Best thing would be to repot them and remove all the flowers to let them grow, I know that is not what you wanted to hear.....or remove 90% of the fruit so you can still have a taste and repot them. Bigger the pot the better.....best one to a pot. If you put two in a pot temporarily all that happens is the roots get co-mingled and when you try to separate them you just damage them doing the separation.

Thanks very much! You guys are helping me keep it in perspective. Ken, I agree about the bottle of scotch :) About the easement here- we do own our strip between the sidewalk and street, and it's common for people to landscape it. Some people really do it up beautifully. We are amateurs and ours isn't so beautiful yet, but we are taking notes on what others are doing and trying to get there someday. We have a great organization here called Friends of Trees- if you sign up they'll send a city inspector to your house, who will mark the curb where it is safe to plant a tree or trees, then they will give you a list of acceptable trees to choose from based on the size of your strip and power lines overhead. So we chose the amur maackia from the approved list. If you're wondering why I haven't just contacted them, I did in the past when I had concerns about another tree, and they sent me a list of tree experts I could hire. So my impression is they are great at getting you started with your trees but don't have the resources to make house calls the rest of the trees life. This is a little off topic- but we planted 5 trees in all: the amur maackia and 2 persian ironwoods in our strip, and in our lawn, a dwarf methley plum and a kentucky coffee tree. Of the 5, the amur maackia and the methley plum are our favorites. The kentucky coffee looks great in the summer but spends a large portion of the year looking like a forlorn little stick figure. The persian ironwoods are alright, but they have a way of always looking thirsty, no matter how much I water them. The methley plum is great- there's something chewing on some of the leaves that I have to figure out, but it's very pretty and actually growing really fast- it was supposed to be a dwarf? The amur maackia is just great- it's just been 3 years and it was looking very robust before this, and it's the first to get its leaves and the last to lose them. I'd highly recommend to anyone looking for a city tree. Looking at my pictures, I can see why some of you are worried about pedestrian eyes being poked out! I assure you the branches aren't out over the sidewalk- yet. Thanks to your concern I'll be keeping an eye on that! Wisconsitom- thanks for mentioning that about euphorbias and lavendula- you're right, that makes sense!

I did hand feed them last night, with some sugar water. I couldn't tell if they were drinking any, they did leave their proboscis in the little drop for a while, and later I noticed that there was some brownish yellowish liquid on the floor of the mesh cage i had moved them to earlier, directly underneath both of them there was small drops of this liquid, about an hour after I fed them, do they poop? lol, I know it was right under them and it wasn't there before I fed them, because i moved them into a new enclosure, away from the other pupa, anyway, when i saw it I thought well they must have sipped at least a little of the sugar water, I hope anyway. Now it was supposed to be partly cloudy today, and no rain, i was going to let them go on my lunch break, now the forecast says rain and cloudy all day, and temps in the low 50's. what should i do? It is not raining right now, should I release them before the rain comes, or keep them overnight again and just feed them when i go home for lunch, oh, and i now have 3, as one more eclosed early this morning. I am just not sure what is best for them, to let them go, or keep them a while longer, what would you guys do if you were in my position? thanks

Hi jelloie and upate 167! I'm going through a near identical selection process....we purchased a home we are renovating and thought we'd be in by Christmas last year but we are just getting ready to start renovations. Strung along by a contractor, etc. ! I was thinking there was a problem with the post date on this thread! We originally planned on a single oven with convection microwave, but I really don't care for microwave cooking of any kind, but find a microwave a necessity in the kitchen--and not in the pantry. And with few uppers, I have no space for under the cabinet. I have decided that I definitely do not want the convection microwave to take the place of a second oven. I want at least two ovens plus a microwave. I really like the idea of the steam oven and I feel sold on it too--just seems so new I'm not sure yet how I'll use it. I had the same thought that I could reduce the stack size to 24" for both the drop down microwave and steam ovens--and I am struggling with "spending" 30" on a 24" steam oven--not to mention that combo is more expensive. I'll probably be going with the Wolf M-Series single oven plus the steam oven above, or double ovens. Jelloice, I looked at the Pro vs. Transitional styles on the M-Series just yesterday and I found the Pro version knobs very confusing and slow to use compared to the Transitional version. Also, my rep pointed out that the plastic knobs on the oven do not match the steel knobs on the range. I like the electronics and the handle better on the Transitional style, but I prefer the bevel of the metal door on the Pro style. Where I'm struggling is whether to get a microwave drawer vs. building-in a traditional microwave in my island--with or without a trim kit. Any thoughts/experience with drawers/in-island microwaves? My concern is that they are shallow--only 7", take longer to open and close, and they lack a carousel and I'm concerned about uneven heating--probably my biggest concern. I like built-in the look of the drawer and I understand that the trim kits on a regular built-in microwave take up the same space as the drawer--27" or 30" trim kits. Additionally, the drawers do not come in convection and if I'm going to take up that much space for a built-in trim kit, I may as well get a microwave with convection. Otherwise, I'm looking at a very basic microwave with only a cut-out and no trim kit, but a storage drawer beneath. Any advice? Help!