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| Geoff 2005-09-26, 11:21 am |
| Last year the leaves on the branches on one of our fuchsia's (it's not near
any others) started shrivelling up progressively long before the end of
autumn. We decided not to get shot of it then but would wait till spring to
see if it was dead.
We cut back the dead branches in the winter and were most surprised at the
plant's rapid growth and marvellous flowering this year.
However, this last week the leaves on two branches are shrivelling and I
expect the whole plant to be affected soon.
Does anybody know what the problem is please?
Geoff
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| shazzbat 2005-09-26, 11:21 am |
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"Geoff" <gg.peaceyREMOVE@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:lSSZe.895$TL4.572@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
> Last year the leaves on the branches on one of our fuchsia's (it's not
near
> any others) started shrivelling up progressively long before the end of
> autumn. We decided not to get shot of it then but would wait till spring
to
> see if it was dead.
>
> We cut back the dead branches in the winter and were most surprised at the
> plant's rapid growth and marvellous flowering this year.
>
> However, this last week the leaves on two branches are shrivelling and I
> expect the whole plant to be affected soon.
>
> Does anybody know what the problem is please?
>
> Geoff
>
>
It seems to me that there is no problem. It's just doing what the others do,
but earlier. Do what you did last year, and the plant will probably follow
suit.
Steve
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| Janet Baraclough 2005-09-26, 2:21 pm |
| The message <lSSZe.895$TL4.572@newsfe4-win.ntli.net>
from "Geoff" <gg.peaceyREMOVE@virgin.net> contains these words:
> Last year the leaves on the branches on one of our fuchsia's (it's not near
> any others) started shrivelling up progressively long before the end of
> autumn. We decided not to get shot of it then but would wait till
> spring to
> see if it was dead.
> We cut back the dead branches in the winter and were most surprised at the
> plant's rapid growth and marvellous flowering this year.
> However, this last week the leaves on two branches are shrivelling and I
> expect the whole plant to be affected soon.
> Does anybody know what the problem is please?
Fuchsias embrace a wide range and some are much hardier than others.
Very hardy ones like Mrs Popple and Tom Thumb may lose their leaves by
winter but scarcely die back at all. So pruning them is optional. If you
do prune them down to ground-level stumps they will grow extra
exuberantly next season.
Less hardy ones, if left in the garden, tend to die back more.
Leave the old growth on through winter for extra protection, even if it
looks dead.They're best pruned right down to stumps (in mid spring) to
encourage that robust new growth.
Very tender fuchsias need to be brought under greenhouse cover for
winter and protected from frost, or cuttings cosseted with heat.
Yours sounds pretty robust so just do the same as last year. Btw, if
you cut off some live stems now, deflower them and shove them in the
ground or a pot in a sheltered place, they will very easily root into
new plants.
Janet
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| Charlie Pridham 2005-09-26, 2:21 pm |
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"Geoff" <gg.peaceyREMOVE@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:lSSZe.895$TL4.572@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
> Last year the leaves on the branches on one of our fuchsia's (it's not
near
> any others) started shrivelling up progressively long before the end of
> autumn. We decided not to get shot of it then but would wait till spring
to
> see if it was dead.
>
> We cut back the dead branches in the winter and were most surprised at the
> plant's rapid growth and marvellous flowering this year.
>
> However, this last week the leaves on two branches are shrivelling and I
> expect the whole plant to be affected soon.
>
> Does anybody know what the problem is please?
>
> Geoff
>
The top growth of fuchsia is very sensitive to cold, some varieties will
keep a stem structure while losing their leaves, more sorts will spring anew
from below ground while some really lovely sorts have to be protected to
survive. yours is just a wee bit more sensitive than your others or maybe it
gets a cold draught, either way its getting ready for winter.
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)
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