Do we HAVE to open the pool every year?
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15 years ago
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Comments (19)I didn't start much from seed this year cause I was on vacation and didn't want to burden my daughter with taking care of the "babies" When I do start from seed I'm very lucky to have a seed bank that meets 1x per month and I can get what I need. There are only 2 of us, so I don't need more than 5-6 tomato plants, but I don't want to buy a package for each type of tomato and I like to try a couple of new ones each year, so I go to the seed bank and get local GMO free seed! Some, that I'm planting quite often, I buy from the big box store (I don't want to hog all of the seeds at the bank!) This year I'm doing starts from a non-profit/organic sale that has fantastic, healthy plants for dirt cheap! You have to get there really early in the morning to get what you want! Nancy...See MoreDo I Need to Plant New Tomato Plant Every Year?
Comments (9)digdirt thanks for the info. Now I know from what you say that starting a plant from the seeds of the tomato I got off the plant will not work so I will have to go out and buy some starter plants or commercially available seeds. I'll just buy the starter plant. missingtheobvious, thanks for the info. Originally I bought the plant from Marukai in Japanese Town Los Angeles. I have been there a bunch of times since and never saw these again, then again it's not a regular item and I don't go there often. I lucked out when I bought the plant. There is a nursery run by Japanese Americans by the way, called The San Gabriel Nursery and it's near me. They have the starter plants for pretty good price so I'll buy a couple of those and if they have the seeds too I'll buy some. I'll plant the starter plants and be done with that but it would be nice to have the seeds for next year too since you said they'll last multiple years. If the nursery does not have them I'll buy the seeds from the online stores you recommend. Thank you both. http://www.marukai.com/index-e.html...See MoreOpened pool found a dead squIrrel floating do we need to add
Comments (7)Please remember that shocking a process and like all processes, there is a right way and a wrong way. More is not better and can be detrimental. Its one thing to raise one's chlorine for cause, normally combined chlorine, and another to address the perception that more is faster. While it can be faster, adding too much can result in the formation of by products and a thinner wallet. The speed is not normally an issue. Chlorine is fast acting against the vast majority of bio-badies and other contaminants as long as it is in the correct amounts. The 10X rule, aka breakpoint chlorination, that is taught in the formal Certified Pool Operator course is for one type of contaminant, ammonia, that forms combined chlorine (CC). In 15 years, I have had to go that far twice for a residential pool. My normal elevating level is 5X to reduce CCs. CPOs are generally needed for commercial pools like at a hotel or the Y. I did it personally for marketing reasons. When opening a pool, raising the free chlorine is important. There may have been contaminants that were left alone for an extended period. If they were alive, they need to be killed but not nuked. Nuking is not a good thing. Proper testing and dosing is important! It saves you money. Scott...See Moreopen house but we do not have buyer broker
Comments (9)Did you sign a contract with the showing agent? Did she/he follow up with contact with you? I don't think just because you went to an open house without an agent in tow, the showing agent automatically gets the commission. We found our house through an open house without an agent. But we weren't decided on the house at first. After looking at a few more, we got an agent and went back to see the house again with her. Our buyer agent showed us the house a second time and we decided to make an offer. The showing agent made a few comments apparently to our agent about sharing the commission but our agent dismissed her. The showing agent never called or otherwise contacted us about her services or even that particular house. She never pursued a relationship - in other words, you need to do a lot more than be on the premise when a couple sees a house....See Morexamsx
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