Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Indoor Fuchsias, 0 by PedricksCorner

PedricksCorner wrote:
Everybody is doing great! And I realized very quickly that the little cart wasn't going to be able to hold them all as they got bigger. So I switched to a much larger and deeper container for them.
I had to keep my teenage cats in mind ;-)
If one of them decides to jump into this, the plants will have a better chance of surviving the incident! Plus, with this deep plastic tray, I don't have to worry about water getting onto the carpet.
I also need to mention a very, very, very important thing to do when growing any kind of plant indoors, and that is turning them constantly. Even in the big commercial nurseries, they have to keep turning the plants or they will grow lopsided towards the south.
So every time you notice your plant reaching for the light, turn it!!
Or they will not only grow lopside, but weak stemmed.
Isn't is amazing how much growth the F. magellanica has put on in just five weeks during the fall? Outdoors in the spring, magellanicas can put out new growth to rival the new canes any rose bush can put out.

This message was edited Dec 2, 2009 10:59 AM