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Zonal geraniums make hearty houseplants, but watch out for bad budworms.
Did you bring in your zonal geraniums as houseplants?
If you have some sunny windows, zonal geraniums make great houseplants. With attractive, fan-shaped foliage and cheery blooms—given the right conditions—these annuals can perk up your interior all winter, then head back outside come spring.
But you have to keep an eye on these plants—especially this time of the year, when they’ve just come in from your porch or patio or gardens.
One of the biggest problems is budworms. These green worms camouflague themselves so effectively that’s finding them proves almost impossible. But you’ll know they’re present by these telltale signs:
• Tattered, chewed leaves
• Buds that do not open and flower. Look closely and you’re see tiny holes in the buds.
• Caterpillar poop that you might at first think is seed. Tiny, black droppings will litter green leaves or the surface below the plant.
Ideally, you’ll want to find the culprit. Look carefully on your plants and try to find the devilish budworms.
And if you cannot find them, but keep finding caterpillar poop and ravaged buds and leaves, click here for more tips to rid your plants of budworms.
Here's another entry on over-wintering zonal geraniums. Just click here now.
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