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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Liz on October 08, 2006, 13:01

Title: Bedding down
Post by: Liz on October 08, 2006, 13:01

What is the best way to put fushias and geraniums to bed for the winter please. Do I need to cut them right down or leave them till next year to do that or not cut them down at all. I usually forget about them until the frost has got them and its too late.

Title: Bedding down
Post by: noshed on October 08, 2006, 19:19

Cut them back and keep them out of the wind. I've been amazed how plants have regenerated after a cold winter. Spraying them with seaweed fertiliser in the spring seems to help to get them going.

Title: Bedding down
Post by: hermon on October 17, 2006, 13:18

i cover mine wth hay.

Title: Bedding down
Post by: muntjac on October 17, 2006, 13:44

i lift mine put them in aan old plastic box in the greenhouse pack soil around the roots .or leave them in the ground but dont cut em back i put straw around them like a blanket