KEY DATES FOR GROWING FUCHSIAS

Many fuchsias are grown all year round in pots and containers filled with multi-purpose compost, others are grown in open ground in a variety of soils and all grow well in most conditions as long as the growing medium is kept moist but not water-logged. If there is a difficulty with fuchsias it’s not the amount of sunshine or soil conditions, it’s a matter of timing. Our calendar below solves that problem for you and it can be made more accurate for your area of the UK if you set the dates to be accurate for your home town. Take a minute to do this now and then return here for dates which will stay set to your home town for many months.

The calendar below lists dates for propagating fuchsias by cuttings, how to care for them and how to grow on shop bought plants. It also has key dates for over-wintering your plants in containers. Click on any of the entries below to be taken to a detailed section with lots more information. Remember, the calendar below is a guide and over the time you grow your fuchsias your timings may begin to differ slightly.

Buy small plants for cuttings The first week of March

Start taking cuttings The fourth week of March

Buy small plants for growing on The fourth week of March

Initial pinching out The third week of April

Pot up cuttings / small plants The third week of April

Harden-off fuchsias The fourth week of April

Second pinching out The fourth week of April

Plant out fuchsias The second week of May

Begin feeding your fuchsias The second week of May

Third pinching out The third week of May

Expected date for flowering The first week of July

NEXT FUCHSIA PAGE – TAKING CUTTINGS

CALENDAR	TAKING CUTTINGS
PINCHING OUT	FUCHSIA CARE
PEST, DISEASE	STANDARD FUCHSIAS
OVER-WINTER