lily: What I'd do is remove all fruit currently on the plants. Any fruit that develops later will likely be safe. To be sure we'd need to know the active ingredient. Next time you might try wrapping the plants in floating row cover material or something similar to exclude the beetles. That's what I did earlier this year when June bugs attacked newly budded cherry. It worked fine.

Over watering is important, yes, but there are other things to consider too. I have a pink & purple fuchsia thing I got at Home Depot 9 or 10 years ago. It was in a hanging pot for a long time, and then it went in a half wine barrel several years ago. Then the barrel got shuffled around the back yard to about 4 different locations before I found one that made the plant happy! It gets watered 2x weekly in the summer, and whenever it rains in the winter. It's pretty happy where it is, shaded for the majority of the day by the house, the chicken coop and redwood trees to the south, BUT, it gets some direct sunlight every day. Just not much. I got 10 babies (2" pots) from Earthworks last Fall. I've killed 1 or 2 pretty fast, gifted 4, and the rest are stumbling along. Pink Marshmallow got cooked in the heat from the driveway, moved to the clothes line out back, (still too hot and sunny for it), and is now in the shade in the front yard, but under a redwood tree. We'll see how it bounces back. Or if! Feather Duster looks cute, appears happy in its smallish shallow clay pot, but it's not thrilling to me. White/white discolors too frequently and quickly. I thought I'd like it more. Mancunian plant looks fine, never bloomed this summer... Hanging plastic pot, on an oak tree, we'll see how it winters and then grows on in the Spring. Snowburner - died... whitefly, mealy bugs, withered, dead... Everything ELSE in the barrel is going gangbusters, bugs or no bugs! HeRi Mochara did OK, not thrillingly, probably needs a bigger container next year. Likes where it is, though. Tropicana - plant fine, but no blooms. Hopefully it will do better next year. My point being that sometimes it's your care, sometimes it's the location you stuck it in, sometimes it's the plant that doesn't like something. Do your research, and keep plugging away until you find something that likes what you do, where you do it. Voila! Pretty flowers!

Paul, I read reviews that specifically said tomatoes (and peppers) did really well in gritty mix!! D: --I was planning to fertigate at maintenance strength (1/4 tsp/gal) with foliage pro, as I do basically all my plants (hoping this is correct re:my understanding of AL's recommendations). But if the master himself says gritty is overkill, I'll look into whatever might be more suitable! I'm pretty new to all this, just want my plants to have the best stuff and to thrive, even if they're not fancy. I have this vision of a gorgeous tomato plant with piles of pretty orange fruit on it if I do everything right. Unfortunately the only "ground" I have to work with is a screened concrete patio, so it really is containers or nothing. Gritty mix *has* been appallingly expensive, but I also figure it will last a really long time and I can rinse and re-use it for other plantings as long as it's structurally sound? It has certainly saved the life of my peace lilly which was a gift from my husband and means a lot to me, so the money has been worth it for that alone. Can I go with something much cheaper in my tomato container that will still drain resonably well? The selection of bark on Roberts Flower Supply is amazing, but I'm afraid to even look at the shipping costs! : /

Ah, yes. Well, I'd read that the variation that I have can be grown in a container in peat moss, perlite or vermiculite. I have it in a clay pot, with a large hole at the bottom and I water it when it's place in a bowl. I only water it when it requires water, though I don't quite let it dry out and don't over-saturate the poor thing. This is basically the method I used: https://www.hunker.com/12180939/how-to-grow-watercress-at-home-in-a-container But, as I said, I've had little to no luck. I may have to pack it in, as an at home fancy-smanchy root oxygenation system may be beyond my means. But, oh what fun it would be to create and play with! Thanks for your input rhizo_1 . :)