Thank you all very much for responding. I truly appreciate it. I know just enough about trees to know what she said wasn't correct, but she also knows I just planted my first tree 7 months ago so I didn't think she would appreciate a newbie like me questioning her response. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could someone tell me if Black Maples are difficult to transplant? I live just a few miles from Lake Erie in NY and my soil is a very sandy loam. The trees seem to like A LOT of water. I can pour literally a hundred gallons (measured) in 20 minutes and the moment I stop the hose, the water is nowhere to be seen. It's already drained down. I didn't start out with a 100 gallons mind you. lol When we first planted the trees we started out with 10 gallons a week, then 20, then 40, then more when I was finding that the water was draining instantaneously and the soil seemed dry, a few inches down, the next day. We had 4 days of nonstop heavy rain here last week and afterwards the maple tree leaves looked even fatter and greener. I can imagine someone else with another kind of soil would blanch white at all the water I am giving my trees but they are thriving. In case anyone has now forgotten what my question was, would Black Maples be difficult to transplant? Thanks again for everyone's time.

Ann, Those probably are from me because I brought all 5 of those varieties. Here's a brief description of each: ILDI: An open-pollinated heirloom yellow grape type that is indeterminate and usually gets 5 to 6' tall in my garden. It produces heavy yields of bright yellow oval-shaped tomatoes in clusters. You'll often see Ildi sold as "Yellow Grape" at Farmer's Markets. Is a pretty early producer with a DTM of about 53-54 days. I've grown it in a pot, but it stayed smaller and didn't produce as many fruit per plant as it does when in the ground. GOLD BALL: Also known as Livingston's Gold Ball. This is an heirloom open-pollinated tomato first introduced by A. W. Livingston in 1892. The plants are indeterminate and usually get 5-6' tall in my garden. The plants produce large yields of beautiful canary yellow round tomatoes slightly larger than a cherry tomato--almost the size of a ping pong ball. Some people like to use Gold Ball (and Yellow Pear or both together) to make tomato preserves or tomato marmalade. DTM is about 65 days. Has done pretty well when grown in a large container (10-15 gallon). ROSE QUARTZ: This is an indeterminate open-pollinated plant from Japan that produces deep rose pink cherry tomatoes in clusters. DTM: 65 days. The tomatoes are more grape-shaped than cherry-shaped and some people see "off" shapes like slightly plum-shaped or slightly pear-shaped fruit. Gets about 5' tall in my garden and slightly smaller in a large container. PRIMETIME F-1 HYBRID: From Harris Seed. This is an excellent late-season tomato with a DTM of about 80-84 days. It always produces ripe fruit in my garden in July and August when many other tomatoes have shut down production. The fruit are large, very smooth, round, deep red and quite tasty. The vines are Determinate, but they are large Determinates, usually around 4.5 to 5' tall in my garden. Very heavy yields on very disease-resistant plants. In my garden, they produce better in the ground than in pots, but then my pots are close to the barn and get pretty hot. RED DEFENDER F-1 HYBRID. Also from Harris Seed. New this year for me and one I'm very excited about trying. This is a midseason variety so it should produce ripe fruit in 70-75 days from the date of transplant. Is supposed to produce heavy yields of large to very large, deep red, round fruit on Determinate plants that have outstanding disease resistance, including intermediate resistance to the dreaded Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. It is said to have excellent flavor and is one of the "new" varieties bred with the flavor gene that gives it larger amounts of furaneol, which you can read about in the attached link. I haven't grown it before, so I am going to try one in the ground and 1 in a container. I hope they all do well for you. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Hybrid Tomatoes With Enhanced Flavor

Heruga Their trees are grown under perfect conditions and are very well feed. I grew 3 tangerine trees under perfect warmth and light condition and this is what 1 year from seed sprout looks likeThese trees are 13 months old and all have more than 8 feet of trunk/branch/twig growth. 2.5 years old has a linear branch growth of over 100 feet. I measured it and am accurate to within 10 feet. The richest dirt heavy feed and greenhouse over winter with no slow growth season. This is also a tangerine tree and will grow 3 timed-4 times as faster than a Meiwa kumquat as Laura pointed out. 6b Steve

While ironing tablecloths for the party, I've been thinking about this thread and glue guns. Lars reply especially started my thoughts about how I could use the glue gun in some of my jewelry designs. For the last couple of years, I've been experimenting with dried leaves and flowers. They are very delicate and fragile and I have ruined more than a few carefully placed scenes while trying to glue them into place so I could preserve then in resin. They must be glued down in some way before the resin is poured or they will start floating and moving out of place in the resin before it starts to set. It's very time consuming and fiddly work and waiting for the glue to try while holding the flowers/leaves in place is very tedious. So my thought was that if I can get better control of the glue gun and expel tiny pin points of glue rather than big blobs, the glue's quick drying action would be perfect for my needs. Maybe something like putting it on a toothpick and then applying would work. The quick drying would also mean that the leaves/flowers wouldn't get wet and saturated from the glue like it does with other types of glue I've tried. Getting wet make the flowers even more fragile. The other thing I don't yet know is how or if the glue gun glue will react to the resin. Resin can be fussy stuff too. I see a lot of experimenting in my future, but I am very excited about getting in the studio to see what I can come up with. This pendant took forever and I think the glue gun would have made it a much easier and less time consuming project. The hat was all for fun, but I'm deadly serious about my jewelry and ways to improve my product. Thanks again to Lars and to the rest of you who have given me ideas to ponder while ironing. Speaking of ironing, I'd better get back to it!