How to Make a Fuchsia Standard / Fuchsia Tree, How To Make A Standard Fuchsia, Gardening, U.K.

How to Make a Fuchsia Standard / Fuchsia Tree, Creating A Standard Fuchsia, How To Make A Standard Fuchsia, Gardening, U.K.

Well technically it’s making a half standard Fuchsia as the clear stem height is 60-80cm.

Before carrying on to read how to make your own standard you can see this years finished plant by watching the link directly below.
How to Make a Fuchsia Standard, Update, How to Train a Fuchsia, Gardening, Essex, UK https://youtu.be/533kMs2Emco

I chose to use a hardy variety of Fuchsia for a couple of reasons. Firstly, and most honestly I had one in the garden already. Secondly, I Figured what’s the point in putting in all the effort to grow another standard just to watch it die in the Winter, as I have nowhere really to keep it.
For clarity this is not the first Fuchsia standard I have made or grown as over the years I have, for work, created quite a lot.

Simply, I started back in February by taking a batch of cuttings from my garden plant and growing them on. I only kept one of the cuttings indoors, growing it straight up, without pinching out the tips, so as to grow a Fuchsia in a standard form.
For the purposes of this video I did a few more cuttings at the start of this month, April, just to show what the starting plant material would be.

Here are the steps to grow your own standard or half standard Fuchsia tree.

Stage 1:
Take cuttings or purchase a young plant from a garden centre.
Continue to gradually pot up the plant once you see the fibrous white roots have filled the pot.

Stage 2:
The Fuchsia will continue to grow upwards, due to apical dominance, until that process is stopped. This occurs either naturally or when the growing tip is removed. For the purposes of growing a standard Fuchsia, DO NOT PINCH OUT THE TOP OF THE PLANT.
As the Fuchsia grows upwards carefully remove any new side shoots of growth that appear, but DO NOT REMOVE ANY MAIN LEAVES. These main leaves are what keeps the plant growing.

Stage 3:
Place a cane in next to the plant so as to provide support to the growing stem. If the plant stem is growing bent then place the cane/stick to the side where the stem is leaning away from. By placing the cane to that side you will be able to straighten the plant stem when you tie it to the cane. As the Fuchsias height increases you may need to swap the cane for a longer on. Alternatively start with a long cane that will be a permanent fixture.

Stage 4:
Continue to remove any side shoots or flower buds until the plant has reached the desired clear stem height.
BE REALISTIC. If the variety you are growing only gets to 80cm in height then you won’t be able to grow a Fuchsia standard with a clear stem of 80cm with a head of flowers above that.
If the variety gets to 80cm in height then stop the plant (pinch out the top shoot) at about 60cm so as to allow the top to then form.

Stage 5:
Having pinched out the top of the plant you will see that essentially 2 or 3 shoots then sprout from the top. Allow those shoots to grow about 5cm before again pinching out the tops on those shoots.
You can repeat this ‘stopping’ process 5-7 times across all stems to allow you to create a decent sized head to the top of your Fuchsia standard or half-standard.

Stage 6:
Make sure to keep the plant consistently on the moist side and feed weekly with a balanced feed such as Tomorite.

If you are growing a hardy Fuchsia variety then you will be able to keep your plant growing for longer outside, and hopefully over a number of years, so as to produce a better plant.

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