Fuchsias
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Fuchsias are gorgeous flowers and like Claudine, I would love to see some photos. I have never grown them personally but do like them. What kind of environment do they prefer. To tell you the truth I don't see many around my area, so I'm quite curious.
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I have a fuchsia I'd like to take cuttings from - do they root well? Are there any special tricks to propagating them?
I won't claim to be an expert on fuchsias, but I've got a few small plants growing in pots which I've had for a few years. One died for some unknown reason, but the others have been doing fairly well without any specialised care. I keep them in my small unheated greenhouse, but I live in a city where we don't often get winter temperatures more than a few degrees below zero celsius. The door of the greenhouse is kept open all summer, so they are almost in outdoor conditions, only they are protected from hail.
I've also successfully propagated them from cuttings by putting them in a glass of water and keeping them indoors until I pot them. There may be a better way, but I try to keep things simple unless I have a plant that I badly want to reproduce.
I've also successfully propagated them from cuttings by putting them in a glass of water and keeping them indoors until I pot them. There may be a better way, but I try to keep things simple unless I have a plant that I badly want to reproduce.
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simple is good. I'll give that a try. 
I tip cuttings all rooted .
The method I use is fill a small pot of compost and insert 6 or more tips in compost water in and after 3 weeks they will be well rooted.
Another method we got shown at our fuchsia society many yrs ago cover your pot of of tips with a poly bag or pop in a zip lock bag and keep sealed for 3 weeks and same well rooted.
Yes popping in water roots to I prefer my method as get a better root system growing.
Good luck.
The method I use is fill a small pot of compost and insert 6 or more tips in compost water in and after 3 weeks they will be well rooted.
Another method we got shown at our fuchsia society many yrs ago cover your pot of of tips with a poly bag or pop in a zip lock bag and keep sealed for 3 weeks and same well rooted.
Yes popping in water roots to I prefer my method as get a better root system growing.
Good luck.
If you want to do it properly, growing your cuttings in soil, then covering the cuttings to keep the moisture in is a good idea, but I find using a plastic bag awkward as you don't want the moist bag to come into contact with the cuttings.
At one of my bonsai club's meetings we were taught to make a mini greenhouse using a soda bottle. The method was similar to the one shown in this tutorial, except that we were taught to plant the cuttings straight into the bottom half of the bottle after making a few drainage holes. Of late most of the cuttings I've been growing are too big to fit into a soda bottle, so I've started using a plastic bucket (as transparent as I can find) to cover my pots of cuttings.
At one of my bonsai club's meetings we were taught to make a mini greenhouse using a soda bottle. The method was similar to the one shown in this tutorial, except that we were taught to plant the cuttings straight into the bottom half of the bottle after making a few drainage holes. Of late most of the cuttings I've been growing are too big to fit into a soda bottle, so I've started using a plastic bucket (as transparent as I can find) to cover my pots of cuttings.
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I've used clear plastic pastry containers from the supermarket for starting seeds - those work well as mini-greenhouses. And the domes from store bought cakes or sandwich trays are good for putting on larger containers. I steal them from work after a catered event
We all have great methods of growing our fuchsia cuttings.
And as I remember to always getting told if what you do and it works with you just stick to that same method.
I have just taken of 20 tip cuttings of snowburner and multipotted the cuttings.
Aslo you get a good show of fuchsias if you mulit pot the cuttings and as they grow keep uppotting the pot untill a 5inch pot and just let them grow on .
And as I remember to always getting told if what you do and it works with you just stick to that same method.
I have just taken of 20 tip cuttings of snowburner and multipotted the cuttings.
Aslo you get a good show of fuchsias if you mulit pot the cuttings and as they grow keep uppotting the pot untill a 5inch pot and just let them grow on .
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Fuchias were one of my favourite plants for pots and borders. A couple of miles from my home was a garden centre that specialised in the hundreds of varieties available in the UK.
I had little problem growing and keeping them but how they would fair now I don't know. The UK doesn't seem to get a summer anymore, except for this year, so whether they would flower so prolifically I'm not sure.
I had little problem growing and keeping them but how they would fair now I don't know. The UK doesn't seem to get a summer anymore, except for this year, so whether they would flower so prolifically I'm not sure.
Hi TheBrit this year has been fantastic for my many fuchsias they have grown ever so well .
Mind you today they are getting battered by the wind.
Mind are all in containers and hanging pots apart form 2 hardy ones Gennii and Kat Jan which are growing in the ground.
Mind you today they are getting battered by the wind.
Mind are all in containers and hanging pots apart form 2 hardy ones Gennii and Kat Jan which are growing in the ground.