I too have had something eating my petunias this year, I did find a web site that offered help, www.garden-services.com/petunia. Here's what they had to say; One of the most common pests of petunias is the budworm caterpillar. These small green worms appear in late June and July. You won't often see the worm itself. Instead, you'll see the droppings, which often are described as small black seeds. The worms feed on the flower buds, making small holes in the buds and the leaves. These caterpillars are difficult to control but Dipel, Thuricide, Talstar and Scimitar are reasonably effective insecticides. Sevin and Diazinon aren't effective, because budworms have become resistant to them. If left unchecked, the presence of the caterpillars will cause petunias to stop blooming. Hope this helps!

ok I see, so it seems like lack of fertilizer, I have fertilized today....hopefully its not too late. So you mentioned that they need a good hair cut. When you cut them back 6-8 inches, do you mean from the top? I have total 4 plants, and they each has about 4-5 shoots with flowers at the top and yellowing leaves along the stem. I removed all the dead flowers and the yellow leaves, so now all that is left are the long stems with flowers at the top/ Also while cleaning them, I noticed that they have gone to seed and there are dried seed pods with tiny black seeds in them. I have collected those. Does the presence of seed pods mean there life cycle is over. For how long will they bloom if the temps go into low 60's?

Avast ye caterpillars. Thanks. I got Safer "Caterpillar Killer". It contains BT. Before I sprayed last night, I pinched flowers. One mutilated flower had Mr. Caterpillar in there munching away. See ya Mr. Caterpillar! We have guests this weekend and I want them petunias to be covered in flowers, which means I just won't pinch flowers tonight. The correct name of my petunia variety is "Dolcissima". This variety pumps out the flowers like nobody's business!

Your "worms" are millipedes. They should be harmless to the plants. I have no idea what the black dots might be. Any chance for a picture of that? Is you strawberry actually having any problems - poor color, poor growth, etc.??