A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2004 sad little fuchsia

I have a fuchsia- she was very pretty- and then the aphids came ....and the mealy bugs
I gave her a full dunk in soapy water, picked off all the mealy bugs and she seemd ok...but i htink the saop has done some damage.
She's looking rather...yellowy spotted and the blooms have gotten crispy- the ones that weren't open look pretty good but the rest of the foliage is pretty sad-nothing is dropping off.
Could it be the soap that hurt her?

lilitu

Hi Lilitu,

I'm unsure if the soap would have hurt her, but was she wet and in the sun? That may have burned her. I would suggest cutting off the damaged sections. As fuschias are fast growing, hopefully she will bounce back to health quickly. Also, fuschias like bright light but not hot sun. Good luck.

Cricket

I honestly don't know if she was wet & in the sun...i know one day I moved her out of quarantine to a spot I thought would be shady, later I realized it got way more sun than I expected in the morning. I moved her back inside for the time being- mostly cuz it's been so hot. Do I actually have to prune her back?- her stems/branches seem fine, it's just the leaves that are yellowing- and most are still holding on rather strongly, they're not withering or falling off. And there is new leaf growth developing.

If there is new growth, perhaps it will come back on its own. I would watch sun and water conditions carefully. Doesn't like hot sun and although fuschias enjoy moist soil, they don't really like "wet feet". Good luck and keep us posted on your fuschia's comeback. I'm rooting for you!