The sorrel-leaved pelargonium can easily be grown from cuttings and seeds. Cuttings can be taken any time of the year as they root very easily. Short, 12 cm stem cuttings can be taken from semi-mature plant material. You can dip the basal ends of the cuttings in a rooting powder to stimulate the rooting process, but rooting hormones are not really required and one can root this plant without using them. The cuttings are inserted in propagation trays with coarse river sand and placed in a cold frame to root. Rooting should take place within three weeks. Once the cuttings are rooted they need to be potted in well-drained, composted soil. The plants can then be placed in a lightly shaded area to harden off before being placed in direct sunlight.

The seeds of summer rainfall pelargoniums can be sown in spring and those species from the winter rainfall areas should be sown in autumn. Seeds of the sorrel-leaved pelargonium can be sown at the end of summer in a well-drained soil mixture using seed trays. Seeds can be pre-treated with a pre-emergence fungicide before being sown. The seeds are then covered with a light topping of fine milled pine bark. Seeds will germinate after four weeks.

Pelargonium acetosum thrives in drier conditions in the garden. The plants do not grow very tall so one needs to plant plenty of companion plants of similar height. They are particularly effective when used in mixed perennial borders. Group the plants with similar plants that love drier conditions in your garden.