How to Propagate Cuttings of Fuchsia | Rooting Cuttings of Plants
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2018
- Want to learn how to propagate cuttings of fuchsia and other plants from softwood cuttings? This video covers the basics of plant propagation and the techniques here can be used for many different plants that are propagated by softwood cuttings.
Fuchsia are great plants for hanging baskets and bring a lot of money into nurseries every year around Mother's Day! You can use the propagation methods here to root your own fuchsia cuttings and make some some side income this spring by selling hanging baskets. Enjoy!
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Mike Kincaid what is best time to propagate fuschia cutting
In my area, the absolute best time would be early spring because you need enough time through the summer for them to put on new growth and bloom. That might require you to bring them into a heated greenhouse in late winter to get an early start.
Mike Kincaid tnx 4 reply
Interesting. I am propagating during May in Australia. Is north sun ok?. How to keep them warm during winter. Tricia
Mike, do you sell? Or just do for fun.? I m looking for Fuchsia. I checked all around, they all said that they wont have til March!!
I am a great grandma with a patio that has half sun I am learning from you how to make new plants from the gift plants my grandchildren have given me . I love your videos
So glad you enjoyed the video!
Fuchsia tip for early cuttings. take an established plant at the end of season and cut the tops of every stem leaving each stem with only two leaf nodes put old compost over the top covering the cut stems by about an inch. When they show through in spring and leaf out dig the compost away gently and pot your ready rooted young plants. This method requires no propagator, can be done without removing the original plant from your border and the bonus is that your new plants are ready to go about a month earlier than waiting to take cuttings.
That’s sounds a great idea
Brings back memories of sticking thousands of Fuchsia cuttings for commercial hanging basket production back in the 80's. Loved the description of Apical dominance at 6:44 !
Sounds like propagation heaven!
3 weeks and I got great roots on 11 of 12!!! Thanks again mike
Nice work!
It worked! Thanks …can’t wait to present them as gifts next year.👍❤️
Awesome! So glad to hear it.
I am a very old great grandma and I have a patio that gets half sun and I’m loving your instructions
So glad you're enjoying the videos! Thanks for being a part of the family here.
Thanks so much for the amazing videos! This year I am trying petunias, fuchsias, and geraniums,. I have had success taking Dahlia, mum, coleus and Dianthus cuttings. Thanks for getting me started. It makes winter so much easier when I can play in the dirt.
Sure does brighten up the long dark days of winter!
Your videos have helped me be brave enough to stop buying stock for my commercial greenhouse. I now buy 2 mother plants and do my own starts on everything that is not patented.
I'm so glad to hear that, thanks, Emerald!
Soooo satisfying seeing all those roots 😊 Definitely doing this!
Have fun!
Thank you Mike always informative
so blessed to have you has a UA-camr
power to you for the future.
Godbless
You're such a great teacher, Mike, thanks for sharing your knowledge & love of plants with us. Have learnt a lot from you and have successfully applied your tips.
That's really great to hear. Glad these methods are working for you.
Hydrangeas, Geraniums and now fuchsias, It seems that you know my favourites...
LOL, I'm sure you've got a few more favorites. We'll get to those next summer.
Thank you so much!!!
Good one, Mike....love it. I just love watching videos like this. It gets me excited to go and propagate something or look for plants to practice LOL
Get out there and make some baby plants
I got 5 Hydrangea cuttings to root! Thanks Mike!!!
Awesome! You're on your way.
Wow! Beautiful fushia cutting growing updated. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Hey Mike, I did not read all the way down but I found your propagation tray with the lid on Amazon! Thanks for the tips, I have two fuchsia’s and will propagate a few more!😎
I really like all of your videos that I've seen,thanks for sharing your talent with us God will bless you for your good deed. USA, Decaturvill, Tennessee
Thanks Diane! I enjoy sharing with you.
Mike, I started watching you last summer. I took some hydrangea cuttings from my daughter’s house in Maryland that she was selling. Drove home to Florida and started propagating them for her . I had great success but unfortunately with this virus we won’t be able to bring them up North any time soon. Fortunately they will keep fine since I potted them up and am watching over them. This Spring I have petunias rooting in a bin on the Nort
You are lovely, thank you for the lesson. I 've learned a lot through your video
You’re welcome 😊
First time watching from UK. Great video well presented and I'm into the garden now to take fuschia cuttings, even though its July. Thanks.
They should root well!
Love your videos! But when I put in Fuschia, I’m glad your video popped up
Thank you for sharing it.
You're welcome, Ada!
Another GT video and information tip if you want to be greedy you can cut the cutting down the middle into two done it and it works thanks for your time 🐞🐦👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for your tip. I'll have to try it sometime.
Love your videos
Great video, thanks!
You bet, Barbara!
I won a prop table etc, Im so happy. Sometimes I wonder if its not too large. I love it.
Big like fucaiya propogate
Thank for sharing sir 👍🌻
Thanks for your support!
great video thanx
Trying a climbing Fuchsia this year, supposed to be hardy (UK), but I'll take a few cuttings just in case. Thanks for the tips.
I'd love to hear how they turn out.
Fuschia are very easy from cutting to root I done so many I have then everywhere in my garden
Sounds beautiful, Pauline!
Awesome! Thanks!
You're welcome, Dolores!
F.U too 😜😉🤗 love watching you doing cuttings. Im 62 years young and going to try these tip’s. SHITE grows anything lolol Thank you “handsome” xxxx
LOL
spelling dilemma is real talk lol so happy to hear these root easily.
One of the easiest to root and toughest to spell, haha.
Just found your channel, absolutely fantastic subbed cheers 🍻
Welcome aboard!
Thanks for the tips
You bet
Fuchsias should come back from the root in zone 8 even if the top dies back. Nice vid, man!
Hopefully, we'll find out!
I love your videos. You have a great personality and that makes it so much easier to sit and watch your videos. You and Laura from Garden Answer are my favorite UA-cam gardeners! Have you two spoken before?? I would love to see yall team up to make a video!
Love her videos
I really like fuchsia, in California I had some pretty ones that I made it into a tree shape. ...beautiful. Here in Atlanta, I don't think that they will make it outside.
Have a great weekend! Xo
Yeah, you guys get pretty cold there in the winter. I'll bet California fuchsias are gorgeous. You have a great weekend too, Camelia!
Yes, last year we had even 18 degrees. Well even in California we had some temperatures in the 30s. We even had snow in Huntington Beach by the ocean. ...crazy but the fuchsias were gorgeous. If I find the pictures, at that time I had to develop the pictures, (...lol) I will send you.
Thanks Mike. Hugs
How did you train them into trees?? It is January here in Minnesota. I have 2 fuschias in baskets I am overwintering in my house. I am thinking about trying to start cuttings for my porch railing planters which I can’t plant until late May when there is no danger of frost.
I love your videos. They are entertaining. hahahaha
Yeah you need a greenhouse, for all of those plants that need heat in the winter. I love mine. I still got to get a hoop house though.
I've got an Angel Earrings Fuschia I've had for a few years. I'm in N. Georgia 7b & I've seen it hardy at Ashville botanical gardens under a lathe house. It's propagated in water for me & transitions to soil easy. It's off patent so good to go. Slightly less fluffy flowers but that beautiful red/ purple that the hummingbirds adore! I've given tons away & this year I had enough to try some in the landscape. It's also resistant to mildew, doesn't croak in our heat & humidity. Actually sold as a half hardy perennial from places like Plants Delights. I can't afford to buy from there though. This variety is the best by far for me.
Sounds like you’ve found the perfect plant.
I would love to get a cutting from you ❤ ne ga zone 7b also ❤
Just discovered your videos and you make everything so easy as you explain as you go along, I live in England and our weather is far from hot most of the times even in the so called summer. The everyday person here has a green covered portable greenhouse so would be nice maybe if you could give some tips on how we should grow our cuttings in that? I have only just started trying to take cuttings.
Glad you found the channel, Pat, and welcome to the family. Plenty more to come and I'm always looking for video ideas!
Wow wow 😳 luv luv thanks Mike 👏👏👏👍🥇🥰 Ebony
Good
Beautiful second time watching video so I got all guidance information correct
just cutting them now hope it’s not to late in the season October
Blessing to you and your family 👏🥇👍Ebony
Good luck with them, and blessing right back at ya!
Hey Mike, I overwintered my fuchsia in a funky little greenhouse from Lowe's and it grew like crazy this summer. .My geraniums were overwintered also. Going to go for round two before the weather turns cold. BTW, I live in western Washington on the Puget Sound.
Thank you, Carol, that's great to know! I wasn't sure if these little guys would survive the winter here. Maybe I'll pot them up and keep them in my hoop house.
Carol &Camelia -the fuschias &geraniums just need to kept indoors ina frost free space ,even ona garage shelf.Remember the cooler the place &less well lit,the dryer U keep themA couple of light waterings over a month will do.As a precaution do take cuttings &overwinter them on a kitchen windowsill.Making a standard fuschia is a long hard task &twud be a shame to lose them.Ive known filks keeping them going for 6/7 yrs.good luck
Hi Mike I am delighted first time ever I managed to get a my hydrangeas rooted, all 6 of them, going to donate them to Cancer Research! Propogating fuchsias tomorrow! Will let you know how I get on, thank you, thank you, you have really inspired me!
So glad to hear it Jan! Have fun and God bless you.
Hey Mike. Another great video. Just wanted to tell you about an experiment that a BBC gardening programme (Beechgrove Garden) did with different mediums for fuchsia cuttings and found the medium that rooted quickest was vermiculite on it's own. I tried it and it was amazingly quick. Just thought I'd share it with you. Sheila from England (ps just planted some rose cuttings following your video on rose cuttings using a drink's bottle for a mini-greenhouse!) ... just realised I'm on my grandson's UA-cam account. I'm not Sonic Dobbyn!
Thanks or sharing the vermiculite experiment and good luck with the roses!
thanks for the vermiculite tip. makes sense to envelop in intense moisture amendment with little affinity for fungi bacteria virus
Hi Mike, watch the fuchsia video and the Petunia video also. Well, last mothers Day, I bought (my wife) a fuchsia and paid $28.00 dollars for it. Well, it came to fall, and the frost hit, and I was gonna be Darned to let it die. So I took it down the basement, cut it back. (Did the same thing to the petunias), and they came back with vengeance, to my surprise. So I made a couple of propagating boxes out of 1/8 plexiglass that I had leftover from a job,and did up some cuttings. It's the end of January,and I have 7 fuchsia and a bunch of petunias. I just started a bunch more of both of them. So come spring (or mothers Day). Everyone gets one. And if I have any leftover, I might sell them.l will save a stock plant. Over wintering, the plants weren't too bad to do. Thanks for the videos. I have been watching your videos on your house 🏠. Hope it's going well.looking forward to seeing more updates. I'm having fun,Steve from Rohde Island
So cool to hear about the petunia cuttings. It's a lot of fun, much cheaper, and feels more rewarding doing it yourself. Back in the day before video games and cell phones (when people had nothing better to do, LOL) they use to store baskets of petunias and other less hardy plants under their home to overwinter. I know a guy who built his home nearby and he dug out a slightly deeper crawl space just for this reason. Anyway, great job on the petunias! The home is just moving along like molasses, haha. We are literally just waiting on the county right now. They take their sweet time, don't they. Hoping to break ground this spring. We'll see what happens.
Yes, I know the feeling about wanting to get going on a job, and you have to wait for all the permits. It seems like they drag their feet . But they have to go over everything to make sure everything is right. So you don't run into any problems. But hold on, everything will work out.I'm dreading the thought of going to my town to see if i need permits for a greenhouse (I may build) . Thanks for getting back to me. And good luck. Like my dad used to say to me, keep your chin up and give it hell.
Love fuchsia.i have a few varieties from long time ago,Thnks Mike Iam going to start so I can have plenty more👍❤️
Awesome, have fun with them! I love fuchsia too, especially in hanging baskets.
I super appreciate this video. I'm from Western Washington and I'm used to seeing fushias everywhere. I moved to Idaho and couldn't find a fushia anywhere. Everything I read said I wouldn't be able to grow them here. I was super determined so I bought one online. The tiny plant was $40! But it has survived and is doing well even though we broke 100 degrees for a couple weeks straight. Hopefully I can keep it alive through the winter so I can propagate it next spring and never spend 40 on a tiny plant ever again! Since I'm new to this, why do you cut the leaves in half?
To reduce moisture loss from the cutting. You can definitely overwinter them under lights indoors. Have fun and good luck!
I’ve learned quite a few things from your show, Mike.
But, what I’ve learned is what you don’t say will eventually not make it easier for anyone who purchases plant/tree/brush from any wholesaler.
Simply because those merchants have trained their plants to thrive in a certain dietary environment.
Like when you propagate a new branch. I’ve learned that your solutions to grow faster plants are “conditioned by your expertise.”
Hence, what I do to chemical control my new clippings/cuts are subjected to new experimental growth chemicals.
Therefore, those plants will thrive except under my nursery additives. If someone tried to grow a lime seed from my lime produce, the seed won’t grow since it’s been trained to grow under certain fancy attention.
So if anyone tries snipping a branch from my Bougainvilleas, it won’t work. Due to circumstances of my training the plant from the get go. If they don’t follow my recipe for faster /stronger care, it will be a waste of time for those individuals.
Cheers and adios, Amigo.
Dan, I love that you're here but have no idea what you're talking about, lol.
Mike, I super enjoy your videos! Thanks for all your information. I want to try to propagate geraniums, fuchsias and and petunias this year. I don’t have any of those plants from last year to get cuttings from. Our nurseries (in Spokane , WA) here say they don’t have any. Where can I get some cutting stock in Dec.?
You'd have to go to a wholesaler that propagates them through the winter to sell to nurseries in the spring. I also find different plants on Ebay, you may find some there.
just bought 4 fuchsias today ,im going to plant them out in the garden, will i be able to take cuttings after the summer, the plants are still young, love the videos ive learnt a lot from them thank you
It's best to take the cuttings early on but if you plan to bring them indoors for the winter then you can take the cuttings later in the season.
Hey hey mike, I'm back to your vids to learn more about propagating! They are so good. I'm still waiting for white Cornus to stop flowering, eyeing my fuschia now for softwood cuttings. Cutting those leafs in half really helps eh? How many leaves per cutting do you think is most successful? Also does rooting hormone ONLY work where there is a cut? I've been dipping in water and then covering the bottom half inch. Ok last question, I also dip straight into the jar, do you think could cause rooting hormone contamination? Or can it go bad?Your vids are the best thanks!!!
Love it.. So its end of May I have a huge Fuschia can I start doing what your showing at end of May ? Your video is awesome. -gina, matts wife ive taken over his youtube haha-
I am in southern Missouri
Yes, you can take cuttings of them now and all the way through summer!
@@MikeKincaid79 thank you very much for your reply
Thanks Mike for alle your efforts and tips.
I live in vancouver, zone 7/8.
would love to propagate maple trees, any kind.
I tried with Japanese maple plant which i have in my yard, but did not have any success.
I've got several videos about germinating the seeds and also grafting them.
Another great video. Retired trucker so all this is new to me. Where did your wife find the propagate container with the sturdy plastic dome? All I can find are cheap/flimsy ones. Thank you for your reply. Mike
Thanks, Mike. She found the propagation dome on Amazon a couple years ago.
*Hayyyy ... wait a minute buddy* 😅
LOL
lmao mike my fuchsia's adventitious roots are going SO NUTS!! I left just a tiny about of space between the top node and the soil, say a quarter inch or so... there are SO MANY tiny white roots there and even more below. I can't get over it.
hi Mike ! you can make a video how root ceanothus? they are tricky !!!
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Damm I love the doubles. Especially the white one called swingtime. Later kangaroos 🦘 are coming up my driveway 🦘🦘🦘🦘🔨🔨🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘
Haha, that's crazy man. You never hear that in my part of the world, hahaha. Sounds like dinner will be roo meat tonight!
Question: why do people sometimes pre make the planting hole and others they just dip in hormone and stick right into the medium? Is there a rule of thumb?
It's best to dibble a hole first to prevent the hormone from being brushed off. I let the hormone sit on the stem for a few minutes to soak in a little and then just stick them.
Lovely laidback but informative video. I’m going to do this on my next lot of mature fuscias in the hope that I can use them in my hanging baskets the following year. I suspect I’ll need to overwinter them in a light cool but frost free loft? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you (UK growing conditions)
Yes, I overwinter mine indoors under fluorescent bulbs. I’ve got some videos of all that somewhere around here.
I usually take heel cuttings we grow some into standards . Wish I could add a picture here lol
You can add all the pictures you want in our Facebook group, "I Love Plant Propagation".
I love fuchsias and have paid good money for them everytime. I dont know why but I tend to kill them. So I gave up on them. Maybe I should try to propagate some and hope that some will make it
They're easy to propagate, have fun, Eli!
Awesome 😎 did you do a fig
Figs are coming this winter.
Hello mike
Have you ever propagated Angelonia plants. I am guessing I can use the same concept. The plant is beautiful. I find they are hard to come by in the garden centers and when I search for seeds they are very expensive. I would love to plant more of them next year so I am trying to find a way to grow without breaking the bank to achieve a mass planting. Thanks for all you do
Betsy
I've never tried to propagate that plant but after doing some googling I'm sure you could take softwood cuttings of them.
Mike Kincaid
Thanks Mike. I am going to give it a try. Not much to lose by trying it out😀
You got the right attitude!
How do you propagate these things with the flowers on ?
"you take the flowers off . Heh !"
That's about it, lol.
Mike, I know this has nothing to do with this video so to say, but I could not think of anyone to ask that will know the answer but you! I live in central north missouri so I would assume our winters and summers are probably somewhat close. Zone 6 here. I have been kicking around the idea of a greenhouse for tree seedlings etc in the winter. However, how exactly does everyone water trees etc in a greenhouse in the winter? Do I even need a greenhouse for trees in pots? If you have any videos that talk about this let me know!! Thanks
I don't but maybe I should.
Great video, I've not grown fushia before but have a few question
1.. Taking cuttings if I was to make bushes or a lollipop type does it make any difference for the cutting I use
2.. When is the best time to take fushia cuttings
3.. When is it best to feed them
Thank you
Just take a single stem cuttings and then when it starts to grow you can prune it to grow the way you want. I like to take these cuttings in the spring/early summer when the wood is soft. Feed early on in the spring with a slow release fertiilzer.
hey Mike, great video. I started a whole bunch of fuchsia cuttings about two weeks ago (last month of Spring here in Australia) and I've noticed they are starting to form tiny little flower buds. Should I remove these buds? thanks! David B
Hey David, for plants like fuchsia I don't worry about the flowers they produce as cuttings, because they root so easily. You can pluck them off if you want to though and more energy will go into rooting. Have fun and enjoy your summer!
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks for the advice! much appreciated.
Thank you for this video. I purchased a cutting 11 weeks ago that has grown into a little plant. I’ve snipped the froth points to make it a little fuller. Can I take cuttings from it, or is it too young? The stems are still soft.
If it's got enough new growth for a cutting then by all means do it. Some plants grow faster than others and cuttings can be taken multiple times in the same season.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you. I did, and replanted with the mother plant. She is growing her first buds!
W have huge Fuchsia, when were blooming I gave all purpose plant food, and after that fuchsia flowers died and fall down. Can I cat all bad flowers around?
Thanks for the great advise. I just have one question, how often do you water throughout the time they are rooting? Love your videos!
I typically don't water while they're rooting unless I see them drying out.
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I thought I was subscribed to your channel because I frequently see your videos. Now I can see them all, I told my son you are the bomb! 😄 Subscribed!
Lol, thanks Heidi!
hello mr.mike i want to start some planting what can i use to help my cutting grow roots
Go to my main channel page. I've got playlists to cover just about every topic, videos on rooting hormone and propagation techniques, and plenty of examples of many different plants. You're specific plant may need some fine tuning.
Great tutorial mate thank you. do you have a video on how to keep Fuchsia over winter? in UK here and mine is looking sad, the twigs are dead but new leaves have sprouted at the base. Any idea what I should do? it's not a big plant so I can keep indoors or out. Thanks in advance, subscribed
It’s best to keep them indoors under lights through the winter.
I was searching fuchsia OS
Yeah, I had to look it up too.
Those chicken sounds from behind😂
It’s 14th June 2020....lockdown and going stir crazy, i dont have a poly tunnel or Glass House, cuttings off my Fuschia Plant, where can i store them? Hints please Mike......thank you Cheryl from Wales. Xx
Just put them in hanging baskets and hang from your porch.
Mike Kincaid Thank you for that, xx
Hi Mike, would you just re pot them over winter and keep them in the greenhouse or conservatory if you were to keep them please. Regards from England 👍
It's too cold in my hoop house and they wouldn't survive in there. A heated greenhouse would work well but I don't currently have one. If I were to overwinter them, I'd bring them indoors and place under grow lights. I'd treat them like houseplants until spring.
Did he say what was the medium that he used for the cuttings? Can I do this now, midspring?
You can do this right now in spring and you can use any medium that drains well and holds a little moisture. Just about any well draining potting soil will work.
Hey mike this is Tyler does it work and how long can they last and can you you potting soil to start them
Yes it works, they'll live as long as you keep them from freezing, and yes, potting soil will work but I prefer an inert medium. Here's a video about it: ua-cam.com/video/eLXHy4A4-xk/v-deo.html
Which State or City you are in??? Thank you for all of your videos
Western Washington state about 30 minutes east of Olympia
So how did the fuchsia do over the winter??
Thanks for this video. So, when my cuttings are successful...When should I plant them in the hanging baskets? Also, how many cuttings should I put in each hanging basket?
Plant them right away, once they get fully rooted. The more you pack into a basket, the more full the basket will be.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you for your reply. So glad I asked as I was going to put ONE plant per hanging basket !
Hi, Mike, been looking through your videos to see if you kept these fuchsias alive over winter, did you? how did they go?
Reason why I ask is I have just taken some fuchsia cuttings and winter is coming in the next few months and I have no idea where to turn for heating the greenhouse I have got.
My greenhouse is not as big as your tunnel, only 10x8 but still here in the uk we can get it pretty cold.
I have no way of heating it via electricity as my greenhouse is 40 meters away from the house. so electric is out of the question.
Someone did tell me about using tea lights and a clay pot to make a heater to keep the frost out, but I can't see it working that well. what would you advice?
cheers
I didn't save these but you can bring them inside under lights if you're worried about the freezing weather.
I am worried about the big freeze, but then again I am also worried about the electric bill if I put them under lights. I was hoping for a cheap way of heating the greenhouse.
I respect you for replying back a lot of youtubers don't, thanks for replying and if you can thing of anything please let me know :D
Hey so I can do this to my fuchsia dark eyes? And also, mine is wilting, I’m sure because it’s of the heat rn, what should I do. Alsooo, the stems nearest to the pot are breaking due to how heavy the branch is, what should I do? Thanks! I don’t hv any rooting hormones, is it ok if I don’t use it?
They'll root without hormone. For cuttings just make sure to cover with something that holds humidity in and keep in a spot that gets no direct sun.
Hi Mike my fuschias are flowering lots now. Is it to late to take cuttings. I live in Zone 7 in UK please? Xx
You can take cuttings of them as long as they're still alive.
I propagate mine in a cup of water in the warm kitchen
Yes, definitely a great place to make it happen
what kind of growing medium do fuschias prefer? ...is there a ratio/ formula? tyia
For propagation, I like to use any medium that drains well, holds some moisture, and is relatively inert. Fir bark is my favorite because it's easy to get around here but sand, perlite, vermiculite, peat, coco coir, etc, will all work. For growing them into plants, any potting soil will do.
You don't even need a node below to get these to root, as they root along the stem. If you are wanting more cuttings you can take single node cuttings.
Yeah, one comment said to split each cutting in half and they'll root like that. Thought that was a pretty cool idea!
What should temperature be? What's hot? Can I put a thermometer in the tote? Moist soil or dry soil?
Moist but not wet. Ideal propagation temps are in the 70's.
Where did you get your propagation box from?
My wife found it on Amazon.
Hello! I'm new here, I've got question: I've seen roses and hydrangeas propagated on the trunk, what tree trunk do you use for that and can it be done with fuchsias too? Imagine fuchsias blooms on the tree trunk, how beautiful would that be... I've got 6 fuchsias for free as they were almost dead, managed to revive them all, now seeing their beauty I wanted to create something out of them. Thank you for any reply ❤👍🏻
Are you talking about air layering. If so, then yes, that can be done on fuchsias.
can we do longer cuttings? do they have to be short? my fuschia fell over!! I have 10" long branches
You can cut the branches into multiple cuttings.
@@MikeKincaid79 yes I get that but I would like to keep some longer. as the plant fell over. so IM trying some short ones, but could I leave some at 8-10" or it uses too much energy? thanks
Hi Mike, I've really been enjoying your videos. I live on Vancouver Island and have developed the recent hobby of gardening. I purchased some hybrid trailing petunia seeds that I really love. Is it reasonable to expect to propagate at the end of the season to produce these plants over winter for the new season? As well as ivy geraniums? And, can the trailing fuchsias be propagated the same way? And if so when is the best time to do it? We are zone 8b. It has already started cooling down here and the rains have started. Thx for your advice.
Hey, Sonia, we basically live in the same climate. I'm 30 minutes east of Olympia, Washington. We sure did need this rain! You can start seeds now as long as you have a greenhouse and lighting to keep them in. Make sure it stays warm enough so the plants can thrive. Personally, I don't like to mess with all that through the winter so generally start my seeds in the early spring.
@@MikeKincaid79 I meant propagating Mike. The seeds I'm good with. I've never done the propagation thing before so not sure when to start. I'd be doing trailing fuchsia, ivy geranium, training petunia.
Those plants are all propagated during the growing season and you can start in the spring when the new growth is starting to firm up a little.
What purpose does cutting the leaves in half serve? Energy again to the roots?
Cuts down on moisture loss from the cutting, saves room and allows more air flow in the propagation frame.