Content
- To educate and nurture a fuchsia bonsai
- Selection of fuchsia species and variety
- design options
- Maintain fuchsia bonsai properly
- Tips
The fuchsia bonsai is very demanding
To educate and nurture a fuchsia bonsai
As an ornamental plant fuchsias are quite widespread, the bushy waking shrub with the characteristic flowers but especially as a potted and planting plant enjoys great popularity. Fuchsia bonsai, on the other hand, are quite rare, as the plants are quite demanding in terms of location, substrate and care. If you take note of the special needs of fuchsia, there is nothing in the way of bonsai education.
Selection of fuchsia species and variety
Basically, all upright waking fuchsia varieties are suitable for the design of a bonsai, even half-hanging specimens can be educated accordingly. The starting material is either a cuttings from an already existing plant or you buy a plant in the garden center - where fuchsias are mainly available in spring. However, if it is a rather rare variety, you can contact Fuchsia specialist dealers.
design options
Usually bonsai are brought into the desired shape with the help of cutting measures and wires. Fuchsias, however, may only be formed into bonsai by educative cutbacks, since wiring is not possible due to the rather porous structure of the shoots - the branches and branches would simply break in such an attempt. All the more important are the corresponding back and educational cuts, because a dense crown develops only when many fresh shoots are present. To get as thick a stem as possible, keep the leaf mass as low as possible at low altitude.
Maintain fuchsia bonsai properly
Maintaining a fuchsia bonsai is especially difficult with proper water and nutrients. Bonsai are traditionally cultivated in shallow planters, which, however, have a serious disadvantage: The substrate dries quickly, especially in summer, which has fatal consequences for the more moisture-loving fuchsias. It is best to use a substrate that can store water at the same time, but does not create waterlogging. For a mixture of
and about one to two hands full of ripe compost. Always keep the substrate slightly damp and, if possible, do not place the bonsai in the direct sun, but in the light shade. In winter, winter hardy fuchsias should not overwinter in the open, but under cold conditions at eight to ten degrees Celsius.
Tips
Bonsai root should be pulled as close as possible and close to the trunk, so you should keep the plant pot as small as possible and also regularly perform a root incision.