I love mine as well and yes, Chris is awesome for getting back to customers when they (I) have questions/concerns about the washer. The only reason I took a chance and bought the Electrolux washer was because up until about 10 years ago; my mother had an Electrolux canister vacuum cleaner. That thing was totally off the hook! It was the best vacuum my mother and sometimes I had ever used!! Ever since, I just had this feeling that Electrolux products are of great quality (even if my washer is "Made In Mexico") ;-) LOL

Oooh, I like that! Being 5'1.5" makes me vertically challenged for all things! At my last house, my micro was in an upper and the bottom rim was at my chin....I couldn't see ANYTHING inside it! This time my micro is a drawer so I can look down :) Need at least 2-3 stepstools all over my house. I should have one strapped to my back all day.

Good for you. Things are looking up. I think, in most cases, our much-malinged government bureaucrats are decent people who will genuinely try to help the too-small percentage of the public who interact with them graciously and intelligently.

What I mean is if you are going to put it in 511 mix without bare-rooting you end up with a plant that has to now deal with two different mediums in its root zone. Not a good thing at all. You will end up in one of two situations: The inner core is always wet and the outer layer of 511 that is dry. This will lead to root rot. And if the old soil had fungus gnats or other pests they will have field day indoors. Or if the inner core dries up for some reason then it becomes hydrophobic (if it is peat based which is quite likely) and it will have a hard time wetting again. Water will find the fastest path in the outside 511 and the inner core will remain dry. This will lead to root death. So no matter what you choose the entire soil mix should be of similar type. The best evidence of above mismatch happens when inexperienced landscapers plant a tree in the yard. They dig a hole, put a plant with a tight root ball of a different mix, fill the hole with another soil mix, and call it done. In this case the plant is now faced with three different soil. In practice, I have seen countless trees die in such a situation. May be you are already familiar but here is a repot process. Water the plant well before you repot. Wait a day if you can before you start. Have your pot and mix ready. Mix should be just moist not dripping wet. For tropicals June is considered the best time. They are the strongest then. But I have done it in April through September. When you repot, keep the roots moist at all times. Have a bucket of water and/or mister ready. Work the soil out with a chopstick, a screwdriver, etc. Every few minutes mist or dunk in water to keep the roots happy. Citrus roots are a bit fragile and some will just break off. Just keep going.The plant will be OK. If it is hard to tease out the soil then use a hose at flat/jet setting and go very easy on the trigger. You want to wash the soil off gently. I usually mound up the soil in a upright cone form in the new pot. Then place the plant on top of the cone of soil and have the roots spread out like a big "skirt" nearly flat and hugging the cone. Add handful of mix at a time and use a chopstick to push around the roots. Work the centre first and then the outer edges. Do a jiggle test to make sure the plant does not move around too much. Once done water well, keep in a shaded, warm spot protected from wind. I prefer to do when it is cool (below 70F), calm and cloudy if I am doing it outdoors. Many times I have even left the plant in the bucket of water half bare-rooted overnight and finished the next day without any problems.