Maintenance

No more feeding

Do not feed your plants any more now. They need to prepare for winter.

Overwinter fuchsias:

• Give the plants lime-rich/nitrogen-poor fertiliser one more time this month.
• Give the plants less water two weeks before they go to their winter location.
• Then prune vigorously.
• Leave some twenty centimetres on the branches and also remove all the foliage.
• They can then go to their winter location (a cool room where the temperature needs to be approx 5 °C).
• Foliage will form again in the light.
• Water as required and check regularly for pests and diseases.