Q: I cut this idea out of your column some time ago and tried it when I went on vacation. I’m very pleased with how well it worked. After two-and-a-half weeks, the pots were still moist and I know ...

Q: I watched your webinar last fall on overwintering geraniums, and I’ve been growing them under lights in the basement like you suggested. They are doing very well and flowering, but I don’t know if ...

Q.: The geraniums and begonias I dug up this fall and stored in the basement are doing too good -- they are flowering like it is the middle of August. Should I cut off the blooms, cut back the light ...

Q: Can you tell me what type of weed this is and how I can kill it? Roundup seems to take multiple doses without much effect. — Tyler Kummeth, Fargo. A: The photo shows a fascinating plant called ...

Geraniums in your flower beds and outdoor pots can survive winter with these tips. Taras_Bulba / Getty Images Geraniums, also known as pelargoniums, are colorful plants that are favorites for growing ...

Geraniums can be overwintered using a technique that your grandmother used to use. In the fall dig up your planted geraniums, place them in a bushel basket and let them dry out. When the soil around ...

When you find a geranium in the perfect color for your landscape, you don't want to let it die with the first frost. And you don't have to. Geraniums can be overwintered using three different methods ...

Q: Is it true that geraniums can be pulled out of their pots or from the flower box and stored without soil for the winter in the unheated basement? How does one do this successfully? I have a few ...

If you could take a sunny disposition, contentment, and good old-fashioned reliability and create a flower, it would be the geranium. They’ve been gracing our homes since pioneer days and are an ...

SAUK COUNTY GARDENER Jeannie Manis Sauk County Master Gardeners Association president “I grow plants for many reasons: to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for ...

There are avoidable mistakes that are killing your geraniums in the garden, and leaving them to fend for themselves in the freezing winter temperatures is one of them. If you want to help your garden ...

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