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Stopping for Showing |
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Stopping a Fuchsia, is the removal of the tiny growing tips of the plant and is used as a means, by which you can control the flowering of the plant. A tiny pair of sharp scissors is ideal for this job. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
To have a plant in maximum flower
on a specific date, requires one to work backwards from that specific date,
to the final stop of the plant. For instance, below is an example of this :- |
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You must bear in mind that different cultivars bloom at different times after stopping, so you will find that you have to adjust the stopping dates. When making the final stop, be sure that the complete plant is stopped
at the same time, even if there are hundreds of growing tips to be taken
out. |
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Some varieties naturally flower early, others late. The
flowering of the fuchsias, is also dependent on weather conditions, sunny
and warm, the plant flowers early, cool and dull, later flowers. |
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