I've ordered a 3 gallon fertilizer injector and I think I've calculated a formula to start with: 12 parts vinegar: 1 part foliage pro I'll set the fertilizer injector at 250:1 This should deliver almost 1 TB vinegar per gallon of water and 1/4 tsp of FP per gallon. From what I've read the vinegar should lower the ph by approximately 1. Drip irrigation will be watering/fertilizing almost every day. On the weekends, I will probably hand water as needed, especially to flush out the containers. I'm sure this will need some tweaking, but that's my starter plan Anyway, if anyone has advice for me on that, I'm all ears. However, my real question is whether it is safe to combine vinegar and FP. From reading other threads, it seems like people have done it with other fertilizers, but always diluted with water and used immediately. In my case, this injector would be sitting there with a full-on mixture of 12 parts vinegar and 1 part FP. I'm in Kansas where we are likely to hit 100 degrees during the summer. Is that going to be safe and effective or can the vinegar somehow "ruin" the fertilizer?

Whitecat8 Ive been growing in terrariums 7-8 yrs. now and I have them closed off to air. The only new air they get is when I open them to check a plant or to water. Watering is needed usually every 2-3 months this way. A couple I have going need a bit of water only once a year. My orchids and Hoya's I grow this way love it. I have 18 terrariums going at this time. The teardrop ornaments have a 2 inch round opening so unless the opening is covered with saran wrap it would have air flow. Ive eyed the Den. toressae several times and its def. on my "gotta have cause I can't live without" list! There's a few others on my list of course and as soon as Oklahoma sees Spring I'll be getting a nice order out to Andy. I mainly grow mini and micro mini orchids. I met Andy at an orchid show in TX. and he is a very nice guy and full of info! It was nice to hand pick my orchids and see some he had just got in and hadn't put on his site yet.,,,,Debbie

I only use Schmetz needles and probably wouldn't use the ballpoint one for knits if I was doing an embroidery. As for the stabilizer - when sewing on anything other than a woven I always was told to use the Solvy on top of the knit as well as the Tear Away under the knit..this stops the design from sinking and maybe disappearing into the knit, I use it on any t-shirt, sweatshirt etc. that I embroider - also if you embroider on towels. The Solvy can be the Heat Away or the Super Solvy water soluble - I alway pick up my stabilizers when notions are 1/2 price at JoAnn's so I have a variety for whatever project I am working on. Pat

Thanks Mallory, I snagged almost all of them. Those are pretty. Linda