Wow. I will probably have to re-read that later to my other half... thank god he's as crazy as I am. So here's the deal on the java... Yes, it was at a greenhouse where they were admittedly trying to clear space in the greenhouse for winter. We paid $20, and really, I still think it was a steal. The horticulturist we spoke to at the greenhouse said none of the ones she had left fruited while she had them, she didn't know anything else. Basically brushed it off saying that she gets a semi full of plants and is too busy to care about each one. Here's the thing... The pup looking thing, hasn't really noticeably grown, but is still green and looks as if it's trying to rally. Parts of this tree were really in rough shape when we brought it home last week, so I'm not entirely suprised. But in the last 3 days, we noticed a brand spanking new giant leaf pushing it's way up. It is just standing tall announcing it's awesomeness. Now, as for heat, humidity, and sunlight... We're on top of those issues as best as we can for indoor apartment growing. We grow in a 12x12 west facing room (the warmest room of the apartment even when it's -30F outside) the humidity is usually at the lowest in the 50% range, our hygrometer took a crap and we're getting another one to be sure our humidity is not too low or high (don't want drywall falling down hahaha) heat NEVER below 60, and we have grow lights that ensure that our plants get happy healthy light for 10-12 hours a day. Now, here's the issue we have. We are meticulous about the water, fertilizer, soil composition, light, heat, humidity, et cetera. We keep careful records, like scientists, so we can track what did and didn't work. The java came in some crap @ss soil with god knows what thrown into it... And of course, we weren't able to sift that out when we repotted because at that point, the thing was so big, we didn't want to destroy the corm on accident. It had some nasty looking long time release fertilizer granules in the soil. We would normally use foxfire farms soils and fertilizer mixed with our water (we obviously don't need to fertilize our cavendish much since the soil is still very rich in nutrients)... I'm not thrilled with the idea of not knowing how much is already being released in the java and adding more. Right now, I'm SO thankful for your advise/opinion... It made me feel much better about how we're doing as banana parents. If you have any other questions, let me know, I'll do my best to answer for ya. And if this darn thing actually starts to get a bloom stalk... There will be photos.

Bobbie is correct, but only if you will be connecting the old system to the Internet. If so, you should be certain that your system hasd the current versions of Flash and Shockwave installed also. Finally, be certain that the Java is the proper version for the browser intended. DA

Thanks, everyone. Those warnings make me nervous... To answer zep's questions - yes, it is Vista; and yes, it is Internet Explorer. OK, so I think it is the firewall, then. So I will allow it; and I will tell it not to ask me again. I didn't allow it at first, so then I allowed it the second time (waited for my computer to blow up... ; ) ... but it didn't happen); but I didn't check on not to show again because I was afraid that if allowing it was not the thing to do, I wouldn't be able to see that pop-up again. If that makes sense. If I have any problems with version 7, I'll let you guys know. I did notice that when I was downloading it, it took awhile to download some patches along with it. Thanks very much! Again. : )

ActiveX controls are small program building blocks that can be used to create distributed applications that work over the Internet through web browsers. Examples include customized applications for gathering data, viewing certain kinds of files, and displaying animation. If you ok the warning chances are you will be ok, but there is a risk involved, that being said there is risk visiting any web page.