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Giggsie | 09:18 Fri 07th Oct 2011 | Gardening
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I have some lovely fuschias this year is it possible to keep them over the winter? If yes can anyone tell me how?
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Mine have been outside for 30+ years and never had any protection. Try covering them with straw or shredded paper or make a polythene cloche
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thanks John I have some hardy ones outside they are ok but others do not survive the winter.
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If they are planted out in the garden dig them up and put into pots with some fresh compost. Do you have a greenhouse? If not a windowsill will do.
When the leaves start to die off, cut the stems back to about a couple of inches long. Water them very occasionally over the winter, then increase watering in early spring, they should start shooting from the base or low down on the stems.
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thanks slinkycat going to try that such a waste every year. they are all in my patio tubs and baskets.
I take `Tip Cuttings` at the end of summer and keep them indoors to save the one`s that are a little temperamental. I put as many as I can in a cut down 4pint plastic milk bottle in wet vermiculite and keep covered with a opaque sandwich bag for a few weeks, then re-pot each one in a 3" pot.

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