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Fuschia question
milliemands
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Hi the purple pods are growing on my fuschia are they a fruit or a seed pod for new plants? Never seen before on the plant!
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that's what they are, the next generation in waiting. Might not seed true but worth trying to see what you do get
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you that's great hopefully will get some babies!?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Supposedly they are edible.
http://www.beautyandthefeast.ca/blog/2014/7/3/eating-fuchsia-berries
Last edited: 12 August 2017 20:49:38
I've tasted mine and they're nothing to write home about, but other varieties may be more flavoursome. It never occurred to me that fruit means seeds means free plants! So now I'm going to sow a few and see what happens,
Last edited: 13 August 2017 13:33:52