Nathan Thank you for comment on 'then & now' thread. I know that many are able to grow succulents much better & faster. That's why I read every post, and post some of mine-to compare & learn. I kept them in cold room for 'practical' reason - have a new place, but didn't move in yet, just 90% of my plants. So in order not to have to pay astronomical $$$ to heat 2 houses, I had to keep temps down. I did have the supplemental lighting set up for few hrs/day. I am sure it could have been more, but again-had to watch $$$ too. Temps were set @49F, and plants did very well. Besides succulents, I have there f. Benjamina, 4 pots of figs (kept those in bsmt. in order to keep dormant - now they are leafing out), boston ferns, 6 olives, 7 angels trumpets (Brugmansia) and few other. I do have some casualties: 3 of my euphorbias are gone, and Meyer lemon. I think (not sure) that they were just too cold, or maybe should been watered even less in col temps. I know that soil is good, very well draining. But I noticed that many plants actually look great, some better than when I had them in warmer house - definitely less water (I tend to water too much) was great for them. I watered approx. every second 'visit' & that would be approx. 3weeks. Few grew very leggy, but that's to be expected if not enough sun. So those will get their 'heads chopped off' as soon as it get warm. Yay, more plants. BTW, I have at least 20 pots of jades, all of them grown from cuttings or fallen leaves. Few of them are very unruly and there is going to be lots more cuttings. Even if there were occasional shrivelled leaves (just few), I am sure it was still better than rotted roots. Photo of few in Nov. 2013 (have to update!) Rina ...sheesh, that's long read....sorry! This post was edited by rina_ on Wed, Mar 19, 14 at 13:35

Gardener Wes: When you start a video with Noise, and you're talking over it - ouch! So far I know, from what you've said, that you're in zone 9. And I don't know where, so should I watch? You've indicated that you've got a new set up, and you're doing hydroponics. Are you going to share the set up process you used - and offer the technical details for lights, pumps, mixtures and do forth? You started with Lots of pumpkin seeds. Do you have a technique and space for growing these over winter that you're going to share? If you are using video as a medium to talk with potential customers it's ok to start out 'a bit rough' - yet a plan for your video production system that connects to your marketing and intended clients could be useful. Take some notes when you're editing so you can improve the next video you shoot. For me a less 'selfie' style of presentation would appeal more. It's nice to see you - can we get to the plants and info, please! :-)) Hope that helps. Good luck.

Just bumping this up. There's great info here, thanks to Bestlawn and others. Any new tips? Maybe someone knows how to get a thread once it's dropped off p.67? Linda

Gloria, On your jukebox image which consists of 3 frames, go up to Edit, Select all, Edit, Copy, then Left click on the LAST frame of the jukebox to highlight only that one. Then Right click on it and choose Paste After Current Frame. Then move to the LAST frame of what you just pasted, LEFT click on it to highlight only that one. Then RIGHT click on it and choose Paste after current Frame. Keep doing that until you reach 30. ~~Urlee~~