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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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Fuchsia cuttings are best taken in the Spring. Whether it be standard, or any other plants, non-flowering 'tips' are the best cutting material.
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My fuchsia cuttings are rooting well in water right now.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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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 betterComment
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two sheds how long before fuchsia cutting root ,then wat do YOU do with them.
john thanksComment
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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 gardenComment
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Ye Gods Kristen, you're not exactly organic, are you?? Fuchsia cuttings root well in water, specially if they're nice soft new growth. Once the roots show I plant them into two and a half inch or 3 inch pots and keep them moist and warm(ish) - around 65 degrees is plenty warm enough. Once the roots poke out of the drainage holes of the small pot you re-pot into the next size up and away you go.Originally posted by Kristen View PostComment
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