Gerbera needs a winter break
If you grow gerberas as a houseplant, you can experience a very long flowering time if the conditions are right. The location must be warm, bright and not too dry. Then the plant can continuously develop new flowers.
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Most of the time, the ideal conditions in the house cannot be created. Therefore, send the houseplant to hibernation in October. Put them in a place that:
- Very bright
- Has temperatures between 12 and a maximum of 15 degrees
- Not too dry
- Water only once a month
- Do not fertilize
Cut Remove previously withered flowers and dry leaves. Slowly get the gerberas used to the warm place on the windowsill when it is longer light again.
Keep gerberas in the garden perennial
There are two possibilities, Gerbera in the garden to maintain for several years. Either plant a hardy one variety or you can bring the plants indoors in winter.
If you keep hardy gerberas, you have to provide winter protection, as these varieties can also withstand a maximum of minus five degrees.
Wintering gerberas indoors
Dig up non-hardy varieties in September or early October. To do this, prick out the root ball generously and place the plant in a pot with sufficient soil.
Put the gerbera indoors in a bright place with temperatures between 12 and 15 degrees.
At the beginning of May you start to bring the gerberas out of hibernation and get them used to the fresh air. Definitely again plant you can start them from the end of May, when frosts are no longer expected.
Tips & Tricks
Gerbera houseplants bought in the supermarket or hardware store are often treated with a growth inhibitor. It should ensure that the plant does not grow too tall. These potted plants bloom usually only for one season and cannot be kept for several years.