Nick you won't have an algae problem for a long time. You live in a very dry climate so the air sucks the moisture out. Eventually you will get it and with your structure having a wood frame, it will be very hard to eliminate. I don't use a fogger but after a couple of years I started getting it on the lower half of the poly where the natural humidity gathers. It is easy to remove - it is having to crawl under the tables with the bucket and sponge that is the hard part. I can't imagine how much RO water you run through with the fogger. I would be too cheap to waste 2/3 of the water. It would be cheaper to replace the fogger. Brooke

Rev d'Or did very well in Earthkind trials for Texas gardens, so may do well for you, too. I like a modern red climber in my garden - Dublin Bay. It reblooms well - no fragrance, though. It can definitely take the heat. Anita

I tried that this spring and the tomatoes looked horrible, all yellow. After I removed the plastic, they slowly improved until they look fine now. What seems to work better for me (and looks better too), is a thick layer (at least 8 sheets thick) of newspaper and then an inch or so of mulch on top of that. I soak the newspaper and tear it up into smaller sections and arrange them around the plant in the pot to cover all the soil. Then I sprinkle the mulch on top. When I need to water (which is a lot less often with the newspaper), I lift up the edge of the newspaper and water the soil directly, so no water touches the leaves. I think the damp newspaper also keeps the top couple inches of soil in the pot from getting too hot. We've had some high 90 days here already and the tomatoes look fine so far.

They are all in pots. I am selecting for the hardiest individuals from among hundreds of total plants grown from seed. And, honestly, I would feel guilty bothering people with every one of the problems I am experiencing... I ordered a book overnight:Growing conifer seedlings, transplants, and trees in an outdoor nursery by Donald B. Hilliker. That said, the long version of the problems are as follows. Abies koreana, Pinus cembra, Pinus longaeva, Pinus nigra 'Austriaca', and Pinus sibirica all came through the winter (along with others, but they're fine). Pinus longaeva came through quite strong. Abies koreana, Pinus cembra, and Pinus sibirica, came through okay. Two weeks after the last snow storm it got extremely hot. We had 90degF temps for three days. I don't think I watered enough at that time. Since then I have been moving them into different light on different parts of the property. I believe that I have been successful finding good light and watering levels for Pinus cembra and sibirica, and Pinus nigra 'Austriaca'. Almost all of my Abies koreana and Pinus longaeva continue to do very poorly. The pinus longaeva picked up when I moved them into more sun, but I believe that when I moved them again (I was going to set up a new space just for them) I really upset them. The half dozen Abies Koreana that survived are doing very poorly. While I know that I can find a lot of the information that I'm looking for doing research online that can be extremely time consuming and I am working with dozens of different plants (from self-seeding annuals to Pinus longaeva). So I am looking for a comprehensive resource on conifers--like a textbook--that can give me a broad base of knowledge from which I can draw because I haven't got all the time in the world :)