vents which are kept open during the day. I don’t often use misting and if I did it would only be used early in the morning as in general pellies don’t like a lot of damp. When hot you need to be very careful with overwatering in a greenhouse as they go into a sort of winter shutdown so be careful. Hope this helps. D
Thanks I think I will grow outside for the greenhouse can get pretty hot
Restarting seeds ,lost over 3/4 of them to a sudden bacteria from a mold found in the household I am looking fir