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Fuschia Seed pods?
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My fuschia has two deep red seed pods on it. Can I collect the seeds to grow my own plants next year? Thank you Donna |
Fuschia Seed pods?
"Donna Ludlow" wrote My fuschia has two deep red seed pods on it. Can I collect the seeds to grow my own plants next year? Yes but due to crosspollination they will not be the same plant as what you have this year. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
Fuschia Seed pods?
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"Donna Ludlow" wrote My fuschia has two deep red seed pods on it. Can I collect the seeds to grow my own plants next year? Yes but due to crosspollination they will not be the same plant as what you have this year. They may just be ordinary but could be wonderful, you will not make your fotune as there are so many named Fuchsias but at least the results will be unique to your garden, or you could simply eat them they have a mild sweet flavour with a peppery after taste -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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from "Donna Ludlow" contains these words: My fuschia has two deep red seed pods on it. Can I collect the seeds to grow my own plants next year? Yes - but expect the unexpected. If you get enough pods/berries, you can use them for making jam and jelly. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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On Aug 16, 11:40 am, Rusty Hinge 2
wrote: If you get enough pods/berries, you can use them for making jam and jelly. I've got a huge F. magellanica out in the rear lane that flowers all year round, but produces masses of berries mainly in late summer and early autumn. When I think about it, I collect them fully ripe and slowly dry them in a low oven to produce Fuchsia 'raisins', which are then bagged and frozen. I use them as treats for my parrots, but occasionally find myself nibbling a few as well. Definitely not in the same class as a fine muscat raisin, but decidedly edible nonetheless. |
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from Dave Poole contains these words: I've got a huge F. magellanica out in the rear lane that flowers all year round, but produces masses of berries mainly in late summer and early autumn. When I think about it, I collect them fully ripe and slowly dry them in a low oven to produce Fuchsia 'raisins', which are then bagged and frozen. I use them as treats for my parrots, but occasionally find myself nibbling a few as well. Definitely not in the same class as a fine muscat raisin, but decidedly edible nonetheless. Hmmm. If either of us remembers, do you think you could spare a few (uncooked!) pods, please? I'd like such a bush - well, several. I (and the workforce) have just cut down and dug out about 30 yards of Lonicera nidia hedge, and I'm replacing it with fruit-bearing stuff - Fuchsia would improve the look of the front innit. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/garden.htm - and it is looking more like one every day. -- Rusty Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters. (Alice Thomas Ellis) |
Fuschia Seed pods?
On Aug 17, 10:06 pm, Rusty Hinge wrote:
Hmmm. If either of us remembers, do you think you could spare a few (uncooked!) pods, please? I'd like such a bush - well, several. It's only common F. magellanica, but thinks it's a giant form and is about 3m. high and across, despite having been severely hacked down this spring. I'll happily do half a dozen or so cuttings for you if you like. Assuming I remember by the time the rain stops :) |
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from Sacha contains these words: Enjoyed the tour, but my goodness you do have your hands full! It's such a pretty house and it's going to reward you for all that hard work. Will you plant blueberries? I have one small planter of them to date. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/...gridge_001.jpg - on the right, bang in front of the Pungent. The light-coloured blotch creeping across the peat is a covering of small flat stones, so that a), you can water it vigorously without disturbing the soil and b), it reduces evaporation. In 'Fruity Corner I have (amongst other things) a *BIG* planter with a seven-foot hunza apricot (grown from a stone) and three cranberry plants. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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from Dave Poole contains these words: On Aug 17, 10:06 pm, Rusty Hinge wrote: Hmmm. If either of us remembers, do you think you could spare a few (uncooked!) pods, please? I'd like such a bush - well, several. It's only common F. magellanica, but thinks it's a giant form and is about 3m. high and across, despite having been severely hacked down this spring. I'll happily do half a dozen or so cuttings for you if you like. Assuming I remember by the time the rain stops :) Please! Shall I emu you my address? I take it that your address /\ up there works? -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
Fuschia Seed pods?
On Aug 17, 7:55*am, Dave Poole wrote:
On Aug 16, 11:40 am, Rusty Hinge 2 wrote: If you get enough pods/berries, you can use them for making jam and jelly. I've got a huge F. magellanica out in the rear lane that flowers all year round, but produces masses of berries mainly in late summer and early autumn. *When I think about it, I collect them fully ripe and slowly dry them in a low oven to produce Fuchsia 'raisins', which are then bagged and frozen. *I use them as treats for my parrots, but occasionally find myself nibbling a few as well. *Definitely not in the same class as a fine muscat raisin, but decidedly edible nonetheless. I'm interested in this. I have a number of those as a side hedge in our garden in the eastern part of the Midlands of Ireland, which were cuttings taken from hedgerows in the West of Ireland. They are flourishing, and I love the great value. Mine don't flower all year round, but from June to November is pretty good flowering value in my book, and I adore them. I had always heard that they did not reproduce by seeds, but rather by layering or some such, because they were a garden escapee from Victorian times, originally from God Knows Where, and were not getting enough heat/daylight hours/whatever else they need in late summer to set seed. Fact is, all the flowers of mine drop before setting seed, and this appears to be the norm in the hedgerows of Ireland where they have naturalised also. I always thought what I was dealing with was F. Magellanica. Is what I had heard all codswallop? Cat(h) |
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