Persimmons will often not show vigor until the second year. Some I've seen will continue to grow slowly even afterward, and the problem appears to occur independently of location, soil, variety and weather. I believe in these cases that the rootstock is the determining factor - some just produce more vigorous trees than others. This is not a subtle finding; some trees take off while others languish. Hard thing to prove though as each seedling rootstock is different. An observation that supports this theory is that trees with scions that have grown quickly when singly grafted will continue this trait when multiply grafted.May get some more info about this later: I have noticed a few large suckers that have come up from the roots of some unusually vigorous trees purchased from Just Fruits and Exotics and and will see how when grafted, these trees on identical rootstocks compare to the originals.

Found this thread because the Elkay Crosstown 31 inch sink we just had installed is pooling in the middle of the sink. Counters are so close to level that I'm not sure it would be reasonable for Elkay to complain. So some Elkay are fine and others are not. I'm going to try putting some olive oil and some Hope's Perfect Sink in to try to prevent the water's adhesion to the surface. But since I haven't found anyone suggesting/confirming ways to mitigate the problem I'm not hopeful.

Mallory, overall I’d say I’m happy with the Sofia Pro. The induction top works fabulously. The individual hobs have great control and also have fast heat settings when you want to get things going quickly. I only need more than one hob for one pan when making pancakes or French toast. In these cases I do need to place my griddle over both the center and one of the front hobs, so kind of going diagonally across the cooktop surface. I do not notice any problems doing this even though there is no bridge. Is the temperature in the middle of the griddle less than the parts over the two hobs? Yes, but not enough it seems to really matter - at least for the stuff I cook. It may be different if someone is doing something needing super-critical temps across the entire cooking surface. The oven is pretty good. Part of the reason I decided on the Sofia Pro is that it has one of the largest oven capacities among the 36” brands I looked at. And it does. It’ll take anything I can throw into it with room to spare. The gliding rack is a really nice feature, even if it does use up a bit more vertical space than a regular wire rack. It can always be replaced with a standard wire rack when necessary. Oven calibration works very well. If I remember correctly the range is -35/+35 degrees of calibration adjustment. Pre-heat time when set to Fast (a button press activates this when desired) is quite fast. Comes up to Bake 425 in about 10 minutes, give or take. Evenness is reasonable when using non-convection settings. I still have to rotate pies and the like to get perfectly even browning across the surface, but I can tell that it’s better than my old 30” KitchenAid gas range. Evenness for convection settings is better. Beyond that I can’t say much as I haven’t done critical temperature testing over the oven space. I have had a disappointment with the self-clean, however. Do a search for that here and you’ll see it. Apart from that I’ve been happy with this purchase. Hope this helps.

We just put this tile in our new bathroom. Very happy with it. We had no choice tho, I had a terrible allergic reaction to every vinyl plank I brought home to try. Really wanted vinyl plank because I didn't want to deal with grout. Compromise was dark grout lol I hope you find something you really like. edited to add.....same floor is going in our kitchen and family room. They are all connected