. Here in American P & K values are listed as Oxides. N is listed as actual N. It is my understanding Europe Lists all Nutrients as Actual values no Oxides. In other words 10-10-10 in America would be listed as 10-4.4-8.3 in Europe. The Oxide of P is P2O5 and K is K3O. You must be listing your Percentages in Oxide form, from the numbers I am reading. I guessing ""LEES"" on the bottom of the tank is another way of saying "Precipitant" on the Bottom of the Tank????? When mixing Fertilizer compounds you don't get all pure water soluble elements. therefore the trash in these compounds Precipitates out of the compound and fall to the bottom of the tank because they are not water soluble. When Talking about soluble fertilizer we measure the solubility as either COLD water or HOT water soluble. You might try premixing with Hot water. I find Calcium Nitrate particularly hard to dissolve in Cold water and use a hot water premix that I let cool before adding to my tank. As far as Buying Hydroponic fertilizer, IMHO it is a rip off because it is only a soluble form of fertilizer. Plus Fertilizer elements are a Commodity, NOT A BRAND. I refuse to pay the high price of Hydro store Fertilizer. I hope this helps, Good Luck .

Lisa, I think the common name thing is a BIG problem. On second look, the one I bought as "Tropica" does look like the photo that you have of Tropica. But my psitt x spathno "ALan Carle" looks a lot more like "Guyana". I bought a "supposed" H. caribaea "Prince of Darkness" years ago, from what was SUPPOSED to be a reputable nursery... finally got it to bloom size (its 20+ ft tall) and it ends up "probably" being "Criswick" instead.(I already HAD a blooming Criswisk...now I have TWO. I really wouldn't have used additional greenhouse space for the second one, had I known...)ALso, I bought what was labeled as "H. purpurea" several years ago from a very reputable vendor at the Fairchild Gardens...when it bloomed it was the classic caribaea flower, but a weird color like a purplish, not a red...I deduced later that it might be a cultivar called "Burgundy", which, according to Berry and Kress, is another name for "purpurea", however, while it may be another name for the same plant, this isn't exactly the same plant. And it too is very large growing and a real space taker. I may remove it and let the Wagneriana "Rainbow" planted near it have the space. This reminds me of the debate a few years ago over H. schiediana, and whether there were REALLY actually 2 separate cultivars..."plain" H. schiediana, and H. schiediana "Fire and Ice". Many people said that a certain nursery in Louisiana had tacked the name "Fire and Ice" onto regular old schiediana in order to make people think that there was a "new" plant on the market that was actually more cold hardy than the "old" one and therefore sell more. Now, I know that this happens all the time. Take Musella lasioscarpa...when it first came out from tissue culture, it was sold as "Chinese Yellow Banana". Now it has also acquired (here in FL, anyway)the name "Golden Lotus Banana". Who stuck THAT name on it? I think that there are a lot of vendors who perpetuate the name confusion to their benefit. I also think some vendors make up new names for plants to try to sell more. There is a NOTORIOUS aroid seller on eBay who does this. They make up all sorts of named for Colocasias, ALocasias and Xanthosomas to make people think that there is a "new" elephant ear out there to collect. They have even tried to sell regular old Caladiums before as new, rare elephant ears and made up names to go with them. Fortunately, there is a hard core collector on Aroids who stumbled onto this vendor early on, caught on to what they do, and exposed them (at least to the folks on Aroids). But it doesn't stop them. They list and list, and when they get complained about for fraud, their auctions get yanked, but it doesn't phase them. I think that there has ALWAYS been a difference in names between Hawaii and the mainland on heliconias. When I first got Golden Torch in, gee, I guess 1992, I got it from a lady in Hawaii and it was labeled "Parrot". She also sent me Golden Torch Adrian (labeled TORTUGA) and Keanea Red (which a friend of mine grew as St Vincent's Red)

"They aren't designed to be enclosed ..." Pegasus lighting sells small 60 W AC-DC power supplies that are designed to be installed inside boxes. About $15 each. If raping near the lights (and not near the power supplies or transformers) makes them light up it is not likely a supply problem. The lights are probably just poorly made. They need to tolerate the very high temperatures of halogen bulbs while still providing solid low impedance connections at low voltage. The temperature swings are room to many hundreds of degrees. There is a real reason the typical bi-pin base used is a ceramic block. You may need to find out exactly what brand the lights are. The only ones I have had bad experiences with have been 120 V pucks including short bulb life, bulbs welding to contacts, and generally poor quality. Al l the LV ones i have (and have installed for others) are from Pegasus lighting and have been fine. And to top it all of the idiot PO used the zip cord from the pucks inside walls through a tile back-splash and put the lights on the countertop circuits with 120 V snap switches in the back-splash. At least one row of 3 lights had wire nuts on the zip-cord inside the wall. I need to go through from the other side of the wall to access the wring and pull a new branch circuit to fix this (already done on one section), two more to go.

Rosemary, make it your mission to find pants that fit. Try everything, even things you think won't work. Once you find your style, stock up! Dry clean them to preserve their newness. I am always on the hunt for jeans. I noticed that women even older than me were wearing the new skinny,narrow ankle jeans. If they can do it, why not me? I am also amazed when I see an oddly proportioned woman wearing a pear of pants that fit well in all the right places. She either lucked out and found what works, or maybe she had them tailored. I'm a petite size and often even the short or petite length is still too long. I have to have them altered, but so be it. I too always thought it was more difficult losing weight now than when I was younger. For me, I have learned it is the food and only the food. i can exercise until the cows come home, but if I am not watching my amounts of food, I gain weight. You sometimes need to switch things up. Eat lighter at night. Really try to track your calories. Drink more liquids or water (which I find hard). I have always had a belly, but I do see a difference now that I have lost some weight.