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Help! What do I do with my scented geranium babies and no cold frame/greenhouse?

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ChardonnaysPetDragon · 21/11/2021 08:53

Do I bring them in and hope for the best or fo I let them out, in a sheltered place all snuggled together and hope for the best?

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MereDintofPandiculation · 21/11/2021 09:51

Indoor windowsill. Pelargoniums aren’t very frost tolerant

ErrolTheDragon · 21/11/2021 16:26

I've got scented geraniums propagated by cuttings from a plant bought over 20 years ago, almost entirely on my kitchen window ledge.

ChardonnaysPetDragon · 21/11/2021 16:28

Thanks, they are coming in tonight.

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Janedownourlane · 21/11/2021 21:36

Keep them on a windowsill, and watered as they need it, as cental heating is very drying, but they do tolerate being quite dry. Mine are all flowering like crazy now they're indoors and if they get too big, I just cut back above a leaf node and they re-shoot. Lovely houseplants 'til the frosts are over next spring when they can go back out.

ChardonnaysPetDragon · 21/11/2021 21:39

They are in, I keep checking for slugs and snails.
Also moved the big geranium pots and the bid scented geraniums to a sheltered corner, en masse, so hope they will pull through as well.

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