Do you also want to have your geraniums to flower with the same intensity as in the picture above? Then,transplant the cuttings along with roots in well-fed pots. The mixture in the pot should consist of one part each of soil,sand and well-rotten farmyard manure. Also add 100 grams of superphosphate to this mixture. You can transplant dahlia in a similar fashion. In case the cuttings are still developing roots,you can delay transplating them by another week or 10 days. Dont keep at the roots by extracting the cuttings from the sand. The health of new leaves will indicate that all is well. Do not add fertilisers to the pots for at least a fortnight. Can I still prune the roses in my garden as I could not do it in the first week of October? Surya Prakash,Chandigarh Yes,go ahead,this is the right time to prune roses. There are dark black spots along the central rib of my mango leaves. What could be the reason and how can I stop it? SS Sidhu,Panchkula Such black/brown spots on the leaves are due to fungal disease. Spray blitox,dissolved in the ratio of two-and-a half-grams to one litre of water. Repeat the process after 15 days. The seedlings of my nasturtium and verbaena plants have grown about one to one-and-a-half inches high. Is this the right time to transplant them? Gursewak Singh,Chandigarh Wait for some more time and let the seedlings grow up to four to five inches high. The time is suitable otherwise to transplant. I have come to know that there is a voice-message facility for kitchen gardeners in the tricity and subscribers can get free daily gardening tips. Who do I contact for that? S Boparai,Chandigarh For this,you can contact Chandigarh Cooperative Kitchen Gardening Society at 0172-2702041,IKSL Green Card at 8968482333 (Anil Rawat) or Durga Seed Shop in Sector 26. For gardening queries ASK DR GREEN at satishnarula@yahoo.co.in
