Received a resin rock pot as a gift a while ago but just finally got around to planting it. I raised the Adenium by about 1/3 but I wonder now if I should have gone higher? Perhaps next yr or the yr after I will raise it up higher in the pot. I have no idea what the name is for the succulent I'm trying out as a groundcover. The man at the farmer's market could only remember that it started with a "D". *shrug* So after rinsing off the old media After potting

I never said I hated maples, I just hate digging through $#*!^!@ roots - any roots, maple or otherwise. Yes, I am a little concerned about the wicking issue, but I did read other posts on the forum re: the spin-out bags so am confident that is indeed the proper way to use them. I will cover with mulch soon, too, as I mentioned, which will obviously aid in keeping moisture in. We shall see...

Oh goodness no! I don't blame my neighbor at all in any way! How could he have known? The affects of RU drifting on the wind never would've occurred to me had I not found this forum and happen to read up on it. Heck, my boyfriend - the guy I live with - was ready to go buy some to use.... he even put up a fuss with me when I told him no. haha.... he's the one that needs more training... haha. Besides, the affected plants are growing up against his fence, he probably just sprayed a patch along the fence... how could he have even thought that his spray would come over an affect my plants?.... goodness no, I don't blame him one bit. He is indeed a very good neighbor, and a wonderful person. I haven't even asked him any details about his spraying RU because he was so embarrassed when he learned. He adores our garden, and lives to share in our harvest, and is the first to offer help. Goodness, I use his fence as part of my trellis at this point too. If he weren't as cool as he his, I'd have to top my plants at this point, they're all hanging over his fence now. Dave, yes, I've got lots of growth and plenty of good green, its just really stunted looking... very very leggy, thin, limp, not curly on top though, just limp looking.... branches die quickly on these plants however, they brown up from the tips and just die slowly all the way up. I ought to get some picts I reckon. Thank you so much too for the tip on picking fruit at first blush... thats exactly what I've been doing... I figured as soon as fruit showed any signs of blushing that the gel inside should be complete and to pick it to ease the stressed plant. I've been on top of that (well, that , and I'm going nuts waiting for fruit to ripen, so at least I get to pick something). Hoosier, thank you sooo much for going through the trouble for me to get the RU label. The incident must've happened about 6+ weeks ago as thats when I first noticed the damage, small fruit was just being made at that point, right now, everything is getting close to blushing, or just blushing... I'll read up and see if the fruit is safe for consumption or not. thanks all for being quick to offer advice!!!!

The fence situation is the kink of the whole property, and is causing me the biggest grief right now. What you can't tell from the photo is that the pool is actually raised higher than the yard behind it, and there is approximately 10 feet behind/between the pool fence and the split rail fence that runs the perimeter of the yard. The lattice is largely there for privacy, as none of the pools in our area have fences for code. Neighborhood rules dictate that you can have a privacy fence around your pool, provided it's far enough back from the property line. (Where the split rail fence is) I want to do just what you're saying, but it would be ALOT of money right now. They'd basically have to come in and build a new retaining wall behind the pool, add fill dirt to bring the surface level with the existing pool deck to expanding the area (to allow for flowers and the like), and then we could fence around that. However, we would then be very close to the setback requirements. Arrgghhhhh....... Since we're so far over budget on the interior renovation, this project may have to wait until next year. :(