Pinching geraniums will force your plant to grow to be bushier and more compact, and you can do it on new geranium plants that you have purchased, or on geraniums that have been overwintered.There are actually a variety of different methods for cutting back your flowers, depending on what your goals are. This is especially true in geraniums that have been overwintered if that’s what you choose to do.
If you want your geraniums to always look their best, you are going to need to do some pruning, which will prevent leggy and woody geraniums. Pruning Is Essential for Healthy Geraniums
I suggest you re-pot them every spring to keep them fresh looking. Use a water-soluble fertilizer at half strength. During active growing months, fertilize every few weeks. If you desire bushy plants, pinch the stems. During the winter you can water much less, but if you water too little, the roots could dry out, and that's not a good thing. 
Allow your plants to dry between waterings, then water thoroughly.I like to use the bottom end of a two-liter cola bottle like a mini-greenhouse to help with humidity. Geraniums like a moist, humid environment. Once you plant a cutting, wait a few weeks and pull on it very lightly.if it offers resistance it is probably rooting just fine and you'll begin to see lots of new growth.Do always use a rooting hormone-it gives you a slight head start on rooting.You don't have to take your cuttings from the woody part.If it feels moist, you should wait a few more days before you water. Geraniums get pretty dry before they need watering again, so touch the soil. Tips to Help You Get Started Taking Cuttings the Correct Way! As it begins to fill the gallon pot, you simply continue the "divide and conquer" process.
Each cutting will be very small, so after it begins to root and the roots begin to fill the pot, you can plant the whole thing into a gallon pot. After taking a cutting, dip the root end in some rooting hormone and plant it in some moist potting soil. To take the cuttings, make sure you use a small, sharp knife that has been sterilized (see more on this below). Purchase some small peat pots and start each cutting in one of those. As the mother plant begins to grow, you can start dividing it and transplanting it into different pots filled with potting soil. All you need is one beautiful, healthy "mother" plant. And, let's face it, growing a flower from a seed is merely a crap shoot. Growing a flower from a cutting guarantees that your plant will have the exact same characteristics as the "mother plant" from which the cutting was taken. This is particularly evident on overcast or cloudy days when you may get a blue cast to the snow in your images.Long before Dolly the sheep was cloned, people were learning to "clone" plants by propagating them from cuttings instead of seed. Setting White Balance to “Cloudy White Balance” or setting your Kelvins to the warmer spectrum will help to make up for the bluish-tinge snow gets. Here are some useful tips worth considering when photographing snow: However, photographing snow does come with its challenges. Snow brightens the landscape and makes everything outdoors look amazing. Consider investing in a pair if you will be in snow and cold a lot.Īlso, bring snacks and water to stay energized and hydrated. The thumb and forefinger flip back so you can keep your hands warm while photographing. There are winter gloves designed specifically for photographers. These are great for heating your hands after they have exposed them to the elements, especially if you have to remove your gloves to navigate the camera buttons when taking photos. Wrap up warm with gloves and a hat and consider hand (heat) warmers. Wear layers to keep the heat in (thermal and wool base layers work really well). It is amazing how quickly your body temperature can fall when standing still photographing in the cold. One of the most important challenges with photographing winter scenes is keeping warm.
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