I've been round and round with four scraggly geranium plants I adopted after my Mom passed away. Dear Old Mom always had such a green thumb--I seem to have a decidedly brown one! When I was growing up, we had geraniums blooming--both inside and outside--all year long!
The Sad Sack plants I've been tending for a couple of years are part of the garden that my girls helped plant at Mom & Dad's house. We put four of Mom's geraniums in pots, and I've been overseeing them ever since. They seem to do the best in the summer, when it's hot & humid; in the winter, I'm lucky if I get a few green leaves and an occasional blossom out of them!
Part of my problem, I know, is that these Mediterranean-born plants are water-logged. They're outside on my deck for the summer, and we've been getting a lot of rain recently. My sister also told me that geraniums love to "feed"--in other words, I should do something about fertilizing them.
I'm a bit wary of commercial fertilizers, so my sis recommended coffee grounds. Does anyone out there in the Blogosphere know about this home remedy? I've taken all four of these pitiful plants, transplanted them together in a larger pot, and fertilized them with grounds from my kitchen counter percolator.
Please let me know if there's something else I should--or should not--be doing. It's been two days, and I'm already seeing new blossoms. Coffee & geraniums might be kissin' cousins--who knew?
