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Where Exactly Do I Clip Fuchsias When Deadheading?
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Posted by midnightstorm Zone 8a - Carolina (My Page) on Sun, May 14, 06 at 16:26
| Where exactly should I clip my Winston Churchill Fuchsia when I deadhead it? Should I clip off the old flower along with the little green 'bud' above it? Or just clip off the old flower and leave the green bud?
Thank you,
Linda
Wilmington, North Carolina |
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RE: Where Exactly Do I Clip Fuchsias When Deadheading?
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| You probably want to get rid of the "buds," or ovaries. These will turn into a fruit containing the seeds needed for reproduction. While this is interesting and the fruit is evidently edible (I've never tried them myself), I assume that if you leave too many of them on, the plant will switch its energies into producing the seeds rather than blooming. -Crazy |
RE: Where Exactly Do I Clip Fuchsias When Deadheading?
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| Just the seedpod. If you pinch out the tip it will take six weeks before that section of branch blooms. Those little green buds are blossoms. |
RE: Where Exactly Do I Clip Fuchsias When Deadheading?
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| It seems like there are two answers here? Are the green little pods above the buds seeds or new flowers? |
RE: Where Exactly Do I Clip Fuchsias When Deadheading?
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| If your "little green pods" are directly above an existing blossom, then it's the seedpod. You want to clip these. If your they're at the tip of a branch, and they're not connected to any blossoms, then they're new flowers. You don't want to clip these. My guess is that Rain 1950 was confused about our use of the word "bud." -Crazy |
RE: Where Exactly Do I Clip Fuchsias When Deadheading?
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| Yep. The 'seedpod' remains after the flower falls off and pulls off easily. The new 'buds' are growing at the leaf axials. Sorry about any confusion. |
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