Hi Guys! I'm in here for a quick dash, so many forums I have yet to discover. I saw Jenny's posting regarding 'soil moist' and felt compelled to add my bit to it. I found this product at High Country Gardens the last fall and decided to take a chance, I remember making a search for it here and not coming up with anything, ( they since then changed the name to soilmoist- when I bought it was called 'broadleaf G4') ** It goes under numerous names, I later discovered I paid about 8$ for a pound and It looks like little white granules and is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really, if I could have printed that with bigger letters I would.. It seems to adjust entirely to the plants moisture needs , releasing as much or as little as the plants want. I haven't made it to the pots with it yet but my very intense sun beds have all moistloving plants that are doing spectacular. I got pondgrasses with sedums !! The hostas loves it and grew in girth a good half foot last year. I really, really think you high sky gardeners are going to be blown away by this, Besides containergardening , imagine transplanting, and the plants that dislikes water from above.... my mentioned shade growing sunlovers :) get watered once a week here in summer and they grow like gangbusters, One word of advice though, There is no point in collaring a plant with it, It swells to tremendous proportions and jelly like texture, if it is too close to the surface it will 'float up' Besides most roots go downwards, if the soil is barren or really hard , I beleive the roots stick around the vincity of the jelly, kind a like having a drink with a straw handy.. ( getting a nice compact bundle of rootball. ?) The nursery mentioned that the crystals will be effective for approx 4 years and then they decompose. How brilliant is that!? I think this is a great product but it does not seem to be so well known which is a shame because if it maintaining it's fantastic functions this is almost a revolution. Although, I am only a humble lay man. any mastergardener or chemist might have a thing or two to say about it..? ( any body , anything? I'd love to get some feedback on this product, I know next to nothing about it and have not heard of anybody using it) Yeahh, I can go on vacation again AND have a garden to come back to.. Jolly greetings to you all. KLK

FWIW, if you crush a bit of a leaf , the scent of citrus is distinctive - very perfume-y

This is from the site of a native plant nursery, and I like how simply it explains the problem of invasive plants: "Invasive plants reproduce rapidly crowding out native species, damaging natural areas, and altering ecosystems. Many were brought into the U.S. as landscaping plants and have escaped cultivation. Most produce large numbers of seeds that are dispersed over large areas by the wind or birds and other wildlife making them difficult to control." The first time I'd seen a list of plants like the one the site includes, I was unhappy to see how many of my prized plants were on the list. Now at least I have more information and I try to add native plants to my garden to help native wildlife and avoid invasive plants. Here is a link that might be useful: Information on Invasive Plants from Easy Living Wildflower site

First one is a pigweed (Amaranthus Sp.) Get rid of it before it drops all those seeds! HTH Chris