Overwintering Geraniums Don’t throw away those gera niums that graced your garden or porch all season. Instead, try your hand at keeping them over winter. There are various ways of over wintering geraniums the follow ing are four possible ways. 1. Remove existing plants from their pots or dig those in the gar den before frost. Shake all the soil from the roots. Hang the plants upside down inside a plastic bag, with a few air holes in it. Add a little moist peat moss to keep the plants alive during the winter and prevent total drying. Some gar deners soak a piece of cloth in water and slide it inside the bag once a month. Watch for any signs of mildew or mold inside the bag once the moisture has been introduced. 2. Dig up your garden gera niums, cut the stems back and pot them in flower pots or wooden boxes. 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Add a little water now and then to keep the plants alive during the winter months. In spring as the weather warms, cut the tops back and repot the plants in a suitable soil mix and container or garden spot. Such plants may look dead, but most of them should sprout quickly once opti mum growing conditions return. 4. Another method uses cut tings from the mother plant to start new ones for next year’s popula tion and plantings stock. Take slips or cuttings from the main plant and throw the old plant away. Root the cuttings in sand or vermiculite. Then pot them in a good soil mixture and keep the started young plants over the win ter. This works well if you Want to use them as winter house plants, but they sill need those 60 degree F temperatures. Often by storing geraniums over the winter, the plants become leggy, scraggly and do little more than collect dust Geraniums used to be considered a good house plant but central heating and insu lation now make most homes too warm for successful growing. Geraniums grow best in 50 to 60 degree temperatures. However, if you have an unheated room or an especially cool but sunny spot in your house, you may be able to coax a few blooms. All geraniums need sun to bloom so put them near the win dows with the most winter light. But be careful—no plant likes draft and cold temperatures. If your windows are drafty, try adding a cover of clear plastic over the inside of the window or even a protective shield of news paper between the window and plant during especially cold weather. Water geraniums regularly but allow the soil to dry between waterings. Average house humidi ty is adequate as long as there is enough fresh air. 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