You should keep this in mind when overwintering fuchsias

Fuchsias are probably one of the most popular container plants among Germans.

They can also be hibernated without any problems.

You can find tips here.

In summer, fuchsias create a wonderful blaze of color on the balcony * and terrace, but as soon as the temperatures get colder, you should find a suitable shelter for your plants.

Fuchsias are usually not hardy.

We will show you what you have to be aware of.

When do fuchsias have to go into winter quarters?

You should bring non-hardy plants indoors at the latest when the

.

With fuchsias, too, make sure that you bring them to winter quarters before the first frost.

Only when there is no longer any danger of night frosts are the plants taken out again in spring.

The ice saints in May are known as the cut-off date.

Here's how to prepare your fuchsias for wintering

If you still want to enjoy your fuchsias next year, you can easily overwinter them.

But before you get started, you should first prepare your plants for it.

It should be noted that the fuchsias hardly need any nutrients after flowering in autumn.

The flowering period is usually between March and October.

In order to optimally prepare the fuchsia for wintering and to ensure that it sprouts vigorously again next year, you should

.

You should also prune the plants once before they bloom in the coming year.

If the fuchsias are to be overwintered in a bright and warm place, for example in a greenhouse, then this topiary can also wait until spring.

If you are wintering in a cool cellar, you should lend a hand in autumn before the first frost.

The Plantura gardening portal advises cutting back

.

Leave one to two eyes per shoot.

Also remove all dead and wilted flowers and leaves as well as shoots.

Hibernate fuchsias in a pot - this is how it works

In order to be able to relocate the fuchsias without much effort when the cold snaps, you should plant the winter-hardy varieties in the pot right away.

So you only need to put them in their winter quarters in autumn.

Temperatures between

prevail at

the wintering location

, but lower temperatures are also possible as long as you have already pruned the fuchsias.

Also, find a bright place and ventilate it regularly to prevent fungal attack.

Also, water the plants far enough to prevent the roots from drying out.

Fertilization is not necessary in the winter period.

When spring arrives, you can slowly start watering a little more, and you can also repot the plants to give them more space.

In addition, the temperatures at the location can also be up to 20 degrees.

From April, May at the latest, you can put the fuchsias out again.

Also interesting

Are there also hardy fuchsias?

In fact, there are also fuchsia varieties that are sold in nurseries or in specialist

shops

as

.

However, you should be careful here: Even if the fuchsias are theoretically suitable for outdoor planting in Central European latitudes, the winter hardiness often depends on the minus temperatures and the length of the cold spell - so the plants could still be affected in a harder winter.

According to the Plantopedia portal, many frost-resistant specimens are often

insensitive to

temperatures

.

So it is best to get advice from the experts on site when buying.

Hibernate hardy fuchsias in the bed

Many varieties of fuchsia can also be planted as a shrub in the bed.

Before the cold season, you should cut back the shrub by a third and pile up some soil.

Then cover the plant with straw or brushwood - an additional fleece cover makes sense to help the plants through the winter.

In the spring, cover the fuchsias again and remove the dead shoots.

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