Pinching out and taking fuchsia cuttings
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- Опубликовано: 1 май 2017
- I've been storing my fuchsia's in the greenhouse over winter and it's still a bit too cold overnight for them to go outside. They are growing well, but to get more flowers later in the season I needed to pinch out the growing tips, it was also a good opportunity to increase the number of plants by taking stem or softwood cuttings.
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Next time I see them in a public park this is what I'm going to try to do hahaaa
I was looking for a good informative video on fuchsia plants and found yours to be the best. A big thank you from California.
Thank you for your kind message Taravao. Good luck with your cuttings and happy gardening. Regards Nick
Boss little video, I will be giving this a go. Thank you
Thanks so much for this video, I’ve been searching for a straight forward video that is easy to learn by , this video really helped when the time comes for me to do this I will be watching yours
Hi Juliet, thanks for the message and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Regards Nick
@@UKGardening you’re so welcome. :)
Thanks for this, I want to take a cutting from my Tom thumb fuchsia next spring
Many thanks for this, I’m just getting into propagation and it’s a great encouragement to press on with it.
How'd it go??
Good camera view and explanation. You say it is easy, but I have not had success propagating fuchsias. I will now try again. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for your comment. Good luck with the cuttings, if you have any questions, please let me know. By the way, it's now warm enough to leave the cuttings outside.
good info
Please explain the period of transplant in different zones.
After potting up your cuttings how often should you water them? I ve had a go before no joy with them
Sorry to hear that you've not had a lot of luck with your cuttings. It's always difficult to say how often to water as it's dependant on the weather conditions and temperature. I check the compost every day and water when it starts to feel a bit dry. I hope this helps. Regards Nick
Could anyone tell me if this would work on a trailing fuschia that I love in my hanging baskets. Could I take cuttings as late as possible then over winter them for next year's baskets. Any help would be most appreciated
Good morning Adam, yes this method does work with trailing fuchsias. If you are in the UK, now is the perfect time to take cuttings from the new growth. If you do it in the next week or so they will still be big enough for this years baskets. Taking cuttings in the autumn won't give them enough time to produce roots and leaves before they go into dormancy, so you'll just end up with dead sticks next spring. I hope this helps. Kind regards, Nick
@@UKGardening brilliant thank you for your help
What is the fertiliser you use ? Well detailed video thank you
Hi Chris, thanks for your comment. Your cuttings shouldn't need any feeding/fertiliser until they're happily growing away and you are ready to repot them. If you use your own compost or a bag of multi-purpose compost when potting on, you shouldn't need to add any additional fertiliser until your plants are quite large and established. If you are using garden soil to pot them on to, you might want to mix some slow release granular feed in with the soil. Having said all that, I'm now wondering whether you are referring to the little white granules that I've mixed in with the compost. This is perlite, it's a volcanic rock, it doesn't add any nutrients but it will absorb excess moisture and help drainage, but it's not really necessary. I hope this helps. Good luck and regards Nick
My fuchsias have black spot. Is there anyway to cure it or should I toss plants with black spot?
Good morning Paco. As we head into autumn and then winter, fuchsias will be slowing their growth ready to enter dormancy, I'd pick off any leaves with black spot and put them in the bin or burn them (don't put them in the compost bin). If in the spring or summer you have a reoccurrence, encourage more vigorous growth by giving the plant a feed. I hope this helps. Regards Nick
Thank you for the lovely video. I want to take cuttings from a fuschia that was given to me, but mine does not have the nodes as shown in yours. So the two main stems have two opposite leaves at intervals running up the stem. The stems are far too long with leaves at the uppermost tip. I want to take cuttings plus encourage the plant to bush out from the base. The stems at the base are quite woody at this stage.
Another question please: I want to keep the plant in a pot rather than plant into the ground. What conditions do the plants prefer? I have mine in the shade on the East facing side of my property. I do have a covered back verandah so I can move it around to suit the plant.
PS we have one more month of winter then will be heading into spring.
I really hope you can help me here. Thanking you. Elaine from South Africa.
Thank you so much Nick. I really do appreciate your response. Have a beautiful day. Elaine
I would love to see your reply. I too am trying to start some cuttings from my fuchsia my son gave me last year. It is very leggy, but on some of the branches it is getting some new leaves. Some branches are just bare. May I see your reply to this post? Thank you for your video!
When are you cutting these back please
Hi Glenda, if you are cutting back and moving your tender fuchsias under cover to protect them over winter, you can take the cuttings and propagate them now, but you'll have to keep them indoors on a windowsill (it will be too cold for the cuttings outside and they won't grow). Otherwise, wait until spring, when your fuchsias will have started to sprout and start growing vigorously again, like mine did in the video. Good luck and I hope this helps. Regards Nick
@@UKGardening hi nick, thank you for your message my fushias are still in full flower and loads of buds i have brought them in as we have has 1 frost and a very large amount of rain im not sure what to do they look so beautiful and I don't want to spoil them regards glenda
@@glendacorbett8942 Hi Glenda, it's always a difficult decision about when to bring tender and half-hardy plants in when they are still flowering so well. It's seems to be particularly difficult to judge this year as it's been so mild, with the just one or two frosty mornings. Perhaps you can take a few cuttings now and put these on the windowsill as an insurance policy, then put the larger plants back outside for another couple of weeks to enjoy, but make sure to watch the weather forecasts and be ready to cover the fuchsias or move them back in if frost is forecast. Regards Nick
@@glendacorbett8942 I couldn't really see what he was doing. His hands were in the way. How far down the fushia stem do you actually pinch? Anybody know?
Hi can you help me please
Hi Chris, I'll try, what's up? Regards Nick
@@UKGardening when do u take cutting please I really want to take cutting of my fuchsias
@@chrisnortcliffe3663 Take them in the spring, when they've started to put on new, fresh growth. If you take cuttings now they won't have time to get established before the cold weather arrives. I hope this helps. Nik