Keep a pot of it at home, hang red lanterns on its branches, and celebrate the New Year with prosperity!

I have a pot of fuchsia at home, and one of them is full of 1,000 flowers!

As the Chinese New Year is approaching and the weather has been warm recently, the fuchsias in many flower lovers’ homes have blossomed, and the trees are full of little lanterns, which look very festive and prosperous!

If you grow fuchsia like this, the whole tree will be full of little lanterns!

Do you want to grow your fuchsia to look like the one in the picture? Daily maintenance is very important!

1. Ensure the appropriate temperature

When growing fuchsias in winter, try to keep the indoor temperature above 10℃. If it is lower than 5℃, it will get frostbite. However, flower lovers who have heating at home or live in warm places in the south don’t have to worry about this at all.

2. Adequate lighting

The winter sun is not particularly strong. If you want the fuchsia to produce more flower buds, you have to expose it to the sun as much as possible. Basically, you can place it in a well-lit place such as a south balcony or south windowsill. If conditions permit, you can move it outdoors at noon.

3. Be careful when watering

Fuchsia likes moisture but is afraid of waterlogging, so water it when you see the soil is dry; as long as the temperature is right, water it once every 2-4 days. You can spray water on the stems and leaves more often to ensure sufficient humidity.

4. Fertilize frequently to get more flowers

When transplanting and repotting, you can add some base fertilizer such as chicken manure to the bottom of the pot, and apply thin liquid fertilizer once every half a month during the growing season. Before flowering, change to phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, such as spraying 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution or Huaduoduo, which can supplement nutrients, make there are more flower buds, and bloom longer.

5. Pinch more tips to get more flowers

If you want the whole fuchsia tree to bloom, you must pinch the tips, which is called topping. Remove the apical dominance of the fuchsia and produce more side branches, so that it can bloom more!

If you propagate fuchsia by cuttings like this, one pot can instantly become 100 pots!

If you want to quickly grow multiple pots of fuchsia, cuttings are the best method.

1. Cut off a few strong branches from the mother plant of Fuchsia, keeping each section about 6-10cm long, and let the wounds dry.

2. Prepare a disposable paper cup, punch a hole at the bottom of the paper cup, put sand or vermiculite in the paper cup, and then insert the fuchsia branches.

3. It only takes about 10 days for the cuttings to sprout white roots!

4. If you want the fuchsia to take root as soon as possible, you can also try the water insertion method. Put the branches into the discarded screen net and let the lower end of the branches touch the water surface. It will take root in 1 week!

5. Transplant the rooted fuchsia into a flowerpot and prepare loose and breathable soil!

What should I do if the fuchsia buds fall off?

As the Chinese New Year approaches, many flower lovers are preparing to go to the flower market to buy a pot of fuchsia, but what should they do if the fuchsia they bought keeps falling off the flower buds?

Solution:

1. Slow down the seedlings

The newly bought fuchsia needs a period of adaptation to the new environment. It is normal for the flower buds to fall off. Generally, it will recover after being placed in a cool and ventilated place for a few days.

2. Pruning branches

If the flower buds of the newly bought fuchsia are falling off severely, you can trim the branches. Cut off dead branches, weak branches and overgrown branches to reduce nutrient consumption and allow more nutrients to be supplied to the growth of flower buds.

3. Water less

In daily maintenance, if the fuchsia buds fall off, it basically means you have watered it too much. Fuchsia is afraid of waterlogging. Once it is watered too much, the flower buds will fall off with a crackling sound. So everyone should quickly move the flower pot to a ventilated place to let the water in the pot evaporate as soon as possible.