Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Anyone propagate cuttings of Fuchsia Gartenmeister Bonstedt?, 1 by hummer_girl

hummer_girl wrote:
Here’s a picture of my F. Gartenmeister mother plant. Two plants were potted together last May in a 14” terracotta pot. I decide since my Gartenmeister cuttings were creating new plants, I would experiment with the mother plant. I lightly watered the pot on November 29th. On November 30th I moved the pot into the garage, deciding to leave the plant as is and not repot. I cut the plant back to about 6”; all foliage removed. The pot is too heavy to put on my gardening table in the garage, so it is on the floor with a plastic saucer underneath. Right now my garage temperature gauge reads 49 degrees during the middle of the day, and our high temp today is supposed to be in the mid to high 50s outside. I’m sure the cement floor is cooler. I have funnel shop lights with plant bulbs over my gardening table. This pot is placed at the very outer limit of the lighted area, its on the very fringe of the cast of light, where light bleeds into twilight then into deeper shadows. The lights are on a timer and run from 4 PM to 9 AM. In this experiment I’m trying to see if a semi-dormant state will occur and if the plant will put out new growth next spring. I don’t think the plant will require more than a little water each month, but I will check for moistness or dryness, digging several inches deep before deciding to water, or not.