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MarthaWashington geraniums

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From: Carol Pope
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Camarillo, CA
I have mine all outdoors all year round and within the last couple of weeks the leaves are turning yellow and dying, and the plant seems to have just finished blooming. What does the plant need?.....cutting, fertilizer, or what???? Thank you for any help you can give me. When should you trim the geraniums?

 
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From: Greg Stack
Extension Educator, Horticulture
University of Illinois Extension
gstack@illinois.edu
Hi,

Martha Washington geranium are bedding plants sold for the garden but most often for containers and they are sold during spring months as the do best and bloom best when weather is cool to cold. Once it starts getting warm they tend to go out of flower and not look so good. Not much you can do to other than wait for cool weather to return. i would not overwater or overfertilize yo can prune them back most any time to groom them as needed.

 
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