Hi, I do not have a lot of seeds for trade, but I do have several rooted cuttings. The rooted cuttings I have are Passiflora edulis flavicarpa, Passiflora caerulea, heirloom gardenia, miniature pomegranate, various butterfly bush, kalanchoe plants, and a type of spider lily that spreads interestingly. If you want any of this, I am interested in your: Mt. Pima Tomatillo Broccoli, De Cicco Thanks, JH

Most squash flowers wither the same day they open but they wouldn't fall off and only leave a stem behind on the same day. Not from my experience anyway. So if you're missing the flowers the same day they opened, maybe it's birds? Bad neighbors? But if you've just noticed that they're not there without tracking when they opened, it's possible that it's just normal drop.

You may want to check out the vegetable gardening forums. I am certainly no expert on veggies, but you definitely have something going on. Taking a soil test is easy. You plunge a spade into your bed, lift out a "cut" and then cut a narrow sample off it that gets the soil from the top of the cut all the way down to the bottom. (Take a strip of soil about an inch wide.) Do this in several places in your bed and put it all into a container. Then take it to the Agricultural Extension office. They'll give you a simple form to fill out that asks you what you want to grow in this bed. Ours cost $5.00. A few weeks later, you'll get a computer printout in the mail. It will tell you in simple language what you need to add to your soil to make it suitable for growing the crops you specified. Honest. It's not hard! Since you are adding lots of compost, and I would assume you are working with soil that is loose and friable, gets all day sun, and you see to it that your plants are watered regularly but not kept sodden, it's a good guess that you need a soil test.

Heya Everyone :) Thanks for the time to email me and the information. Its given me hope ( Yay! ) I appreciate the advice :D thanks!! Seems like my special mix may have been overkill then. Sooo....im going to mix up a trailer load of mushy compost, manure etc and leave it sit outside for a while to rot a bit and then try again. I think ill try different methods and see what happens. I bought a probe today :D and i can test for things like light, PH, and a few things, then ill be able to get a better idea what types of soil mixes I have made. Alisonoz , i had that in the back of my mind too about transplant shock and your right in that we have had some horrible heats here which is unusual for the area, so the combination along with the fertilizers was probably overkill... The fruit trees i bought are varied species of Pair, Grape, Apple, Peach, Nectarine, Cherry, Berry, Plumb, Mulberry and Nut trees. Some are varied species so im told needed to cross pollinate (I think it is called?..) also got a couple of other fruits Ive not seen or eaten before ( cant recall the fruit name on those ). Anyway i hired an excavator, got some pretty big holes dug out about a meter or more round and 2 meters deep ( at least ). I put each fruit tree into its hole making sure the trees were not too low or too high - but just right as they were in the bags (had to back fill the holes to get the level right but the ground got a good churn in doing that). I have planted about 20 fruit trees now, cant recall the bag sizes but they were like 25 , 50 , and I think 75 liter bags ?? (mixed sizes). I just went crazy and bought a bunch of trees. I also bought a bunch of other things outside of the fruits like weeping willow Crab Apple, Japanese Maples etc to spread out around the land. All the trees were planted in 100% soil - i did not add a thing at roots level on any tree, but once planted I did use that same mulch mix that I used for the vegies on top of the ground around each tree.... .. .. Ill keep and eye on the trees and see if they begin to look sick or anything, most of the fruits had small fruit beginning to grow at purchase. Well thanking you all again for the messages and pm`s. I really appreciate the time to reply to me with help :D I have a feeling Ill be back lol - but I hope with good news :) My best Nathan.