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Discussion in 'General Gardening Discussion' started by holttum, Sep 17, 2011.

  1. holttum

    holttum Apprentice Gardener

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    hi
    when you take cuttings of trailing geraniums or any other plant that still has flowers is it best to get rid of all flowers i just wondered if you get better results in doing this thanks for any advise

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    Yes take the flowers off and only leave about 3 or 4 leaves. That way the plant doesn't struggles trying to flower and produce roots at the same time.
     
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      You may know this but make the cut immediately below the leaf join to prevent stem rot although this isn't such a problem as it is with thick fleshy leaved Zonal Pelargoniums.
       
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