Propagation of cuttings in fuchsias
Particularly with hybrids and crossbreeds, you can only achieve pure-variety breeding through vegetative propagation of cuttings. Fuchsias take root quite quickly and reliably, provided the soil is pleasantly warm. Temperatures between 18 and 20 ° C are ideal. In order to achieve this, nurseries are often heated Growing trays used. Both soft head cuttings and woody autumn cuttings can be used for propagation.
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Summer cuttings
The optimal month for the propagation of fuchsias is July.
- Cut off shoots that are about 5 to 10 centimeters long.
- Remove the lower leaves, except for about four.
- Plant the cuttings in a sand-peat mixture (ratio 1: 1)
- either directly in the cold frame
- or put the growing containers in a protected place.
- Protect the cuttings from direct sun.
- Hold that Growing substrate(€ 12.99 at Amazon *) moist and warm.
The rooted cuttings (recognizable by the new young leaves) are potted in a substrate of garden and standard soil (ratio 1: 3) before winter and placed in an indoor greenhouse. From May you can plant out in the garden; the shoots are shortened a little so that the plants branch better. The first real bloom often takes place as early as midsummer.
Autumn cuttings
If you want to propagate your fuchsias in autumn from woody cuttings, do not use head cuttings, but so-called cracked cuttings - i. H. there is still a piece of bark tongue on the cutting. This contains a particularly large amount of growth hormones and thus facilitates rooting in a completely natural way. Otherwise, proceed exactly as for propagation with soft cuttings. By the way, fuchsia cuttings can also be rooted in a water glass so that they can only be planted afterwards.
Propagate fuchsias by sowing
Fuchsias through sowing to multiply is a little complicated. However, this is not due to the type of sowing itself, but simply to the fact that the seeds only remain viable for a very short time. For this reason, there is actually no point in buying fuchsia seeds - they will usually not germinate anyway. However, you can sow fresh, self-harvested seeds immediately after harvesting.
- Carefully remove the seeds from the ripe berries.
- Carefully remove the pulp
- and let the seeds dry on absorbent paper.
- Seeds in Sowing soil sow
- and cover thinly with earth.
- Fuchsias are one of the dark germs!
- Seed pot with foil or similar ä. cover and keep the substrate moist.
- The temperature should be between 16 and 20 ° C.
Germination usually takes place after three to four weeks.
Tips
Occasionally, it is advised to split fuchsias. In principle, a division is possible, but should only be done in exceptional cases (for example if the plants have grown very large). Over the years, fuchsias develop very deep and branched roots that can be damaged by division. This in turn affects the further growth of the plant.
