Geranium Disease
Learning about Geranium Disease can help you to revive failing plants.
The common geranium (Pelargonium) can be easily planted in garden beds and planters outdoors while the Regal geranium is better suited to indoor containers.
Like other plants, the geranium can succumb to disease and pests. If you find that your geraniums are failing
the list beneath might help you narrow it down.
Geranium Disease
Black Leg stem turns black and leaves fall off – mostly happens on cuttings.
Use fungicidal spray to help control spread, never take cutting from a diseased plant.
Leaf Spot leaves fall off after becoming spotted.
Remove infected leaves, water with a soaker so as to avoid getting water on plant.
Gray Mold gray moldy spots, petals wilt and fall off.
Discard infected plants do not plant geraniums too close together and make sure there is enough air space between plants, a fungicidal spray may help.
Rust rusty looking spots, plant turns yellow
Treat with fungicidal spray.
Root Knot nematodes plant gets knotted roots and growth is stunted.
Destroy infected plants and do not plant in that spot again.
Dropsy mostly a problem with indoor plants that show lesions.
Don’t water the plant so much and put it in the sunniest spot you can find.
In addition to Geranium disease, your plants could also be infested with pests such as:
Caterpillars, flys, mites,termites and slugs are garden pests that might like to make a meal of your geraniums. You can control most of these pests with special sprays that you can get at your garden supply store. Aphids are another problem that may be controlled with ladybugs. Slugs can be captured simply by putting out a saucer of beer.
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