Geranium leaves all turned red suddenly, any ideas why?
Question:My geranium's leaves all turned red within the last 2 weeks or so. It's still blooming and appears to still be alive, but I don't know why. It's about 3 years old, bring it in during the winter, repot once a year, and fertilized a month or so ago. Any suggestions?
Answers:
lack of water. was there unusual heat? were you late watering? something happened that caused it to be stressed from lack of water.
i would soak it in a bowl, pot, basin of water overnight. that way you know for certain that it is thoroughly moist.
it should be ok...and continue to grow and put out new leaves to replace the red ones. they will most likely become 'crunchy' and die, but the plant should be just fine.
hope this helps.
It depends. If its a wild geranium, some of them just have their leaves turn red in early summer. Some Pelargonium geraniums seem to have their leaves turn an autumnal red in June after something has stressed them - like a drastic change in temperature within 24 hours.
If the plant stems, leaves & flowers still appear to be healthy, I wouldn't do anything different.
Use a search engine & see what else you can find, or ask someone at the nursery or garden center you buy your plants at.
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