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Fuchsia dropping buds

mchuamchua Posts: 210
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Hi everyone I’ve been having problems with my fuchsia as it’s dropping buds before the flowers begin to open. I grew it on from a plug plant seedling and it was doing well. 

Any ideas what I did wrong?

Thanks so much. 


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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Too dry,  needs a cool shady place in the hot weather.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • mchuamchua Posts: 210
    Thank you. First time trying fuchsias.  I don’t want to give up on them so I will try to overwinter it.  Is that possible?  I’ll give it a prune when the time comes and pop it in the greenhouse.

    Since I grew it from a plug plant I’d like to try and keep it going…
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello mchua. It is possible to overwinter half hardy fuchsias. They should be trimmed back, kept in a frost free place - I keep mine in an unheated greenhouse - and not allowed to dry out - not flooded with water but just kept damp.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • mchuamchua Posts: 210
    Is this Fuschia rust?

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Are there orange dots/dust on the underside?
    It looks to me like it's been growing under glass (mine are still leafless, outside) and then got a bit chilled.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • mchuamchua Posts: 210
    JennyJ said:
    Are there orange dots/dust on the underside?
    It looks to me like it's been growing under glass (mine are still leafless, outside) and then got a bit chilled.
    Sorry I forgot to mention I bought it as a push out plug in February and have been growing it on my windowsill since. It’s my 2nd attempt at growing a fuchsia. Last year not so great. 

    Nothing on the underside of the leaves. Maybe it’s just how the leaves are meant to look, or I’m not choosing the correct spot to place it?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Doesn't look too bad to me.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Need to see the underside but I doubt it’s rust this early in the season,  I would like to see the whole plant,  has it started growing from the base yet?  If it’s got new shoots, then you can cut that top growth off. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    mchua said:
    JennyJ said:
    Are there orange dots/dust on the underside?
    It looks to me like it's been growing under glass (mine are still leafless, outside) and then got a bit chilled.
    Sorry I forgot to mention I bought it as a push out plug in February and have been growing it on my windowsill since. It’s my 2nd attempt at growing a fuchsia. Last year not so great. 

    Nothing on the underside of the leaves. Maybe it’s just how the leaves are meant to look, or I’m not choosing the correct spot to place it?
    It looks to me as if it's got a bit cold, something like being behind closed curtains on a cold night could have done it if it's a tender variety and has been grown in a heated greenhouse on the nursery, which is likely. Or possibly getting cold during delivery if that was in the cold snap we had recently.
    On this occasion I'm going to disagree with @Lyn - this one's a new little plug plant so I don't think cutting it back hard would be any good. As each shoot gets to 2 or 3 pairs of leaves you can pinch out the growing tip to make it branch out and grow bushy.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    @JennyJ. I’ve misunderstood then,  I thought the OP was talking about the fuchsia that they opened the original thread for.   Didn’t realise this was a new one.
    No I wouldn’t hard prune a new plug. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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