Nancy; Thanks.We had a good storm this afternoon and everything got watered real good.Timed just right,as i had put out some fertilizer yesterday evening,so now its watered in good. Alexa; This Grenada really does glow,it is so bright.It attracts alot of attention around here. Leslie; i have a weekness for the purples and Lavendars,too,but I don't have very many of them , yet Patricia. I have a small part of my front yard fenced,because at one time I had a little poodle,and also a goldfish pool in the front yard,and we had to put up a fence around it to keep the dog in and to keep kids out of the yard where my pool was.They would come and throw rocks hitting the fish in the head.Don't have a dog now,and the pool can't be used either.Its just a eye sore in my yard now.I made that rose bed outside the fence,since I had the inside full. Glad you injoyed the roses.They don't hold a candle to yours,yet. Jean

"got the f. wilt" How did you come to that determination (are you sure)? "- yanked 3 plants ; and then today noticed BER on my JF - what can I do to amewnd the soild for next year other that crop rotation - I;m limited on space ~ 12x12 ' any help would be great ; should i collect alot of seaweed as compost and crush up seashells to an almost powder to add calicium ?" Is it possible for you to have a soil test ? That's what I'd recommend before you go adding a bunch of amendments. You may need calcium, could be the pH... maybe neither one. However, as you may have noticed due to all the threads about BER that have been posted lately, the primary cause tends to be uneven moisture. Are you mulching, trying not to over or underwater? "any help would be great - I really dont want to have to go down the hybrid path" Hybrids aren't going to make much of a difference, if any, for either the BER or the fusarium wilt, so you may as well grow what you like. The tolerances (VF, etc.) are generally only going to buy you a few extra days... not even noticeable to the home gardener. More noticeable and potentially helpful in commercial/mass production.

It's looking almost definite that I will be going down next Saturday the 11th. I am hoping to be at excalibur by around 10:00 if I am able to get myself out of bed early enough. I'd like to meet up with most people there but could work out other options. Just send me an email. So far I have sleep down for the chempedak Swrancher down for the Lisa atemoya squam down for the Phillipine mango Also adding good sized (4ft or so) Grumichama cherry that is in need of some TLC to the available list.

Yes, I correctly interpreted the chique. I thought maybe it was the Canadian spelling. :-) I've often wished we could edit our posts on these forums. What would you call these? Cocktail knives and forks, maybe? The forks are 6.5" long, and the knives, which have pointed blades, measure 7.5". The case is lined with black velvet and white satin. No marks whatsoever, except the forks say Stainless Steel England and the knives say Stainless Steel Sheffield England. The damage to the one knife must have occurred some time ago, because the piece of china (or whatever) I found in the case doesn't cover all of the missing area. This 5" diameter dish is divided. Because.......? Candy and nuts, maybe? It has a sterling base and was made by the Concord Silver Co., Concord, NH (1925-1942).