At base of valve that end lever does not hook to inside there detent balls and spring on end you can tighten spring uping pressure on spring will hold steel ball tighter on spool. Some have cover plug on end that can be removed and using a flat blade screwdriver to tighten are allen wrench of coarse over tightening will not pop out are over come the detent. Hydraulic pressure inside valve pulls spool out of detent. Taking back cover off and cleaning very important regrease detent parts. If need help hydraulic shop that rebuild jacks and cylinder can do this.

You are right to differentiate here widespreadpanic, and I need to correct as follows: You probably deal with two kinds of fungal infections and the one of the clones would fit in the "damping off category" and the one your "bucket plants" have got, have characteristics of what is commonly called fungal wilt. That's the thing with fungi, they can be present in multiple forms and on top of that they can, actually are often carried by- and introduced by bugs. The key and the actual cause of an outbreak always are the favorable conditions. In other words, with cloning it is key to work clean and with growing plants it is about avoiding moisture. I also believe these organic plugs aren't the best thing to use in the future, as they stock too much humidity. Again, I recommend the use of preventive Trichoderma harzianum inoculation for both - unfortunately you can't treat plants with it - well you can, but it will not cure them. I am a fan of so called Heirloom varieties as well and I have tested and grown a lot (mainly hot chilies and quite some tomato varieties as well). But I come to believe that growing those is a good thing and not such a smart thing at the same time. Why? Simply because even though they have their qualities, among them supposed greater resistance against this and that, - it doesn't mean that all of it is general and valid anywhere. What you actually do is taking them away from their origin and expect them to grow to something special. This outcome might be the case or it might not be... Don't forget, most so called Heirloom varieties were often a local specialty and selected over generations for their qualities ON SITE and in a specific macro climate. They weren't actually supposed to be widely spread (commercialized) and adopt to any climate or condition, like they are now. Some people who pretend they would be more adaptable than others, are simply falling for a speculative assumption I guess. Still, nothing wrong with Heirloom tomatoes at all, - but you may have to try a bunch of those, to hopefully find a variety that looooves you and your "garden" back ;-) Hybrids are falsely underestimated, but this is because what people mostly understand by Hybrids, - are commercial crossings of already degenerated varieties. Those are bread to fix a few "genetical mistakes due to over-breading" to vitalize them again... But you can have wonderful Hybrids from Heirlooms or let's say LOCAL ancient varieties with some random others. I've got a Hybrid which is a cross between a tiny semi-domesticated (wild) tomato and Oaxacan Jewel, - and it's indeed very robust, early even in poor conditions and tasting very special ... ;-)

Clarysage and Jando, thanks. I thought it was just me. I received this email from another member and wanted to post it. This is very disturbing. What in the heck did they do! Shadow Hi MShadow, I just tried to send an e-mail through your Garden Web Journal and it was rejected. I read your post in the Iris Forum this afternoon, and I can't even log in to reply. The whole thing is such a mess: I cannot even log in to any part of GWeb, Iris Forum, my Member Page, my Journal or any other part of Garden Web. Even my Member Page was obliterated. And, I cannot even get a reply from the GW staff as to what the problem really is. You would think they would post a note or something. If you don't mind, you are welcome to use my comments in your post since I can't log in, and I know there must be many others who are having problems, and don't know what's going on. Meanwhile all I can do is read what updates get posted in the Iris Forum discussions. You can use any part of my e-mail in your post so others can see just how many are affected by this. Best Regards. (TBGDN)

Gardenweb occasionally has trouble with logins, and is aware that this occurs. I have had it occur sporadically over the last couple of years. At one point, about 2 years ago, I might have to log in half a dozen times before it would take. The only thing that seemed to help was to login only from the GardenWeb home page rather than while I was in a specific forum. I have not had login problems for a while now, but I know others occasionally do. I don't think there is much you can do, other than to try logging in from the home page.