Hi all

I planted fushias last year in a sunny stop and they were fine. I cleared away the dead wood in the winter and now one of the five is beginning to grow quite well but the other have sprouted new growth but they are just no coming on. Is it the weather? Should I be feeding more?

Ray

Hi Ray,

as to feeding them, yes, absolutely. They need rich fertile soil. A liquid ocean-based fertilizer is recommended when they start coming up, even in places where you have a wet Spring. But it could also be the weather. Where are you? Here in the Northwest ours were late this year and have only been blooming for a couple of weeks.

Thanks. We are in the midlands and it is stance that one of the 5 is about to flower, a second is coming on fine and the other three are growing but very slowly. And they are all in the same piece of the garden. Can you recommend a feed in terms of the NPK balance. I just have a general one and one for tomatoes. Will one of these do or do I need something different?

HI Ray,

I have a very similar situation in my garden at the moment. I planted 2 upright fushias last year that did well, in spring I pruned away the dead wood and one of the two has come back well and looks really good with lots of flowers, while the other one is struggling. They're about half a meter away from each other so can't imagine it's anything to do with the soil, position, fertilizer etc. I put mine down the the type of plant, the one thats coped is the standard pink and purple whilst the one thats struggled is white and purple.

Intersted to hear if yours are all the same colours or if it's a similar situation to mine?

Kate