I've had a few 'dwarf' varieties they do stay small in containers otherwise you will have to keep them trimmed to stay really dwarf. I have some in pots (13 or so) that I put in the gh during the winter. In the spring I plant them back out. I cut them wayyyy back and sever the roots in Dec to pot them back up again or they just freeze back too much in my zone 9a. They do just fine. I don't know why some people think they are finicky and fragile about transplanting. They are tough customers. In the summer, they grow about 20 ft or more and bloom their heads off especially in the fall. Some grow back real quick and bloom in the gh in the winter after they get cut back. I do have one purple standard bougie tree. I keep that one more cut back than the others at all times but it still wants to be a wild thang lol. I water and fertilize regularly most of the year. When I plant them out they are near Plumeria so get the same treatment as those. In the winter, I hardly water and don't fert. at all so they basically go through a dry 'rest' period. ~SJN This post was edited by sultry_jasmine_night on Fri, Feb 6, 15 at 11:04

Southern states will definately have bt -- multiple strains typically -- but I can't believe most garden centers wouldn't also carry it. Are you checking the labels? It gets marketed under different names -- "dipel," "thuricide", "worm killer" are a few that come to mind. Gotta look at the labels for the active ingredients.

Rina - Did you get the bottles free as well? I'm only using them because they were free and have a couple micronutrients that my MG fertilizer doesn't. The dilution ratio on my bottles checked out to being an okay range for succulents (in my opinion). I'm not planning on buying more bottles due to cost and they are not exactly what I am looking for in a fertilizer. Supposedly these can grow up to 6ft tall trees! I will try to keep mine small, if that's even possible. If not, then it may end up going to the living room for decoration during future winters. =) Howard - Do you recommend using a small piece of stocking or gauze and tape or elastic it over? I think I remember you not bothering with this lately (or at all). I find it hard to anticipate when the seed pods are ready to pop because I've been focused on other plants that require more effort.

I have never applied bleach directly or indirectly to a plant, nor heard that recommendation.....ever. I have used watered down bleach spray to wash algae and dirt out of empty pots for storage, and to fill up a pail also diluted to pour over/wash my brick pathways in my garden to help hold down weeds. The solutions I use are so weak I usually end up bending and hand weeding anyway. I sincerely believe the purported addition of bleach to fertilizer (what fertilizer are you using) isn't benefitting one lick, and a half teaspoon of straight bleach to a seedling pot is quite a bit.