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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 26, 2012 15:57:31 GMT
This is the first year I have several Fuchsia cuttings to overwinter. They're in bloom at the moment and look lovely but now frost is on the cards. There seems to be mixed messages r.e. to defoliate to reduce the risk of botritis and allow to dry out completly, then wrap in newspaper. I'm guessing the same way i do the Dahlia. Other folk have said to give small amounts of water and allow the leaves to stay. I think some of you, Isabella in particular overwinter lots of cuttings and just wondered what you might think of this. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif |
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Post by Jilly on Oct 26, 2012 16:30:48 GMT
I've only got a couple of non hardy Fuchsias LG & I usually take cuttings in the summer which I keep growing in the spare room & the original plant takes it's chances. But if I do put them in the grow house I just do what my Dad used to.
Prune them back but don't defoliate what's left. Always knock them out of their pots to check for vine weevil & keep them on the dry side, but still give a little water occasionally, don't let them dry out completely. They should go dormant on their own.
Jillyx
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 26, 2012 17:02:00 GMT
I've got two 40litre tubs with Fuchsias - one is an unknown that I have had for donkey's years and the other is Lady Boothby which I have had a good few years.
I took them down into the cellar yesterday for the winter- I chopped them down by 2/3rd's and will water them once a month just to keep them alive.
The leaves fall off alone and they do start to shoot out at some point but I use those as cuttings...
I bring them up to re-pot/feed around February - depends on the weather...
RF
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Post by Auricula on Oct 26, 2012 17:13:05 GMT
I keep all mine in the unheated greenhouse. I only cut them back if they are too big. I do not defoliate them. If they are this years cuttings ( I have about 3 dozen of this years ) I just leave them as they are. I water the pots once with provado in case of vine weevils and then water them once a month through the winter. I repot and feed them at the end of February like RF, although mine are much smaller than hers ;D Sometimes mine go dormant and sometimes they keep their green leaves and keep growing slowly - it depends on the weather. Good luck  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 26, 2012 18:40:37 GMT
Thank you all for your advice. I'll do as you suggest and water them once a month after checking there are no critters hidden in the soil. They're in quite small pots so they'll need to come into the covered back yard over the winter where the temperature will always be above freezing. I'll leave the leaves on them then as that seems to be what you all do and if they fall off then so be it. I did take the leaves off a couple of them today so I'll see how they do as well but the others just looked too good to strip. Many thanks again everyone.  |
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Post by Auricula on Oct 27, 2012 8:46:37 GMT
 I'm sure they'll be fine in the covered yard SB
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 27, 2012 16:35:48 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 8, 2013 15:50:00 GMT
Just a little update. Quite a few of my overwintered babies have survived. Lots of lush healthy growth growing on some of them now and one plant has grown quite big and has flower buds on it. At the moment they're still in the covered back yard but as they are hardy I'll gradually start hardening them off once the risk of frost has passed. At the rate we're going it could be a while yet.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 8, 2013 17:11:20 GMT
Well done with overwintering your fuchsias Ladygardener. I think both my pots are dead sadly. I should have put them in the shed to keep them dry. The awful thing is, with Morrisons selling big healthy plants for £1 each, I was wondering if it was even worth the effort of sticking them in the shed over winter.  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 8, 2013 17:43:04 GMT
Yes I know what you mean Jasmine but the story behind mine is that I grew it from a cutting given to me by my gardening neighbour. Just when it had all branched out and was about to flower, I broke the whole thing off the roots by accident and had then to take cuttings of all the branches. In order to get them to root I took the flowers off as we're always told to do. Then the winter came and now it's springtime. Surely this year I will see at least a couple of them flower and then I will be content. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 8, 2013 17:43:34 GMT
Yes I know what you mean Jasmine but the story behind mine is that I grew it from a cutting given to me by my gardening neighbour. Just when it had all branched out and was about to flower, I broke the whole thing off the roots by accident and had then to take cuttings of all the branches. In order to get them to root I took the flowers off as we're always told to do. Then the winter came and now it's springtime. Surely this year I will see at least a couple of them flower and then I will be content. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 8, 2013 17:44:09 GMT
Oops I got an error message and thought I had to resend. Must be gremlins.
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 8, 2013 17:46:40 GMT
I hope you get to see the flowers this year Ladygardener. I think under those circumstances you'd want to get it to come back! One of mine was a reduced fuchsia that flowered its socks off last year but had no special story and the other one was cuttings from Missy via RF so that is a bit sad. You'll have to post a pic when it blooms so we can see the flowers too |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 8, 2013 19:28:58 GMT
Will do Jasmine . That's a shame about the cutting from Missy via Rf. 
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