Weather it's Home Depot, Walmart or my favorite mail order place, I have never had problems with radishes. Can you dig down into the failed area and see if any of the seeds geminated? If none (or few) did I would suspect the seeds and buy a new packet from a new source. If many of them did and they just have not broken ground, you may have planted too deep and you can continue to wait for them while planting a new, succession, area. Steve

Zracer, from that link....I know that Jill in Forest Junction has a lot of hostas, she told me on another link that she's going to be an alternate site for visitors to the Hosta Convention in June. And then there's Jen in Menasha, I've never met her but she has a lot of hostas, too and is also very friendly. Myself, I don't really have all that many varieties, but I like them! How about you, Zracer? I don't believe I've seen your name before (welcome!) I think I'll start a discussion of the GB convention on another thread, in case a bunch of us are going. Don...exactly! Dancing on the maple tree grave, they are! Jo...that's good news, I did get mixed opinions on whether or not the Sunburst was good for hosta gardening, but I like the tree and felt my yard needed a boost of brightness. Can't wait for it to leaf out.

I like to start with the 96 cell tray... Then to a 36 cell for under lights... They get larger as seedling grows... And I bottom water too... My strategy is to never disturb the roots and the surrounding fungus I inoculate the seedlings with. So, we have a bottom tray that is watertight, inside that is a watering tray, inside that an uncut cell tray and finally the cut out inserts that hold the growing medium. Looks cumbersome, but very handy for moving individual seedlings around as I sort by plant size. Lastly before plant out I modify my deck trellis by adding temporary shelves and using hunter-type camo cloth to cut down on the wind and shade the seedlings until hardened off. Expecting record setting high temps today (80+) and first freeze of the year tomorrow night. Time for me to head for the deck and make burritos to freeze. jt

Dr. that "rescued" us is GP specializing in gerontology -- old folks, in other words. He sees this kind of thing all the time. He's not into heroics -- just quality of whatever life may remain among his elderly patients. It's a different way of looking at things and of treating patients -- really a different kind of person. These Dr.s typically don't make tons of money, but they understand things others don't. Your first clue will be the time Dr. takes asking questions and listening to the WHOLE response before asking the next question. I'll bet your hospice group will know exactly what you're talking about because they, too, see this kind of thing all the time. Every good wish to you and your mom. For me and my family, these extra years have been a precious time. Because of new Dr.s' intervention a decade ago, my mom has now seen and interacted with 4 great-grandchildren she never would have known otherwise, and they're now old enough that they will remember her. Hope you may have your own good stories to tell.