Red clover and hairy vetch are the best for nitrogen production. They are often planted with cereal rye (3 rye: 1 vetch). Rye doesn't produce nitrogen, but it does take it up and so prevent it from leaching away. Good luck! Regards, Peter.

My LEDs are homemade. In my opinion any commercial ones I've seen were junk,overpriced or both. 1 watt star LEDs go for about $1.00 ea. if baught in large quantities (300-500). I use mostly stars now. The 5mm LEDs were just to play with... I've posted several times about my thaughts on LEDs. If you are interested in playing with them E mail me for my observations. I don't hang out at the lighting forum much and this isn't the place the powers that be want me to be posting a thread about my experiances with LEDs-Stars,10mm and 5mm. I'll be happy to give you any info I have or share info you might have about them. A lot of the stuff online is pure bs,half truths or stuff parroted by people who don't have a clue. Mostly stuff by someone who sells a specific product or people who baught their snake oil and got burned. LEDs are a whole different animal as far as a light source for growing plants.

I just read that the nuts can live for a couple years. I thought I had mine under control. Then we got a good hearty rain. I'm going to file a grievance for these shenanigans! Sadly, it's just as plentiful as when I first got the place. Thanks dormant nuts!!! So no, water cessation is not a valid battle plan. and I ran out of spray, as well as money thanks to a $600 municipal utility deposit. Yes government has my best interest at heart, but I digress. Pulling and spraying are my future! I listened to a local nursery owner about how to kill bermuda. You have to give it life (water it) before you can kill it. I think I'll follow suit. Get it to spring forth, dig, then spray what pathetic shoots remain. Some farmers reduce the nightmare by deeply tilling and fertilizing to replace the nitrogen. The idea is to kill the rhizomes by bringing them up and drying them out. They've had good results, like a 90% reduction. Something to think about when getting ready for sod. This post was edited by eline65 on Wed, Aug 21, 13 at 2:33

I'm so sorry to read this Sandie. I live near Tampa. Please call me if you need ANYTHING. I'll send you my number through this site. Even if you need a waiting room or prayer partner. My biggest prayers, Barbara