Fuchsia Cuttings - How to take Fuschia Cuttings

Take cuttings from well-grown young Fuchsia plants, to increase your stock and also to 'pinch out' the growing tip of your Fuchsia. This will help the existing Fuchsia to grow with a 'bushy' habit, rather than having a single spindly stem with few side shoots. Cuttings from Fuchsias are easy to take - we give you the advice and information on how to take Fuchsia cuttings.

Young Fuchsia plants, bought from the garden centre or nursery, can be a good source of 'cuttings' material to give you new plants. The following steps also apply to established plants growing in the garden. Cuttings are best taken between late April through to early September.

Most Fuchsias -or Fuschias - benefit from being 'pinched out', by nipping off the growing shoots after five pairs of leaves have developed. This forces the Fuchsia plant to send out new side shoots. More shoots = More flowers!

• Use a sharp knife - carefully - or a sharp pair of secateurs.
• Only take cuttings from healthy Fuchsia plants.
• Cutting taken later in the year will need over-wintering protection.
• Always make the cut for the actual 'cutting' directly below a leaf joint.
• Use hormone rooting powder - if you wish.
• Any seed and potting compost will do - add a little sand to 'open up' the compost.
• There should be no flowers or flower buds on the cutting.
• Remove the bottom leaves - just leaving perhaps 2 or 3 pairs of mature leaves on the stem.

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Fuchsia cuttings should root in 2-3 weeks, when you can gradually remove the propagator lid or plastic bag over 3-4 days to allow the young Fuchsia plants to acclimatise to the non-humid environment.