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FUSCHIA PLANT

MooMoo2012MooMoo2012 Posts: 9
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Help please

Hi

i don’t have any gardening experience and few months back asked about feeding my fuschia plant.

Today a large plant fell on it and snapped the plant.

Pictures to follow..

what do I do.. is it too late to save the section that fell off..

thanks in advance

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The base of the plant will be fine if you water it. If you want some more plants ,you can take cuttings from the bit that broke off.   Pull off some of the soft stems growing off the woody branch and poke them in a small pot of compost or put them in a jar of water until the roots emerge,, then put them in compost.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • MooMoo2012MooMoo2012 Posts: 9
    B3 said:
    The base of the plant will be fine if you water it. If you want some more plants ,you can take cuttings from the bit that broke off.   Pull off some of the soft stems growing off the woody branch and poke them in a small pot of compost or put them in a jar of water until the roots emerge,, then put them in compost.
    Hi 

    just saw this.

    I ended up cutting the bigger branch that came off and cutting it off at 45 degrees and slicing in middle and placing honey and then placing in a pot and watering. Is that ok? I cut off a few off the smaller branches that came off the bigger branch. 

    Or did I just kill it…
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Honey??
    You need to use the soft wood for cuttings. The soft stems with the leaves on, not the hard wood that's like a stick.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Honey is a natural antibacterial agent. Good for everything!
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That won’t grow but if you pull off the green shoots from the side and put them in a glass of water they’ll soon shoot. Take the bottom leaves off as they will go slimy in the water. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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