Craig, Posting pictures here is pretty easy. I've posted instructions in this forum many many times, but will do it again in hopes it will help. One of the easiest ways to provide your photo to be embedded into a post is to upload it onto an image hosting site such as Photobucket, Flickr, etc. That should be pretty straight forward, and the individual sites will give instructions on how to get your photos uploaded to their site when you sign up. Once your picture has been uploaded, find its web address by right clicking on the image and copying the image location. Some sites may even provide the address in a text box below the photo for your convenience. Let's say, as an example, that the address of the picture you want to post is http://somepicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg To embed the picture into a post, use the command img src="http://somepicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg"> For larger pictures, it would be very very very helpful to add a width attribute. Do do so, just add width=600 after the second quotation mark. 600 is a reasonable width for Gardenweb forums and won't mess up the formatting of your post causing people to have to pan around to read the text. So, for larger pictures, the command above could be rewritten as: img src="http://somepicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg" width=600> Note that I had to use special characters to get the commands above to show up here without turning into pictures, but you can use them as shown (with the correct image location, of course).

Hey all, my plum tree flowered last week, and my peaches this week/next week. I applied a dormant oil/copper mixture probably 3weeks ago when they all were in last week of dormancy. I read many things online about spraying, and have Captan and Spectrazide Immunox (fungicide), Sevin (insecticide) stored away for use (plus the Copper fungicide i used in dormancy). (Also read about other things to put in a spray mixture but couldnt find Imidan or concentrate of Daconil [just the non-concetrated version at Lowes] but i could probably find at least latter at Home Depot I bet [but already have the Immunox, so not sure why i need another fungicide). Do i absolutely need the other sprays i dont have yet? I just wasnt sure about when to spray, one said at petal fall and repetitively, other said at pink/bloom and repetitively. Any advice (Im around Phila, PA area)? Wasnt sure what sprays I can combine into one mixture as this recommends, and if i can do without Imidan in the mixture: http://ag.udel.edu/extension/horticulture/pdf/hg/hg-22.pdf Also have Quince, Medlar, and Pear trees in fireblight prone areas like mine. I didnt see a good guide on quinces/medlars, same spray schedule as Pears?

Everything you listed will do well in the south, except cherries and maybe kiwi's in zone 8, unless you have a micro climate that will accommodate kiwi's. This is a blanket statement, because you must choose varieties that will do well in the south.

Plums: Toka will do fine and is an excellent pollinator. They are short lived and require heavy pruning. The fruit are small and are excellent for jam, good for eating. Pembina I've never heard of. You might also consider: Superior, Gracious, Underwood, Stanley Pears: Comice and Bosc are not hardy. Try Luscious, Seckel, Stacyville (Fedco is the only commercial source for this one), or Tyson. Peaches: The trees are short lived and do not bear annually in your climate even with ideal care. You might get a crop or two before the tree dies. Consider planting an apricot instead. They're tougher.