I love your Polka!! It's a climber isn't it? Is that a raspberry near the nest or is it some sort of forsythia berry? I don't know anything about forsythia LOL. Carol

I believe the Great X are starting there 3rd spring in my garden. I think they are going to get much bigger ..they have hardly come up and spread out yet , what with this crazy spring. There are a couple leaves on the center Great X that are really becoming LARGE... this will be the first year some of the leaves will be bigger than my hands... The two in the backyard are looking decent as well. Everything just seems like it is still waiting on something to trigger there big growth... ....

Hi Cruz, Welcome to the forum! Thank you for the kind words. You'll find lots of friendly, knowledgeable people on this forum who love to share what they've learned, and who also love to contribute to each others' addictions--consider yourself warned. You're in Dade, so we're neighbors. I choose to identify my county because our state is so large--Tallahassee is something like 400 miles away, right? Anyway, plumeria are pretty easy where we live. They're not fussy, so all we have to do is protect them from the occasional winter cold front, and feed and water them when they're growing. To answer your question, I do not use epsom salts. However, some on here do use them at the beginning of the season. I think it depends on the growing conditions in each grower's backyard. Epsom salts provide magnesium and sulfur, and I have no indication that my plants are deficient in either of those particular minerals. I continuously feed (IOW, at every watering), low dosages of Dyna-Gro Foliage Pro 9-3-6, along with Dyna-Gro ProteKt 0-0-3 and Super Thrive. Because the two fertilizers provide full-spectrum nutrition (NPK + all micronutrients), I don't ever worry that I have a deficiency in any one particular nutrient. Great stuff! I also foliar feed at extremely low dosages the same with Spray-N-Grow added. This is NOT necessary but I do it because it gives me an excuse to hang out near my trees, truth be told. A search on this forum should yield all kinds of helpful information, but if you want to ask more questions, by all means, feel free. Good luck and happy growing! Greg

Thanks for all the nice comments. I bought everything online except for the cabinets, granite and tile back back splash. The only issue I had was the first sink showed up in 2 pieces but I had no problem with HomePerfect in getting it replaced. The appliances are GE Monogram. I choose them because I could get a very good deal on them. My company has an EPP discount deal with GE. Plus I got them when they were running an extra 10% off sale. I got all the Monogram appliances through them but the big convection oven which I got off ebay. It was an "open box" but came very carefully packed. It was a terrific deal and I got an additional 8% back since I used MS Bing cash back. I'm hoping I don't have any quality issues with them. So far, so good. We like the induction cooktop, the counterdepth fridge, the hood and especially the Advantium oven. The sink is Blanco Silgranit Diamond Super Single. Much nicer than the old double bowl. So much space and easy to keep looking good. Really nice. The faucet is a Grohe Ladylux3 and the soap dispenser is Grohe as well. The disposal switch is a Waste King Fiber optic switch. A minor splurge, but seems to work well. Tempo Arlington stools. Custom cherry cabinets with natural finish. Love the trash/recycling in the island, the big drawers and the soft close hardware. Hardware is RH Chatham 4" and 6" pulls. Santa Cecilia dark granite with radius edge Honed Carerra subway tile backs plash with glass/marble accent. Lighting consists of: (6) Cree LR6 recessed led lights on a dimmer (1) Cree LR6 recessed led light over the sink (3) LBL 12V Onyx pendants over island on dimmer 24V led light strips below and above cabinets on dimmer I'm very happy with how the lighting came out. The coffee maker was a splurge. It's a Brewmatic BICA. I plumbed it into the filtered water off the back of the fridge. Even finding it at a great discount it was pricey. But, brews great coffee quickly and easily. Plus supplies hot water for tea as well. Seems very well made.