Fuchsia is one of the most beautiful indoor flowers, and like any beauty, it needs special care. About growing fuchsia, and how to properly care for her at home and talk in our today's material.
Fuchsia - planting, reproduction and care at home
Fuchsia is demanding for lighting, it should be good, but it requires shading from the sun's rays. True, some varieties (often bright colors) favorably take sunbathing in the mornings and evenings. But more modest species do not like this and need strong shading and careful watering. The best windows for placing fuchsias are the north-western and northeast.
The ideal temperature for fuchsia is 16-22 ° C - a warm summer should be replaced by more moderate winter temperatures of 5-7 ° C. Too high temperature has a bad effect on fuchsia - leaves are small, buds are dumped, the plant is sick. After a hot day, the plant must be sprinkled with cool water a little, this will help fuchsia to survive the heat.
Watering fuchsia is required moderate, but the land must be constantly wet. You can not do too much watering fuchsia, so forget it, do it. Drying of an earthen coma and its souring will have a negative impact on the well-being of the flower. Caring for fuchsia involves not only the correct watering, but also spraying. And both operations are best done in the early morning or in the afternoon.
How else to care for fuchsia? Of course, do not forget to feed her in the spring, summer and autumn. All this time, fuchsia should receive complex fertilizers once a week. You can fertilize the plant and with each watering, but then the weekly dose should be divided by the number of waterings per week. After flowering in the dressing make a short break, shoots and pinch and begin a new cycle of feeding.
Fuchsia is a seasonal plant, in winter it is at rest, and in the spring there is a period of active growth. Therefore, caring for fuchsia at home involves preparing a place for wintering. It can be a warmed cellar, a garage or a balcony - fuchsia will not badly overwinter and with light, and without it. It is worth remembering that during wintering without light, watering should be reduced to a minimum and stop feeding. After wintering, the plant is cut off and gradually accustomed to a rise in temperature.
Transplant fuchsia is necessary when the roots completely fill the container. In the transplantation there are no tricks, the scheme is common - drainage, earth mixture, earth clod with plant. It must be remembered that for the first time after transplantation the plant can be fertilized only after three weeks. And one more important point - fuchsia do not like overheating roots, so pots and pots are better to choose light.
Reproduction of fuchsia is made by cuttings. Do it better in the spring or autumn, as the heat tolerates the plant badly and cuttings will not survive. The length of the cuttings depends on the plant variety, from 10 to 20 cm. The stalk is put in a container of water and waiting for the appearance of roots. It is important that water does not fall on the leaves (excess can be removed), as the leaves rot, and the stalk will die without giving roots. Once the roots have developed a little, the root is rooted.
How to make fuchsia bloom?
Look for the answer to the question, why does not your favorite fuchsia blossom? This can occur if the wintering regime is not respected - too high temperature, with insufficient supply or lighting. To the plant bloom, you need to correct the mistakes made in the care of him. If everything was done correctly, and fuchsia does not bloom or bloom a little, then you can try to "persuade" it to bloom in the following way. Stimulate flowering can be, cutting the plant or feeding it with a special drug from a flower shop.