Hi Doreen, Thanks for the reply. I think I saw your post offering Great White a week or so ago and sent you a message but I didnt hear back. It seems that the email service through gardenweb was not working correctly for lots of users at that time so its very possible that you didn't recieve it. I do have TONS of flowers for trade. A huge selection of marigolds, zinnias, morning glory, alyssum, sunflowers, coneflowers, rudbeckia, scabiosa, sweet peas, shasta daisies, lupine, etc. Doo much to list in a post. I'm currently going through and cataloguing everything at the moment. I'd love to see your list and I'm happy to send you mine as well to see if we have multiple seeds to swap. Thanks again for the reply and I'm looking forward to hopefully setting up a swap !

Some info out there on this but not much in depth. Most successful grafts onto other garcinias have not had great results. Bryan Brunner has/had several and in all cases the mangosteen trunk completely outgrew the rootstock. All trees were laying on the ground because the rootstock could not support the top growth. Very stunted also. Bernie Dizon in the Philippines only grafts mangosteen onto mangosteen rootstocks. He also does multiple rootstocks with these plants swearing that the grow faster and fruit sooner. He also states that the success and growth rate is better with mangosteen on mangotsteen. There were lots of grafted mangosteens in PR. Many were the same age as nearby seedling grown trees but the grafted plants were a quarter of their size. They showed little sign of getting much bigger...maybe waist high. I believe the multiple rootstocking is definitely a benefit. Probably more so than normal grafting. The plant would benefit by more roots and stronger root system. I've done this once. One was successful but it took an incredibly long time to take. Even though it did take, the nurse graft later died off. It was much more vigorous than the main tree. A much smarter man than I explained gave a very credible explanation to me for this. In a nutshell, even though the graft seemed to take, there was no guarantee that the there would ever be any true, physiological union between the two. If you have a very healthy and vigorous plant and you have the same in some seedlings, then it is worth a shot. I'd try one at a time to not overly stress the main plant. If it works, it will be worth the wait. Go read up on Dizon's website. It's pretty cool. If you have plenty of material, then by all means try grafting onto other garcinias. But, IMHO, I wouldn't waste the time or material doing this.

I have a 2142, purchased here in the USA last year. It was an in-store purchase. It works beautifully and is surprisingly quiet, given that it's the "loudest" of the Miele line. At the time, it was listed on the US site, because I looked it up and downloaded the user manual. At the moment, only the current models are on the Miele USA site, so they must be doing some work on it. If you Google the 2142, the model will come up at AJ Madison, Ira Woods, and a number of other US retail sites, so it was widely sold here in the USA. In any case, I don't think you were "taken for a ride". It's a good machine and you have a warranty, it was a good transaction. Cj

Q. What's been your experience with the Clean Machine cycle? Do you think a heavy duty or sanitize cycle would do the same or similar? A. I run the Clean Machine cycle monthly, either with the Miele d/w conditioner or Dishwasher Magic. We still cook and eat almost all our meals at home so I run our machine almost daily and occasionally I've had to run it twice on heavy meal prep days! Q. I Have you used the Grates and Filters cycle yet? If so, did it work well? A. I've never had the need to run a Grates/Filters cycle, so I've never used that particular cycle. Regarding Autodos and other consumables, I've kept a record each time I've replaced the Autodos and/or used additional products (i.e., Miele d/w conditioner, scaler, Dishwasher Magic, rinse-aid, salt, etc.). I typically need to replace my Autodos every 21 -24 days but we're heavy d/w users. I've never tried to refill my Autodos. I think regular d/w tablets might work just as well, but I love the ability to run my d/w without thinking about how much soap and other additives are needed for the optimum wash. My life is complicated enough so it's nice to just set it and forget it!! ;-) p.s. - The pic I posted show exactly how the dish went into our d/w and how the dish came out after placing it in the bottom rack and running the Quick Wash + Intense cycle which takes just over an hour to complete.