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Posted by yeopaul Malaysia (My Page) on Tue, Oct 5, 04 at 0:25
| Hi everyone,
I fall in love with fuchsia when i visited Cameron highland of Malaysia. Cameron highland has a cool climate, therefore you can have different varieties of temperate plants there.
I just like to know is it possible to plant fuchsia in tropical climate where the temperature is always above 30 degree celsius?
thanks. |
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RE: Can Fuchsia grow in tropical climate?
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Hi Sunshine,
30c/86f is rather hot for fuchsias, they prefer 18/20c - 64/68f, after saying that some varieties will tolerate 25c/77f, do you have humidity as well? - Kath:) |
RE: Can Fuchsia grow in tropical climate?
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| yes, we have a very himid climate too. does it affect fuchsias? |
RE: Can Fuchsia grow in tropical climate?
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- Posted by SoCal23 USDA10/Sunset23 (My Page) on
Mon, Dec 27, 04 at 11:35
| yeopaul, there is no way you are going to be able to grow any variety of fuschia at less than 3000 feet elevation at 5o north latitude. The problem isn't so much your daytime highs but your very warm night temperatures and the high humidity (evaporative cooling is inefficient with high humidity-think about sweating). If you had a very cool place to bring it into at night (less than 18oc), you might get one to survive but it would never thrive. Ryan |
RE: Can Fuchsia grow in tropical climate?
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| Thanks Ryan. It is a sad thing. i got a few of them planting in different conditions, it doesn't look good..just like what you said, it might survive but it would never thrive, i am going to believe that but will probably give it a few more tries. thanks for the advise. |
RE: Can Fuchsia grow in tropical climate?
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- Posted by SoCal23 USDA10/Sunset23 (My Page) on
Mon, Dec 27, 04 at 19:03
| If you've managed to keep them alive outside I'm impressed, how long have you been growing them? Ryan |
RE: Can Fuchsia grow in tropical climate?
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| You could try asking some local gardeners or a nursery if they have ever had any luck with any certain species of fuschia or a plant similiar to fuschia. Your best bet for growing them is probably in a shady area. Maybe you could grow them somewhere in your house where it is possibly cooler? |
RE: Can Fuchsia grow in tropical climate?
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| Hiya all! We just bought a bunch of Fucsias at a local nursery here in Central Florida. We were told they were grown locally. :) It is rare down here though. We've always thought they were annuals and died, and I just learned that they "sleep" for the winter... I need to read up on these beautiful flowers! Pic attached of our find :) |
RE: Can Fuchsia grow in tropical climate?
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| I went to Cameron highlands and bought back a red/purple Fuchsia too. The mother plant didn't make it but a cutting did. It's kind of slow growing under our 30C heat but I managed to propagate another cutting from the cutting I made earlier. At night it enjoy the air conditioning at around 24-25C. I hope it will flower one day for me. I have seen another person who grew it in the office aircon environment and it bloomed gorgeously. |
RE: Can Fuchsia grow in tropical climate?
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| I live in a Mediterranean climate, the temperature during the day goes up to the middle of 30’s and down to 20’s during the night time, I bought three fuchsia in winter they were very gorgeous, two of them almost vanished and one of them still flowering, I keep them in the shade away from the sun, I was advised to cut back the other two to ground level hoping they will come back again when start to cool during the month of October |
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