Good luck, Serge. Let us know how your tree fares. Once you start seeing recovery (beginnings of new flush), you can safely fertilize. Just be sure to water first, fertilize, then water in well.

Prostate is three times normal size, on original visit cancer doc couldn't reach the far end of it with his finger, which I think he found a bit unusual. So they say that those beads? pearls? of radioactive stuff aren't useful in such a situation: a problem of too large proportions, it seems. Some time ago some guys were complaining about being unenthused about the doc sticking his/(her?) finger up their rear end ... ... and I said that they thought that they had a problem ... how would they like to be the doc? They hadn't thought of that! Sometimes helpful to put yourself into someone else's shoes (rubber gloves?). Hypothetically, that is. I wondered about telling this story here this afternoon, as I didn't want to appear to be dragging this message back to the top, unnecessarily ... ... but there were some issues to deal with, apart from that ... ... so here's the story. As I was taking son home from the cancer centre to his place, as we approached a signal light on the main street in our city, going with the green, a slim young lady stepped off of the curb on the left on the far side, texting as she walked. I slowed some, but as she approached the middle of the street, she stopped ... ... then, as we were closer, began walking again ... ... and I was on the brakes. Then she decided that it would be a good idea to stop. Don't know whether she saw us ... or heard my leaky/noisy muffler, too close for comfort. I'll have to tell the garage, where they told me last year that the muffler wasn't in good shape ... but that I didn't need to worry about it asphyxiating me. Maybe it helped a young lady avoid a skinned shin? (There's a $400.00 fine, recently imposed, for distracted driving: they say that it's causing more fatalities than the drunks, lately). Maybe I should have pulled over and gone back to ask her whether she knew how to get tire tracks across her legs? ole joyfuelled

I suggest, Sensitive Plant. I don't know the real name, but it is in the Mimosa family. Low growing plant which gets very thick using deep underground runners. Very invasive and will take over any lawn if allowed to escape. I love it! I do not want to deal with a lawn. I refuse to baby green grass to grow in Florida. I do not have sprinklers, nor wish to spend a ton of money on fertilizer. I let this plant take over and I love it. You can abuse it, walk on it, do anything to it and it doesn't die. Fabulous ground cover. Takes full sun and partial shade. No water. It amazes me every day. My next door neighbor isn't thrilled because those thick underground runners appear in her very expensive lawn. I don't care. My property looks deep green and very pretty and it covers a large area. I'll look for pictures and post them. Jane

Good luck from me too, got 2 older brothers (around 80 yo) that got triple BPs a few years ago and they enjoy their burgers today. Treat yourself to one of those fancy pants high class restaurant hamburgers when you're released. A big mac won't due for you! (probably what got my brothers into trouble to begin with ;-)