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Hanging basket fuschia questions
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Posted by sandals 6 (My Page) on Wed, May 17, 06 at 12:05
| I recently found this site and found it very helpful. I do have a couple questions about fuschia's in hanging baskets.
I was curious if repotting this time of year is safe? The garden center pots do not supply drainage at all, and it looks like my plant is too large for the pot!
I also noticed the fuschia seems heavy and have had a couple branches snap from the weight. Is this normal or what should I do to help the situation?
This is my 1st year buying flowers, so I do not expect to do well (with any of them), but would like to keep them as long as possible. I appreciate the help! |
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RE: Hanging basket fuschia questions
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| Yes, you can repot this time of year, and you should do it if the garden center pots have no drainage and if the plant has outgrown the pot. Use a new pot with a hole in the bottom and your best bet is commercial planting soil. If you are using a hanging pot, be sure to keep your fuchsia well-watered this summer. I don't know about the snapping branches. I'm sure you'll do very well with your new gardening hobby. Pay attention to how much sun or shade a plant likes, and also the amount of water it likes, and you'll be fine. You can feed periodically during the summer too. Good luck. |
RE: Hanging basket fuschia questions
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| Do you have a lot of spent blooms or seed-pods that could be weighting down the plant? If so, you might try removing them. (The seed pods are the small, green bulges directly above the blooms. If the blooms fall off, the seed pod will remain. It'll grow in size and get darker in color.) Take off any old, dried up leaves as well. If this isn't the problem, then I'm not sure what to recommend. You could alway trim the branches, though I know from experience that this may be extremely distressing for the gardener if the plant is blooming heavily. Nevertheless, trimming the branches will encourage new growth, which in turn will develop more blooms.... Of course, though I've had 50+ fuchsia for the past couple of years, I've never had this problem before! For this reason, I'll apologize right off the bat in case my diagnosis is totally off.... Good luck, and please keep us posted! -Crazy |
RE: Hanging basket fuschia questions
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| I have a couple of fuchsia books and have read that some varieties will snap from the weight of flowers. |
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