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Old 18-09-2010, 09:49 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Wintering Geraniums

On Sep 18, 12:31*pm, Frank wrote:
On 9/18/2010 12:22 PM, hr(bob) wrote:

We live in the Chicago suburbs. *Last winter I put all our hanging
baskets of geraniums in a barely warm garage, anywhere from 35 degrees
up to 55 degrees. *They survived and have bloomed vigorously all this
summer hanging along the sides of our deck. *But, the plants have
become leggy and I need to do something with them. *Never had
geraniums before so my wife and I don't know what we should be doing
for this upcoming winter.


Help please.


I'm no expert but wife has been putting a couple to winter in our
utility room and I looked on-line and believe you can cut back one to
two thirds. *I did this early in the year and rooted several cuttings
and got several new plants. *Put some in pots and some in the ground and
just plan to leave them out to die, whatever, and clone new ones *in
February from what she brings in.


How did you go about rooting the cuttings?

Bob H