My grandparents grew it, and then my parents, when they took over the house. We never made it into pies. We just cut it up, boiled it with water and sugar, til it was an applesauce consistency. Then just ate it like that. It could be served over pound cake or angel food cake if you needed to dress it up. My Danish grandmother prepared a lot of fruits the same way. She called it âÂÂcramâÂÂ. As in, âÂÂBlackberry cramâÂÂ, or âÂÂRhubarb cram.â I have so idea what cram meansâ¦but IâÂÂm guessing sauce. I donâÂÂt have a recipe: when I finally have some to harvest, IâÂÂll wing it.

Lumens is a measurement that's biased toward the human eye, not plants. Most of the light used by plants don't appear bright to our eyes, so the flouro grow lights will always have less lumens. Personally, I've used both and didn't find too much difference between the grow lights and the regular cool or warm whites. I forgot to answer your original question... easiest way to tell if your fan is enough is to check to see if it visiblly moves the seedlings. You just want to shake them around slghtly to encourage them to grow stronger. If they arn't moving in the breeze at all, than you either need to put the fan closer or get a bigger fan. I use an osscilating fan myself, and it's hooked up to the same timer as my lights. As for your ballast, short of opening up the light and check, if it hums a bit when it's on, it's a magnetic ballast. Also electronic ballasts are very light weight while the older magnetic ones are quite heavy. Otherwise, you'll have to open it up and look inside. Usually, if it's an electronic ballast, it'll say on the label.

I hope I am posting in the right spot. DH and I are wondering how much salt does the water softener actually need? There is this huge tank but does it have to be all the way full? Also, he said it seems to be creating a "salt bridge" occasionaly so he takes a stick and breaks that apart. I just want to make sure it is working to its full potential. Thanks!

I received one as a gift and wonder how often/much I should water it. Can anyone please share their experience?