Fushias not doing well

[Jimmy]

A few weeks or more ago I got 3 packs of fushia plants from Aldi.
Each was a different trailing variety.
Then looked healthy and I potted them on and placed them in a heated propagator.
They don't seem to have done much since and look decidedly weird. One type looks very redish.
I will try and get a picture when the sun comes up.
Thanks
Jimmy

[Jimmy]

When I got them the 6 packs were,where,wear (choose appropriate) still in the delivery boxes stacked up in a corner of the store.
I had to rummage to get the ones I wanted.

It was around the time of the "Beast From The East" and I wonder if they have been left outside for a while and got frosted.

One of the Matt Busbys look green but the other five are a weird red !

What do you think ?
Thanks
Jimmy

[Thelma Sanders]

I'd give them a dilute feed with some trace elements in (or seaweed feed if you have some) to perk them up a bit. They don't look too bad, my plugs are still smaller, but they are bushier. You might need to pinch the tops off yours if they carry on growing straight up.

[mothhawk]

I find the leaves can turn reddish if the days are very warm but the nights are cold (a bit like autumn). I'm told that during the heat of the day carbohydrates or sugars build up in the leaf, but because the nights are cold, not all the sugars are transported to the roots because the cold slows down the process. Your red leaves won't turn green again, but the plants should grow new green leaves.

Try to keep the temperatures more even. That said, the trailing fuchsias (La Campanella) I overwintered on the windowsill have been sitting outside for a week now, and seem fine.

[nickdub]

I reckon they're pretty well OK and will grow on properly once the weather is better. Some varieties have much redder stems and leaves naturally.

As has been said a bit of dilute feed would be fine, but don't over water as they don't like soggy compost.

[Jimmy]

Ok wiil perciver wit h them , but Matt Busby, why does one look green and healthy a five red ?
Just went to Lild,they had some cracking looking fushias.
Unfortunatly there was no indication of trailing or standard, I need trailing for my baskets.
The staff had no idea, nor were,where,wear there any prices.
No receptio n so couldn't look up on net.
So took a gamble and got a pack of 6 Evita, they looked trailing!
See my legend below.
They were,where,wear standards.
But thery are going in the baskets unless the Aldi ones pick up.
Jimmy

[rary]

Jimmy what are your night temperatures, Eva Boerg is quite hardy though Harry Gray is not one I have found to be hardly, Sir Matt Busby, its quite a while since I grow one of those but looking at a he photo I think it had been chilled, and possibly too much water, keep it reasonably dry, and not too warm and I think they will come away ok. As for the lidle ones are they bush fuchsia, if so you can keep them reasonably short if you keep remove the stem after every second pair of leaves, this will make it bushfire without it growing too tall, you will get flowers six weeks after the last pruning, or simply let them grow and accept what you get, when you don't know the variety you never know what they will do

[Jimmy]

I was going to take the Fuchsia Evita back but decide to keep them, I might have room for 6 in pots.
Must be going mad in my old age, flowers, pah.
Anyway was at Lidl again and got 6 more Fuchia Rosalien for £3.99
I think they are semi trailing and should fit my baskets (Wifes baskets)
They are very nice plants !

I was sorely tempted by some full grow cherry tom plants with loads of red toms on.
They also had peppers in a similar state.
Sounded a bit like cheating to me so resisted.
Jimmy

[rary]

Rosalien looks a nice trailing fuchsia, though I have never grown it, just remember fuchsia like a nice open compost, don't firm the compost when you plant and don't over water

[ESBkevin]

If it's any consolation my well established fushia shrubs are presently sulking in the wet and cold outside. Normally by now they would be green and 9-12" out of thier winter soil home, but they have a few shoots no more than 2-3" high. This from 6 shrubs in full south facing sun! I'm sure they will catch up, it's just unseasonably late getting into the growing season. I've only cut the grass twice so far this year!

[Two_Sheds]

I potted them on and placed them in a heated propagator.

Fuchsia don’t like heat. If they’ve been kept cool and are suddenly placed in an “oven”, they’ll suffer