Looking for Thoughts/Advice on My Limited Tomato Options
blackwyldroamer
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Comments (8)Radiant throughout a 3500 sq. ft. house will be very expensive. It will also require a boiler which will mean you will need to fuel it with propane. An electric boiler is an alternative but not very practical in my opinion. Another option would be to install baseboard heating. Not as expensive as radiant, but more expensive than for hot air. This would also require a boiler. I am surprised that you are not planning to add air conditioning. I assume the summers are mild, but how is the humidity level? Would you be interested in a system which would keep the relative humidity in the 40's during the summer? You can get that with a forced hot air system with a heat pump. I think you have attractive electric rates. A properly designed forced air system would be both economical and comfortable in all seasons....See MoreHardwood in my farmhouse - need advice on options (tung oil)-PICS
Comments (25)From your link describing using the tung oil, I'd go with that. I would stay away from polys at all cost as they are so difficult to repair without redoing the whole thing. I am hoping to do my kitchen floor--don't know what's under the vinyl tiles or the several layers underneath, but the rest of the downstairs is oak--white I presume? I think my trim is red oak--is that possible? My house was built in 1908. I would replace the registers also, but don't go to the expense of the linked site--they seem to only sell ones to fit modern ductwork; check out salvage shops/antique shops...there is one in my town where I've bought a couple registers from their large pile--all the good old cast iron black, some with louvers, some without, but all with varying designs of patterns for the grate. I put in an additional duct to my living room, and absolutely had to have the large register if I ever move furniture to match the one in the open near the dining room doors. Your idea of tung oil has given me another and easier option than sanding insanely and doing smelly chemicals. Thanks!...See MoreMy contractor wants to limit me to a single cabinet line - advice???
Comments (13)I would agree with this statement about the contractor and me. My kitchen is very small so it isn't going to require a ton of cabinetry. I didn't even know what inset cabinetry was until I kept compiling pictures of what I liked and what I didn't like and looking through the contractor's cabinet specification manual trying to find a match. I found the spec manual through a link he sent me, I don't think he intended for me to have it. I kept looking at the wood types, construction, colors, door styles, partial overlays, standard reveals, full overlays, etc,. I sort of figured out the overlay thing about a month ago but I didn't realize until last week that that what I liked was the inset cabinetry when I hit upon a picture that described it as a type of cabinet. I then went back through my pile of good cabinet examples and realized they were all inset. The cabinet line offered does not carry inset. If I had been working with someone that represented multiple single cabinet lines, I think I would have found what I liked much earlier. I am willing to push my budget farther to get the inset cabinets because they are exactly what I want and will fit well in a 1914 house. It also helps that the new cabinetry line is offering 20% off their inset cabinetry and no upcharge for increased depth. And the pricing is at least semi-transparent when working with the kitchen designer....See MoreWould love some advice on my ailing Black Cherry Heirloom Tomato's
Comments (6)Forgive me if I sound overly blunt but your plant's problems are too many to go into great detail. Primarily it is your watering practices and your pruning practices. daily shallow watering creates shallow rooted plants that are totally water-root dependent. They are weak with poorly developed circulatory systems and so very stressed and prone to any passing disease. Water needs to be delivered deeply and less frequency. Drip irrigation lines are ideal for that purpose but one has to understand how they work and how water disperses through soil. If using 1/2 GPH emitters then in 20 min. your plants only get about a pint of water. Depending on the make-up of your soil that can be as little as and inch deep. So it seldom even reaches down to root level of the plants. They have to come up to the surface to get water. Drip lines using 1/2 GPH emitters are intended to run for a minimum of 1 hour and if the soil is deep enough for 2 hours once ot twice every 4-7 days depending on climate. Your beds are not even filled all the way up. So how much actual soil do they have to work with? why such aggressive pruning? Not only does it cost you all the production you would have had but it heavily stresses the plants and can cause stunting, pest and disease issues, nutrient circulation issues, heat tolerance issues, etc. Constructive pruning has a place in growing tomatoes but "snapping off all the suckers much less doing it all at the same time" (meaning some of them had already reached substantial size) is equivalent to butchering the plant and never necessary. So may I ask why? So both plants now have very shallow roots, minimal production, and a severe case of grey mold. They aren't salvageable so take what you can from them in the way of fruit then pull and pitch them and plan to replace them for your fall tomato growing season. Fill the bed with a good mix, alter your watering regimen substantially, and cut WAY back on the aggressive pruning next time. Hope this is of some help. Dave...See MoreKansas Farm Girl - Shell - South of KC
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