I know I'm late on this but I'd like to also welcome Al back to the group! Al, your vast knowledge and willingness to share that knowledge with the rest of the GW community is very much appreciated. I've learned much from your posts, and generally anything I need to know about soil building, fertilizer, watering schedules, etc. comes from your posts. Before reading the original "Container Soils - Water Movement & Retention" thread I had no idea about the importance or oxygen in the soil, or what Turface was, or why anyone would use pine or fir bark in their soil. Now, thanks to you, I can tell the difference between a good, long-term planting mix and a poorly drained, poorly oxygenated soil mix. Until reading your threads on here a couple of years ago I was the guy who would use peat-based MG potting soil and thinking I was using the ultimate soil mix! Thanks again Al. Great to have you back on here! Regards, Dave

I have been having the same problem this morning on the Perennials forum. It is requesting my name and email address in order to post. I actually created a new fictitious account and found I could post, but when I returned to see if it was fixed, it wouldn't allow me to even use that fictitious account information in order to post. I tried just typing in any old name and email, but it wouldn't allow me to post either. I visited the New England Forum and tried to post there and there is no request for email address there. Hope you can get this fixed soon... pm2

Oops. Sorry to have duplicated your thread, veggiecanner. I didn't see it when I started another. Anyway, I agree. Vegetable forum to Bean forum would be a very useful link. Jim

Perhaps Strophanthus gratus? Alicia Here is a link that might be useful: Strophanthus gratus