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Thanks again, Lil Hall

Some types will do poorly in hot dry weather, they like humidity. Heat will reduce the size of the blossoms.

They should be fertilized weekly with a high nitrogen fertilzer at half strength unless you are trying to set buds, then full strength should be used. Go back to half strength after it starts to bloom.

Remove seed pods that form. Plants, this is true of other plants not just fuchsias, don't produce flowers, fruit or vegetables to look pretty or to feed us. Their goal in life is to produce seed; so while they are producing seed, the flowers, fruit or vegetables are secondary and flowering can stop. This is why deadheading and picking your vegetables often is so important.

Now to answer your other question about Pyola and Gardens Alive. If you go back to 'Combating Pests', scroll down to 'asparagus', you will find that 'Gardens Alive' is a different color. This indicates that this is a 'link' which means if you click on it you will go to their web site. They are based in Indiana but I just buy everything from them through the mail. You could also click on the 'Market Place' button on the left side of our 'Home' page and you will find a link to them there. Unfortunately most garden centers don't carry much in organic products. I think this is very strange. Why grow your own vegetables if you don't care if they have poison on them?

Pyola is an organic mild pesticide that I use more than anything else. I use it for asparagus beetles, cucumber beetles and squash bugs, to name a few. It has to be used more often than say Malathion or Sevin but then I sure don't want those on my food. And it is more expensive, but organic grown food is worth the extra cost.

Hope this all helps and look foward to hearing from you soon, Diane