{"id":8553,"date":"2019-07-14T00:28:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T23:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8553"},"modified":"2019-07-12T17:48:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:48:02","slug":"fuchsia-from-cuttings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/fuchsia-from-cuttings\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuchsia from Autumn Cuttings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Louise Fuchsia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3942325490\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3275\/3942325490_6dba7d6618.jpg\" alt=\"Louise\" width=\"500\" height=\"457\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fuchsias root very easily and it a simple matter to take cuttings both to increase your stock of plants and to protect them from winter losses.<\/p>\n<h3>Cuttings in September &amp; October from Semi-hardwood.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I think this is the best method for those without a heated greenhouse.<\/li>\n<li>Cuttings are taken late in the season when the bark has started to harden and ripen.<\/li>\n<li>Select side shoots 6-10&#8243; long and pull them off with a heel. A heel is a bit of the main stem attached to the base of the cutting.<\/li>\n<li>Insert the cutting with 4-5 others in a 4&#8243; pot<\/li>\n<li>If growing several pots of cuttings plunge the pots into a tray of sand to keep them evenly moist and frost free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summer Cuttings from Green Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Select cuttings 3&#8243; long with two or three pairs of leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Cut the shoot just below the point where the lowest leaves join the stem. Trim off the 2 lower leaves and pot 2&#8243; apart.<\/li>\n<li>If taken in July, pot on the rooted cutting before winter. Do not worry if they loose there leaves in winter they will regrow from February.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Spring Green Tip Cuttings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Similar to summer cuttings they should be treated in the same way.<\/li>\n<li>Pot on as soon as rooted in about 2-4 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Keep in gentle heat, shade from sun and gradually ventilate.<\/li>\n<li>Stop the plants at 4 pairs of leaves to get bushy growth and flowers from June and the rest of summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Short Tip Cuttings in Heat January &#8211; March<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the method used by our local nursery.<\/li>\n<li>Overwintered plants are pruned by removing all green shoots. Then syringed with tepid water once a day to induce dormant buds on the old wood to shoot.<\/li>\n<li>When new shoots have 3 pairs of leaves take the cutting leaving one pair of leaves behind.<\/li>\n<li>Pot in a 3&#8243; pot with 2-3 other cuttings and place in a propagator.<\/li>\n<li>After rooting 10-14 days very gradually allow air to circulate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"London 2000 \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3942314910\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3440\/3942314910_79a653b3d9.jpg\" alt=\"London 2000\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Fuchsia Cutting Tips<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trim cuttings with a sterile razor blade.<\/li>\n<li>A home made propagator can be made from a pot covered with a plastic bag. Build a frame of wire or sticks to stop the plastic touching the leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Compost for Fuchsia cuttings should be open-textured to encourage roots. 1 part coir or peat to 1 part sand, nutrients are not required. Pot on into John Innes no. 1 with good drainage.<\/li>\n<li>Keep fuchsias frost free through winter.<\/li>\n<li>Cuttings tend to perform better than very old plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read about <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/overwintering-fuchsias\/\">Over-wintering Fuchsias<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/fuchsia-from-cutting-to-show\/\">Fuchsias From Cutting to Show<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuchsias root very easily and it a simple matter to take cuttings both to increase your stock of plants and to protect them from winter losses. Cuttings in September &amp; October from Semi-hardwood. I think this is the best method for those without a heated greenhouse. Cuttings are taken late in the season when the bark has started to harden and ripen. Select side shoots 6-10&#8243; long and pull them off with a heel. 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