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Can Fuchsias in Hanging Baskets Benefit From Some Support?
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Posted by just_me_6 WV - 6 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 17, 07 at 8:40
| I have a large heavy Dark Eyses Fuchsia in a basket. The branches look so droopy. Would it benefit from a little support of some kind in the middle of the pot to help hold the heavy leaves up? |
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RE: Can Fuchsias in Hanging Baskets Benefit From Some Support?
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| I think they're supposed to look droopy. They were bred for weak stems so that the branches would spill around the pot and hang down. |
RE: Can Fuchsias in Hanging Baskets Benefit From Some Support?
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| ......Letting the plant wilt slightly, I have even attached wooden clothes pegs in between leaf nodes to help weigh down branches that have a mind of their own, placing the clothes peg in a way as to not pinch the stems, after this I water the fuchsia. I remove the clothes pegs after a few days, the branches stay in their new position. A...... |
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