when is the best time to take cuttings from a standard fuscia ?
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my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ
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can cuttings be taken now as the plant only just made it thru the winter and we dont know f it will make it thru this onemy plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ
hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better
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I use a aeroponics propagator for Fushias (basically it sprays water onto the stems of the cutting, instead of them being in compost). They root like weeds! so I doubt you will have much problem whatever you do.
"how long before fuchsia cutting root ,then wat do YOU do with them"
Here they root in a couple of weeks, maybe a month at the most. Then I pot them in tiny pots (e.g. 2") and keep them out of direct sun and spray them several times a day to stop them drying out, or getting stressed, until their roots are sufficient to keep them going on their own.
I spray the mother plants with insecticide a week or two before taking cuttings, and I spray the cuttings with a fungicide after I have inserted them. All intended to reduce the chance that "bugs" kill them off.
You could try taking cuttings them in Perlite or similar, with, or without, hormone rooting powder; but Fushias are one of the easiest plants to root, so I wouldn't worry too much about trying to get everything "optimal".K's Garden blog the story of the creation of our garden
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Originally posted by Kristen View PostI spray the mother plants with insecticide a week or two before taking cuttings, and I spray the cuttings with a fungicide after I have inserted them. You could try taking cuttings them in Perlite or similar, with, or without, hormone rooting powder; but Fushias are one of the easiest plants to root, so I wouldn't worry too much about trying to get everything "optimal".
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Reply to Heated mat for Tom's and chilliesby raryI use a mix of six scoops of compost three scoops of sand/grit and two scoops of perlite,the quantity is unimportant as long as the ratio is the same, if for seeds I use this mix, if I am potting on I add some blood, fish and bone, along with a small quantity of chicken manure pellets
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