Jamie, Congratulations! You're the only person I've ever heard of who killed horseradish without even trying! (grin--I'm kidding!) Ordinarily, you plant it...you have it forever. But, just to correct the record, and with all due respects to Kay and her post above, Round-Up WILL kill horseradish. I "took care of" stands of no longer wanted horseradish for 2 neighbors....one in '04 and the other in '05. Neither stand of it ever reappeared....it's gone. Incidentally, both these neighbors had been trying for several years to kill the plants 1) by digging out all roots they could find, & 2) by constantly trying to eliminate them by cutting any growth at ground level. I have no idea what happened to yours. I hope you get them back...maybe they'll recover. Hal

Madison area - overall I was pleased, after a very slow, cold wet start, I was convinced I would have no tomatoes at all. Especially since the neighbor's Roundup drifted over and I ended up having to replant half of my tomato transplants. But the vines kicked in and I had really nice results, picking the last in mid October. Zuchinni did well this year, after not doing well at all last year. Peppers were great, and I usually have zero luck with peppers. I'm still Picking Bok Choi, Kale, Mustard Greens and Daikon. Second planting of Green Beans finally went with the last frost, but they sure were nice beans. Garlic seemed small this year, but the flavor is good. Over all, I was pleased, but as always, I'll do a few things differently next year. Steve

every year, my husband's family promises 'token gifts only' and every year we cheat. pitched in last year, and got mom a new stereo for the kitchen. the year before, we got dad the 'ultra white' light he had been qketching was too expensive, couldn't possibly work like that ;) but I discovered patchwork this year, and in the process of making my first lap rugs, was left with some squares that gave me the bright idea to do pot holder sets for everyone who ought to get a gift, but whom we're not so connected with we know what old movie or oddity they would like (the drummer gets sticks, the artists get nice brushes or art 'rolls' to store them in) so everyone's getting really cool, oversized potholders (a pair of 10" squares, and a larger 'trivet' that run 11x17 or so) in colors to match their kitchen, or their dishes, or their dining room, depending on how they usually cook ;) and I only have two sets that I needed to BUY fabric for, everything else was stuff I had on hand (ok, I'm a fabric packrat) :)

If you have well draining potting mix, excess water would drain out thru drainage hole. Next watering should be done when the mix is just about dry. If plant is potted in soil that drains poorly, it gets very wet and dries up slowly, and that is not best for succulents. To improve drainage, it is better not to use fine soil and/or peat, since it will be quite water retaining. Buying bag of perlite and mixing lots of it would help, many ppl do it in 50/50 ratio. Other inorganic materials could be added too for even better drainage as I already mentioned. Pot that is double height of the plant is usually too large, and since there is lots of fine soil it will take very long time to dry up. If that was my plant, I would use pot about 1/2 that size. I would fill it with mix high enough so the plant doesn't sit too low inside of pot. IMO, there is too much soil piled up around the leaves - soil level is not too high for the pot but plant is too low inside of soil.