{"id":78,"date":"2008-07-24T09:10:02","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T17:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2008-07-24T14:10:17","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T22:10:17","slug":"fuchsias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/24\/fuchsias\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuchsias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fuchsia.jpg?ssl=1\" title=\"fuschias\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"5\"  vspace=\"2\" border=\"1\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/.thumbs\/Fuchsia.jpg?w=200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If your fuchsias aren&#8217;t blooming and the leaf tips look curled up and deformed, your plants are infested with<strong><em> fuchsia gall mite<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; First discovered on the West Coast in 1980, it is often mistaken for a disease because of the way it distorts and twists fuchsia leaves and flower buds.&nbsp; The damage caused can be debilitating.&nbsp; The leaves curl and distort so much that normal photosynthesis is disrupted and weakened plants fail to bloom&nbsp; Infested plants usually recover if further mite damage is controlled.&nbsp; Prune off all distorted foliage and buds.&nbsp; This may be the best method of control as petroleum oil or insecticidal sprays need to be made every 4-7 days to disrupt the mite life cycle.&nbsp; Neem oil is not recommended for use on fuchsia flowers.<\/p>\n<p>\nThere are several gall mite-resistant fuchsias, both hanging and upright, that are very bit as showy as the traditional fuchsia varieties.&nbsp; if you have been plagued by fuchsia mites, try growing one of these instead.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your fuchsias aren&#8217;t blooming and the leaf tips look curled up and deformed, your plants are infested with fuchsia gall mite.&nbsp; First discovered on the West Coast in 1980, it is often mistaken for a disease because of the way it distorts and twists fuchsia leaves and flower buds.&nbsp; The damage caused can be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/24\/fuchsias\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fuchsias<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,54,24,12,2,25],"tags":[548,526,530],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-butterfly-plants","category-flowers","category-gardening-tips","category-hummingbird-plants","category-pests","category-plant-care","tag-flowers","tag-hummingbird-plants","tag-plant-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}