Dale, Use at least a medium large container. As you purchased your papaya from a grocery store then it is almost certainly a Hawaiian grown Solo variety papaya. This variety of papaya generally grows 9 to 12 feet in height. Of course, as with citrus, a container grown plant will not get as tall. All of my papaya's are grown in the ground on raised beds inside the greenhouse. Generally the soil in raised beds stays warmer then the ground. Technically, the papaya is not a tree, but a herbacous FAST GROWING shrub. Papaya's rarely live past 4 years, and their demise is almost always caused by root rot. You **MUST ALWAYS** keep the soil above 60 degrees as papaya growth is very slow or reletivally non-existent at lower temperatures, and can very easily, AND WILL die from cool moist soil conditions. ****NEVER EVER, EVER**** water a papaya when the soil is cold. It could die befor the soil even dries. Dale, to fertilize your papaya seedlings, until you transplant them into a one gallon container, fertilize using 1/4 tsp. of a water soluble fertilizer with each watering. After your papaya has been transplanted into a one gallon container, drench the ALREADY MOIST potting soil every two weeks with about one quart of warm water that is mxed at the rate of 1-level tbs. per gallon of 20-20-20. Any commerically available fertilizer is OK. Finally transplant into a medium larger container and fertilize ever two or three weeks. Papays can die very easy from being transplanted without great care, so be careful and you should be OK. Water only when the top one or two inches of potting medium is dry. As with citrus, papaya's require a fast draining soil. Remember, ALWAYS, ALWAYS AVOID the following: (1) Never ever water a papaya while the soil is cold. (2)Always try to keep the soil above 60 degrees. If for some reason the soil temperature drops much below 60, then keep the soil dry until you can again raise the temperature. The good temperature for growing papaya's is between 70 to 80 degrees. However, during the summer months I often let my greenhouse temperature raise to 80 - 95 degrees and the papaya's love it. Take care my friend, Drop me a line anythime you have a question. - Millet

I'm looking for either bell peppers or sweet peppers. I never really liked them but a friend of mine bought a package from costco and told me to try them raw. I was like really? So I tried it and they tasted great. Sweet and with the bell pepper taste so I want to try my hand at growing some :) I bought 2 sweet peppers from Home depot. Does anyone know if I can save seeds from those plants? Email me at splitsec002@hotmail.com so we can do a trade or if you don't have what I'm looking for I can still send you some seeds.

Happy to say my Bhuts are doing nicely and all three plants are putting out nice pods right now. Some pods are pushing two inches already. I have several pods on all my plants. One plant in particular is putting out some great pods both in size and quantities but I am still experiencing a lot of blossom drop. I guess it doesn't matter a whole lot since I am getting a lot to pollinate too. If nearly all of them were fertilized and put out pods, I would have over a hundred per plant by now. Still it bothers me that so many are dropping unfertilized. My other peppers are getting much better fertilization rates but they are in individual containers. The weather has gone from sunny with mid and upper 90's a couple weeks ago to wet and 60's the last couple weeks. So, I would guess that the weather has something to do with it and my Bhuts get more shade than the container peppers. We have sun and mid to upper 70's on schedule starting late this week going into next week. I hope that changes things. I am planning on bagging a couple branches on my Ghost pepper plants to ensure purity in seeds that I can use for trade and for myself next spring. If anyone knows how to decrease the blossom drop, let me know.

Historic residential architectural styles were not based on a "look" but a collection of specific cultural, experiential and architectural influences that were adapted and modified by architects and builders often but not always retaining much of the original intent. American Colonialists brought the Post Medieval style from England but substituted local materials (lap siding and wood roofing shingles instead of stucco, half timber and thatch). As the colonies prospered they adapted and modified the more fashionable English styles that were based on Classical (Greek & Roman) designs from the Italian Renaissance. We know these styles generally as Colonial and specifically as Georgian, Adam, etc. They were later used as inspirations for the Colonial Revival styles. In the case of the Craftsman Style, it was originally developed in southern California by the Greene Brothers. They were architects influenced by the English Arts & Crafts movement, oriental wooden structures and formal training in wood & metal working and designed intricately detailed handcrafted houses of natural materials that joined the interior with the exterior. These designs and much simpler variations were published in many American magazines like The Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping and The Craftsman and were quickly adopted by pre-cut material supply companies that sold mail order kits. This resulted in the rapid spread of a watered-down version of the Craftsman Style bungalow across the country. This is why it is difficult to find a Craftsman Style house that retains much of the inspiration or detailing of the Greene brothers. A similar thing happened when a vernacular version was developed of the Prairie Style. When a historical architectural style is reduced to a "look", it usually only retains the name for advertising purposes. When I see the term Craftsman it tells me virtually nothing except that the house is unlikely to have classical detailing but you can never be sure without a photo or drawing.