OMG Sandy, Just read this post and you talked about thrush. That is a nasty, nasty word in my book. I supposedly have asthma and am on the inhaler Advair. After too many, too many bouts with thrush I went cold turkey off of Advair. I got thrush back in February. It got so bad it went to my throat and tonsils. Even my gums were bleeding. I couldn't even drink tea I was in so much agony. I lost 5# because I couldn't eat. I still had thrush in May after a month of being on Diflucam to take it away. I could eat but it still hurt, and forget about taste. I lived on applesauce, jello and pudding. On Father's Day this year I thought I had a small stoke. It felt like someone had stabbed me in the left side of my head with a sharp pencil, then my whole left side went numb, even my tongue. The MRI showed I had a slight brain aneurysm that had healed itself. That was it. I decided the Lord gave me a second chance at life and I wasn't going to abuse it. I am now on a strict low-sodium diet. I have lost 30#. It seems like the pounds are just melting away. If it ain't natural it ain't going in my body. I gave up diet pop, and anything with splenda, neutrasweet or aspartame in it. I have been told I have had asthma and allergies my whole life, and I can't believe the difference. I haven't used an inhaler since February and don't have a problem breathing. I haven't had an asthma attack (thank God) and this is the first year I haven't sneezed my head off during allergy season. I am up to 1.60 miles on the manual treadmill and can bench press 50# on the Bowflex. I don't care what my allergist tells me, I refuse to put anymore steroids into my body. That's what caused the thrush in my mouth and throat, steroids in the Advair inhaler. I feel like I have been reborn. Jenny

I agree with Linda, There are just so many factors that affect the seedlings started indoors. Some of my strongest germinating crosses are now victim to gnat damage so have become weaker plants. I think the real test is how they will do after planting out in the garden where many of the things they fight indoors are not an issue but they have a whole host of new things to face. Some of my most difficult seeds to germinate are doing so one or two at a time after each refrigeration cycle. Scottish Fantasy x April Laquinta is a cross I've been trying to germinate since Jan 7. Of 15 seeds I have got 5-6 to germinate (I say that because 1 I thought had germinated last week is sitting in the soil with no change in growth). Two of those were lost to gnats...but since I have a couple germinations after each refrigeration I have started speeding that cycle. I'm now doing 24 hrs in the fridge, 2 days in germination closet, etc. My next theory that I'm trying to prove by this is that it's not amount of time in refrigeration but rather the cycle between cold/warm that breaks dormancy. So- is it the seeds that are difficult/bad or just my methods because I don't understand what really breaks their dormancy? Is it that the seedlings are weak or that I haven't figured out how to control their natural enemies in an artificial environment? I tend to believe that it's my lack of understanding & skill more than the genetics of the seeds at play here. And yes, fine tuning the storage process for the seeds is certainly a factor as you noted.

You've got them!! I had my cat scan last thursday,and go for the results this thursday.I had my one year cancerversary in Oct last year. Praying for all of us dealing with this monster that we will kick cancers A**. kathi

You know, It did survive after all that!..lol It's out back right up against my house in full sun that has yet to come in.. I forgot about what that poor tree went through..I pulled it in last night because temps were dropping it no the 20's, so perfect timing to take pics.. By the way, my Dad thought I was using that gallon bottle as a water bottle..He did;t even smell the vinegar as he was pouring it.lol I sure did when I got home and I didn't realize he did that until it started to just crash! Let me go and take pics, I'll be right back. Ok, here it is...The leaves did come back after I cut all the daed branches off...They came back small and some now bigger, the lower part, but I have had this one in as much sun as possible to get it back to health fast since then fertilizing the heck out of it. It was sitting at work in ALL DAY sun all winter last year, and then I took it home and stuck it in the most sunniest spot here at my house..It is still playing catch up after all this time since it still has yet to produce flowers and fruit, but it's alive..That's all that matter for now!! Thanks for asking everyone..Wow Notice the higher leaves smaller and tighter together? That a is what FULL sun all winter until now will do..The lower branches leaves are bigger because they got less sunshine... The huge chunk of branches I had to cut off..(