Fuchsia Compendium - Q

QUARANTINE - when you purchase a new plant it is wise to keep it separated from your own until you are sure that it is not infested with whitefly, red spider mite or other insect eggs or the spores of rust.

QUERIES - do not ever be afraid of questioning what you have heard or been told. Never be afraid to ask - most people are only too keen to share their knowledge.

QUESTIONS - any question that has not been answered by this compendium E-mail us and we will do our best, although we are stumped some times. Have you an answer to any of these questions? How is it that an adult Vine weevil knows that a pot has already been visited, eggs laid and therefore the creatures manage to get every pot? If the reason is found out perhaps we could use it as a decoy. Why do some plastic pots have a small perforated slit below the rim at normal compost level? Why when on opening a ripe berry of F. procumbens the seeds very often have pre-germinated?

QUIPUS - the "string" of records kept by the Incas. Anything to add another word beginning with Q.

QUIZZES and PUZZLES - and the fun that they can be, and talking of quizzes what is a queach? Related to gardening but not necessarily fuchsias.