Nancy Today: How to propagate geraniums and give them lots of sun

[murderus47]

hehehe nancy your house is so pretty, i love how you took the xmas bauble down but then i saw you still have your entire christmas tree set up bahahaha !!

[NancyToday]

@murderus47 Well, I have never seen the use in doing things other people do, just cos they do them!

[freakygeaktwo]

did you do an update of those cuttings from march of 2009?

[ruapraia]

great ideas, and good advice, i love your sweet gardening hat, i have a funny hat i ware while gardening also. thanks for posting.

[NancyToday]

@ruapraia you are so welcome. I'm glad you learned something. That's always quite nice, eh!

[aposentoalto1000]

the cuttings are only supposed to have 2 to 3 leaves on it with no flowers cuz it takes the energy away

[NancyToday]

@aposentoalto1000 Okay.  Updating my brain.

[MACwishin]

That was a great idea. I may have to steal this one because I have about 4 clay pots my kids handpainted and would look so cute in my craft room. :)

[NancyToday]

yes indeed! Excellent choice!

[pixiepqueen]

ahh, I guess once they get good roots and start getting bigger you will plant them on, this is just to get them going and to look nice while they sprout roots?

[NancyToday]

Precisely! Smart cookie you are!

[pixiepqueen]

yeah, I didn't have my brain in gear 3 days ago. I was a bit tired. I gotta learn to think before I type! he he

[NancyToday]

Refer to song 'if I only had a brain'! LOL

[pixiepqueen]

OMG! my sisters used to tease me with that song when I was a kid. haha! you've traumatised me Nancy!

[pixiepqueen]

I'm just wondering about drainage? ie the cups.

do you just keep them moist I spose? not really wet?

[NancyToday]

you can put them in a glass of water to root, so wet earth works too. I don't think they should get dry until they are established. So for now, no drainage, just a wee bit of wet in there.

[nycbubbles756]

Great idea, Nancy!! The plants really look good in those cups and saucers! ill bet they will look more beautiful when the flowers bloom!!!! You always have such great ideas!!

And yes, we did get a foot of snow!! and it will go down to the teens tonight and make it all freeze, brrr!! March is a strange month and it sure is coming in like a lion!

[NancyToday]

I won't keep them in there that long. They'll go outside into my windowboxes in May! However, it's a fine idea to! They don't have much soil in there!

[jellybean4501]

Great idea! I think I'm going to do this!

[NancyToday]

Yeahhhh, I created a new way!