The universality of fuchsias is amazing. They can be planted in a flowerbed, in suspended pots or even on a windowsill. In addition, with a skillful shearing of the plant, it can turn into a bush or even a small tree.
Recommendations for planting, care and cultivation
Following simple advice, you can easily bring a healthy plant on your own site or balcony.
- Remember, she loves the sun and moisture. Are perfect sites with a small shadow. Water should be enough, but it should not stagnate.
- To the flowers were abundant and large, the plant should not only be watered regularly, but also fed. Apply complex fertilizers every two weeks.
- Landing is carried out in late May or early June. Within two weeks the plants finally get accustomed, begin to grow and soon bloom. Flowers do not fall until the middle of autumn, as the decorative plant is perfectly tolerated by autumn frosts.
- Delicate leaves and flowers are very affected by direct sunlight and can even get burns, so choose a place with a light shadow at noon.
- If fuchsia grows in a pot, it is best to take it out for the summer. First, so the plant will receive more heat and nutrients. And secondly, you can prevent the appearance of pests that can be planted on a plant in a hot and stuffy room.
- Before winter, the leaves of the plant must be removed so that they do not have fungal diseases or pests that will damage the plant in the next season.
Effective reproduction of fuchsia
As a rule, the flower is propagated by cuttings. Young shoots are best, but even if the plant is adult enough and stiff, it will not prevent it from taking root in a new place, although the flowering period will come a little later.
It is best to propagate them in the spring, when all the plants are actively growing, but, in fact, any time of the year is suitable. However, in the summer, because of the heat, the seedlings can rot, even without having had time to develop the root system. Therefore, in a hot time, it is best to keep them in an air-conditioned room until the roots are completely formed.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Diseases occur mainly because of too intense watering. In this case, the flower should be excavated, cleaned and transplanted to a new place, reducing watering.
Among the pests the most popular are the whitefly and the red spider mite. The blooms spread very fast and if you do not take measures in time, there will be a whole colony of these pests on your fuchsia that will drink juice from the plant and it may die. If you notice these insects, immediately treat it with the drug "Aktara", and do it several times to hit even those insects that have not yet begun to eat fuchsia juice.
It is recommended to alternate this drug with Confondor, as the constant use of one of them will lead to the formation of a new generation of pests resistant to poisons. A red spider mite on closer examination can be seen on the lower part of the leaves. He sucks the juices out of the plant, the leaves turn yellow, and Fuchsia eventually dies. To combat the tick use standard insecticides and remove the infected leaves. But for the prevention of fuchsia can often be sprinkled with plain warm water.
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