Producing a Bush Fuchsia

Producing a Bush Fuchsia

A guide to growing a bush Fuchsia

Use a young plant, either a cutting you have taken or a bought in plant.
Use controlled release fertilizer in the compost.This releases nutrients into compost as the temperature increases, as the plant requires more feed more nutrients are released. It always pays to liquid feed even if slow release fertilizer has been added to compost.
Let the plant produce 3 sets of leaves.
Pinch out the growing tip (this is called stopping and 1st stop). The plant will then produce 6 side shoots, in a couple of weeks when the side shoots have developed and produced 2 sets of leaves pinch out the growing tip (2nd stop).
Continue pinching out the growing tips (3rd stop produces 24 shoots) untill the plant has developed into the required shape.
Single variety Fuchsia flower aprox 60 days after the last stop.
Semi double fuchsia flower aprox 70 days after the last stop.
Double Fuchsia aprox 80 dats after the last stop.
Feed the Fuchsia little and often as this produces better results than feeding once a week.

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