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geranium woody stems vs green stems

16 years ago

okie dokie this is going to sound like the most stupid question in the world...but i noticed that my geraniums(standard every day geraniums)are wood stemmed....; i am thinking that is not the way they are suppossed to be...that they are suppossed to be green stemmed...; am i correct or have i lost it? if wood stems are not suppossed

to be a healthy gernaium ...can you tell me how to correct it? should i slice the green leaf/blossom off and root...or is that even possible? i have been researching reasearching and i cant find the answer.

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snow_lake
16 years ago
From what I've been told, wood stems just mean that it is old growth and green stems mean new growth. Wood stems does not mean that your plant is not well. It is perfectly normal.
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