Hello everyone! I'm so very excited to have finally discovered a remedy for GT! As I described in my previous post, certain foods such as coffee bean oil (in espresso and minimal processing coffees) and chocolate without a doubt bring on my GT. I believe that these foods compromise my immune system's ability to fight certain foreign invaders, particularly fungus on the tongue. How did I come to this conclusion? Because Nystatin Oral Suspension rinse works! It totally caught me by surprise, but in my desperation, I gave it a try. GT (in my case anyway) is a manifestation of a systemic defect. Nystatin takes care of the expression of the symptoms of a systemic problem. I was so focused on fixing the problem from the inside out (Vitamin B12 helped) and missed a huge part of the boat! Since I don't want to stay on Nystatin for the rest of my life, I began researching for mouth rinses that have anti-microbial activity. My adventure lead me to an alcohol free natural mouth rinse that contains herbs. It's called "PerioWash" by Nauture's Answer. I'm so excited about having gotten to the root of this problem. I hope the PerioWash will continue to work for years to come and not result in fungal resistance. I hope my discovery helps all of you as it has helped me. Ask your doctor for a prescription of Nystatin Oral Suspension rinse and see if your problem is a fungal one like mine was! I had read that Nystatin helped other people, but didn't believe and thought it was too far out. I finally experienced it for myself.

The difference is in the extractant used to mix with the soil sample and which one is used is critical. I'd suggest you contact your state's extension service to find out which extract and methoe is best for your soil, they will want to know where you live in order to determine your soil type. State universities have spent decades and a great deal of money developing various extractants and methodologies for testing soils TO ACCURATELY PREDICT plant response to both no action and adding specific fertilizers in very specific amounts in different ways. I'm going to guess that the Morgan method has not been through such vigorous testing on a wide variety of crops in a wide range of soils for all parts of the country. BTW, there is also a Mehlich II, not to confuse you more. Not to toot my horn but, I have spent many years of my life in vegetable crops nutrition research at a university and know what I'm talking about. If you want to go with the private lab that is touting their own method, that's your call, if you do, submit a portion of the sample both to the Morgan lab and another to the lab your extension service aims you to, the results may prove to be illuminating if you try the recommendations for both in your garden, side by side. Here's a link to a lab that uses the Morgan extract, some folks here like Dr. Reams' philosophy, I want to see the science to back claims, kind of a pain in the rear that way. Here is a link that might be useful: IAL

Kath, I'm sure that Hiphop (Hip Hop, hiphop, hip hop), as with many things, comes in varying forms: some relatively mild, others extreme. I think it's the latter that unfortunately attracts the most attention in the US -- anything extreme seems to be a craze here these days. I'm probably just a fuddyduddy; but musically I'm into melody, although I enjoy a good beat -- but not just a beat and staccato vocalizations (I've never cared for the Beatnik style of the 1950s and early '60s, either). It's said that Jimi Hendrix "spoke" rather more than he "sang" songs; however, I like his vocal style (as well as his innovative guitar style). If he was a progenitor of hip hop, as he is said to be, all I can say is I like the roots but not all the fruit. Come to think of it, some of Hendrix's lyrics were decidedly misogynist. It's peculiar that I'm not particularly offended by them, though, the way I am some of the hip hop stuff. Kath, I will listen to the Aussie hiphop examples. Good luck to your son! There's nothing to help more appreciate something heretofore unappreciated than when there's a personal connection. I have a neighbor whose son likes to race cars. I have never cared one iota for car racing, but I attended one of this young man's meets out of courtesy to his parents. Suddenly I got into it and I was screaming encouragement as much as any fan. :-) Oh! The 'this Friday' and 'next Friday' thing drives me batty. So does the phrase 'quarter of' as in: Let's meet at a quarter of three. I always ask: Is that fifteen minutes before three or after? I think a quarter to three is clear, but I've found that a quarter of can go either way. But whichever way the speaker means it, I've had some react as if I was a shade weird for asking such a silly question.

Thanks, Martin! I'm relieved you that you consider that an acceptable shot lol And yes, that was a bit of fur from Hodor the cat who likes lying down on my haworthias. Macro photography (and my battle to learn it) is what got me into plants in the first place. I am a firm believer in splurging on lenses and prioritizing it over a camera body upgrade. Also, other than the fact that my old D60 has extreme sentimental value, the reason I have been successful at talking myself out of getting a d3300 is because I shoot almost exclusively on manual mode anyway and have no use for bells and whistles. Although I could certainly use the 12k ISO with that yummy 25k ISO boost. I also have this crackpot idea of getting a cheap D3200 and having the block filters removed so I can shoot in UV. I'm told my D60 is so old its IR/UV built-in filters are weak anyway and can probably do this already but I haven't tried. I need to get a UV black filter to test it. And a xenon flash. On and on and on. Bottom line, it's really the D810 I want. And I just confessed to my real hobby, to which plants are only incidental.