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Daughter's fuschia wiltied, why?
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Posted by nancyisme 9FL (My Page) on Wed, Apr 29, 09 at 20:09
| My daughter in South Carolina bought 3 fushias and put them in a hanging basket. They are on her southwest facing porch. They get sun in the afternoon. Three days after she planted them she found two of them wilted. The soil is not dried out. She was afraid they were getting too much sun, but the only one that wasn't wilted was the one getting the most sun. What could the problem be? I can't grow fushias in FL so I'm no help. |
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RE: Daughter's fuschia wiltied, why?
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| Wilting can also be a response to root damage caused by overwatering, and fuschias can be prone to that, too. It's going to be a stretch to grow most of them in SC, too; she's definitely going to have to change the location of that basket by the end of this month. The only chance for them here in VA is in an eastern (morning sun) exposure with good air circulation and extremely careful (not too little, not too much) watering. |
RE: Daughter's fuschia wiltied, why?
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| Hi, Wilting may be caused by different things. Overwatering, fungal attack or to hot area. In your case it sounds like a problem with fungis. |
RE: Daughter's fuschia wiltied, why?
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| My guess is that the weather is too warm. We grow them with great success on the west coast (and I mean on the coast) where summer fog keeps the highs in the mid-sixties. When we get heat spells and the weather breaks into the 80's they get very unhappy and wilty. As soon as the fog rolls in and they cool down they perk right up. Another think is that they don't like strong sun at all. Morning sun or filtered sun, but they can burn and/or wilt in hot afternoon sun. |
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