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Posted by ifraser25 z11 Brazil (My Page) on

Thu, Oct 13, 05 at 22:52

When I lived in UK the problem was: how to get them through the winter. I now have the reverse problem. How to get them to flower in a tropical climate? We bought several hanging baskets covered in flower from which I took a number of cuttings. They are all growing well but none are now flowering. I subsequently discovered that the plants are brought down from nurseries in the mountains where it is considerably cooler than here. Instinct tells me to keep cutting them back and wait for the "winter". Is there anything else we can do ? Our fridge is not very large !

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Posted by fuchsiabonsailady z8 UK (My Page) on
Fri, Oct 21, 05 at 3:54

That is probably the best idea Ifraser, try to keep them as cool as posssible, too much heat, such as your's, and they just refuse to flower, you could try a high potash feed once a fortnight to encourage flowering - Kath :)

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Posted by coralred Tropical (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 9, 09 at 4:32

Won't the temperature in the fridge be too low for them?

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Posted by pbunch Intermediate and Coo (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 19, 09 at 17:03

I live in Medellin, Colombia (1600 meters) and we have a place up near Santa Elena (2400 meters). I have seen Fuchsia growing and blooming in Medellin but have had little success with them myself. The Santa Elena area is a completely different story. They do very well there even in poor soils. I have one planted in a yellow subsoil. It needs to be fed a lot but it sure does perform.

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Posted by eddie_in_thailand (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 28, 09 at 9:32

Fuchsias are known as long day plants - they need days longer than 12 hours in order to start flowering. Though once they have started flowering the day length does not matter. If you are near the equator perhaps the days are not long enough? One way to solve the problem is to break the night by having a light switched on for a few hours during the night (e.g. 10 mins every 30 mins). Chrysanthemums are short day plants - but the same techniques are used to keep them growing vegetatively as are used to make fuchsias flower. See link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Chrysanthemum production

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