Geraniums - Too leafy

[Ellie-Kay]

My garden geraniums look healthy enough but there are lots of leaves and very few flowers. The flowers that do bother to grow take their time about it! What can I do to reverse the trend, please? Thanks for any help.

[lawsanass]

They probably need feeding.....if you get a feed, ask for advice from garden centre. There are 3 sets of numbers on the packet, for instance 20 10 10. Each set means how strong it is in an individual area. So the first number may mean good for roots, the second number good for foliage and the 3rd set good for flowers (sorry, cant remember which is which)The garden centre will know. If you wanted to feed carrots say, you would pick one high in the root growing number, but if you wanted to grow a good cabbage you would pick one high in foliage number etc, hope this is making sense......good luck

[shaneystar2]

Are they in pots or in the ground ?
Geraniums like the sun and we haven't had a lot of it lately They don't like to be waterlogged either .I feed mine with Tomorite tomato food once a week and keep them on the dry side ,but they are in pots ,and they are lovely .
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[Bromsgrove]

Hello! As Shaneystar has said ,a tomato fertilizer which is rich in potash should do the trick , otherwise a feed of potash which you can buy at most garden centres is another option.

[Ellie-Kay]

A slap-up meal is coming their way, but not too much to drink!! I'll make a concerted effort to keep on top of the dead-heading too - and stop my little granddaughter using my gardening tools like a scythe! Thanks so much for your replies.