Opalka tomato seed? (As if I lack paste tom seed, lol.)What do you have? I'm not growing beans or corn this year as my brother's handling that. But never met a seed I didn't like!

I just got my seeds in the mail today ... THANK YOU!!! The variety is astounding and I got just about all of my "really wants" for next summer, wow! Thank you to everyone who send in seeds and participated, it helps make this one of the best swaps around ... and a HUGE TREMENDOUS thank you to Heather. The amount of time and effort that you put into this is amazing, taxing I'm sure, but so much appreciated by all of us. Thank you for organizing this swap again and for taking the time to help make sure that we all get some of the seeds that we really really want, and a great variety of new ones to try as well! I wish I could send you something off your wishlist as a thank you, but I took a look and don't have any of them ... your wishlist in much the same as mine in some respects, lol! But I did want to let you know that they arrived, and to thank you for all the time and effort you have put into this!

Today (Dec 15th) I mailed seeds to: * fanatic79 * foodiefish * habjolokia * jaynine * lorabell * misterpatrick * naturemitch * penguinsrock09 * phpete * scorpionjohn * theloud * tinley244 PLEASE let me know when your envelopes arrive so I can update my records. That's the last of the envelopes from this forum. Have a very Merry Christmas everyone. Thanks....Heather

Do you have spider mites on plants that are indoors or plants that are outside? The most appropriate treatment would vary, I think, depending on the plant's locations. And, how sensitive are the leaves of your tropical plants??? I have found pepper wax to be somewhat effective with some pests but also hard on the foliage in our hot climate. You know, sometimes you can knock the spider mites off the leaves (don't forget the undersides of the leaves!) with a hard stream of water from a hose...maybe using one of those garden hose nozzles to increase the power of the water. I set the nozzle setting to "jet" and it knocks the spider mites right off. This works well outside. I think the spider mites get mad/scared and move to other plants. If the plants are indoors, though, this is obviously not a good solution. Dawn