Comments 1 Add Comment. View Comments. February 21, Hi, I bring my gerbera pots indoors for the winter, but a cold night withered some leaves. Since the roots didn't freeze, should the plants come back if I cut off damaged leaves and give them a shot of fertilizer? Back to story Comment on this project. Tell us what you think Thanks for adding your feedback. All rights reserved.
Close Sign in. Fertilize Gerbera daisy monthly throughout the growing season, using a balanced, general-purpose garden fertilizer. Alternatively, apply a time-release fertilizer every six to eight weeks. Spread 1 to 2 inches of natural mulch, such as shredded bark or compost, around the plant in spring.
Apply mulch carefully, allowing a span of bare ground around the crown. Remove blooms as soon as they wilt, as deadheading prevents the plant from setting seed early in the season. To deadhead, pinch or cut the wilted bloom, along with the stem down to the next stem, bud or leaf.
This is vital to do during the blooming season. It is also one of the main steps to take if you wish your plant to produce those gorgeous flowers. When planting, make sure to soak the roots fully. After this, allow the top of the soil and the crow to dry before you water your Gerbera Daisy again. Fertilize monthly.
Another important thing is to fertilize your Gerbera Daisy on a monthly basis throughout the growing season. The best fertilizer to use is balanced, general purpose garden fertilizer. Alternatively, you may use a time-release fertilizer every 6 to 8 weeks.
In order to make your Gerbera Daisy thrive, it is important to spread some natural mulch on it. Use about 1 to 2 inches of mulch around the base of the plant. Apply mulch in spring. The best natural mulch to use is compost or shredded bark. When applying mulch, make sure you are careful. You need to leave some span of bare ground around the crown. Never apply mulch directly to the base and crown of the plant! Remove blooms when they wilt. This is extremely important. Remove all the blooms as soon as they wilt.
It prevents the plant from setting seed early in the season. To remove the wilted flowers, simply pinch or cut the bloom along with the stem, down to the next step, leaf or bud. Replant your Gerbera Daisy every other year. This is an extremely important step. You need to dig up and replant your Gerbera Daisy every other year.
It mainly happens due to the weather and repeated watering. The Gerbera Daisy a. Transvaal daisy, Gerber daisy, African daisy or Barberton daisy — Gerbera jamesonii from the Asteraceae family are popular indoor and outdoor South African floral plants. Growing Gerbera flowers brings cheer to any setting with their bright and colorful Daisy-like flowers.
These attractive plants come in a wide variety of colors including white, yellow, orange, red and salmon. Blooms of Gerbera daisies vary in size, ranging from two inches to five inches across. For even greater variety, there are single, double and multiple petal versions of all colors.
Just as the Gerbera bloom varies in flower shape and size and their color, they also vary in ease of care. Gerbera care on more compact types is generally easier to cultivate than caring for taller, more rangy types. Because shorter and more compact plants have stronger flower stems. Additionally, when growing red gerbera daisy in pots the more compact plants are a bit more versatile in that they do well both indoors as container plants and outdoors in flowerbeds or containers.
It is inexpensive and easy to buy Gerbera seedlings at your local nursery, but it is even less expensive to buy seeds and cultivate your own.
Alternatively, you can grow Gerbera daisy plants by division. If you decide you want to start growing Gerbera Daisies from seed, be advised that you may end up with surprise daisies. Seed is not always accurately labeled. Additionally, you cannot save the seed from one season to the next. You must purchase it, take it right home and plant it immediately. It will lose its viability very quickly after you open the package. When you do this, you can be absolutely certain of the type of Gerbera daisy you are getting.
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