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Sorry people, random slip of the keyboard: I didn't really want to send
you all my IE shortcut! (suspect most people already have their own ;-)) Victoria Victoria Clare wrote in .207: " Emrys Davies" wrote in news:bcqir6$lmrsd$1@ID- 108842.news.dfncis.de: 'Joe', The idea is not to overpot the geranium family in order to ensure that they do not produce too much foliage at the expense of flowers. Best to treat them as recommended by the supplier(s), but you may consider leaving one in a bigger pot to test the over-potting theory. As a sort of case study, here is the tale of my pelargonium rooty cuttings this year. They are an ivy-leaved pelargonium, 'Barbe Bleu'. As I had no small pots free when they arrived (damn! too many seeds again!) I ignored the instructions, and potted five of them straight into their large 'final' terracotta pots. I did have 2 small pots, so I potted the other two plants into those then potted them again later when I'd decided where to put them. The two that were in small pots are now about the size of the smallest of the 5, (that one got greenfly which stunted its growth a bit). The other 4 (large pots, no greenfly) are definitely larger, and just about to flower now. They have at least as many flower buds as the ones that got the small pot treatment, and the 'small-potters' do not seem to have come into bloom any earlier, despite having stayed in the greenhouse a bit longer. Oh, I also disobeyed the instructions by using a peat-free bark-based compost rather than a peat-based one, thus, according to the instructions, invalidating my warranty! But the plants are large, heathy, and are just about to look fantastic, so I have no plans to invoke the guarantee anyway. I also got a scented geranium at the same time. That came with particularly fearful warnings that over-potting would lead to disaster, so, I did actually pot tha t one into a smaller pot, and I think it even got John Innes compost too. It is now a smaller plant than the ivy- leavers, but is in full bloom: I put that down to it being a different variety rather than necessarily being the potting regime though. I bought both from Vernons - http://www.geraniumsuk.com/ - not cheap, but they do have an amazing range and lots of varieties that don't seem to be available elsewhere. HTH Victoria |
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