Hey Vic! Are you sure you hit submit for sure after doing the preview? I know I did that more than once, early on and then figured out what I was not doing occasionally. Did you see your thread in the list after you posted it? I would not worry about it disappearing. With all the snaffoos I've had lately with my computer, I think about anything is possible. I don't see where you put another one on, at least not at the plant exchange. Are you maybe locked out too? Did you by any chance post the same thing at more than one forum? I think the 'system' will sometimes see it as spam and do an automatic lockout. It happened to me once. When I tried to post, it took me to the main GW page. Silly me...if'n that happened to you, I guess you wouldn't have been able to post this thread...hmmmm.... Hope everything is all right with you. Sue...working ok tonight for a bit

You can try growing a mini rose anywhere it suites your fancy. They grow roses in Greenhouses, so they can be grown "indoors" in a manner of speaking if given the proper lighting, ventillation, air circulation, humidity, temperature, nutrients, pest and disease control. What are the chances of a mini rose growing well in the average home environment? Slim to none. Besides do you really want to be spraying fungicides or insecticides inside your home if the occasion arises? Best to grow your roses outdoors on the other side of the sunroom window.

Iowa, every so often, I lose a post--I think they are floating out in cyberspace somewhere. : ) In my case (and I would guess your's also), I think what happens is that after going back and forth a couple times making corrections (using "preview"), I forget to press "submit" the last time--so my post doesn't permanently register on the page. We have never had problems with anyone (other than the moderator who very occasionally deletes offensive posts--and that rarely happens) messing with anyone else's posts. In fact, I think the poster is the only one who has access to the "edit" function on a post. Outsiders can't use the "edit" on someone else's post. I know--it can be very frustrating--but I really do think that when it happens to me, I just forgot to hit "submit" after hitting "preview" a couple times. Kate

Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) is an ultra hardy perennial and its natural habit is to die to the ground over winter and re-emerge in the spring. Trying to keep it leafy in the winter indoors is likely doomed to failure imo. Indoor winter growth would almost certainly be sickly and unattractive. It needs its winter rest and trying to make is work 12 months of the year will just weaken it. This post was edited by florauk on Sun, Aug 18, 13 at 7:53