Since I had over a hundred seeds from various lots of lotus pods I decided to try every method I could think of. I used twenty tumbler sized plastic glasses with five seeds per tumbler.I soaked the seeds to soften the shell and then carefully cut them with the Dremel. They were soaked for several days in a half and half solution of hydrogen peroxide and aged tap water. Once the seeds began to swell I distributed them to the tumblers. Several tumblers were placed in a south facing window. Several were placed under grow lights and the remainder; about half were under grow lights angled toward reflective Mylar behind the tumblers. All were on electric grow mats to maintain temperature except the ones under Mylar since there were fluorescent tubes lit under that rack. Two in each smaller group had two inches of clay kitty litter in the tumbler. The larger group of ten had five with the two inches of kitty litter because I expected better results with the Mylar. The ones that had the least difficulty putting up a stem were the ones that had the softened shell completely removed after a few days of swelling. Some that had the shell left on never lost it and eventually stopped growing. I decided once the seed was swollen, the shell was no longer needed and only hindered growth. I removed the shells from all but one tumbler in each group. Those that had the shell remaining never did put down a proper root whether there was soil or not. I removed the shell but those seedlings did not develop very well. I decided to put a dark cover around half of the tumblers. The stems did not twist as much in the uncovered tumblers so I removed them. II think I should have left them covered longer. I expected problems with tap water so I allowed it to age. I had been aware of the problems the chemicals used to purify tap water caused. I do use unaged tap water sometimes but for the lotus seeds I let the fresh water sit overnight to allow those chemicals to dissipate and the water to reach room temperature. I added water to most glasses by allowing it to overflow the rim of the tumbler. This seemed to be most successful as the stems did not twist round each other and tangle as did the ones where I tried to empty the water first. I added two tbs. of fresh hydrogen peroxide each time I changed the water which was every two days. I rotated the tumblers 180o each time I changed the water. After this length of time I don't remember how long it took the groups to develop but the ones in natural sun were the slowest and least stocky, the ones under grow lights somewhat faster and the ones with Mylar were much faster. Those had stronger, more substantial stems and the floating leaves were much larger under Mylar than the other groups. Root development followed the same track with the ones having kitty litter in the bottom developing best. Since things seemed to be stalled at that point, I added soaked kitty litter to all the tumblers. It took some gentle agitation and nudging with a straw to cover the least developed roots and I had to remove an inch or so of water from the tumbler to keep the roots in the clay. I had to spritz the leaves to flush off the sediment. The next time I will try some sandy silt. The plants in the Southern window with only natural light were the least developed when I put them out. There was a fairly wide roof line. The ones that had the Mylar reflector were by far the best of the lot. Over all I had lost about 15% of the seedlings, most in the smaller groups. I placed them all in a preformed 4 foot wide 14 inch deep pond after decanting them. There was 6 inches of soil and stone in the bottom. I used a stone on top of the roots to hold them in place. They stressed for a few days although a cover of floating row cover at night helped. I lost 5 more seedlings apparently from stress. They seemed to be doing quite well at that point with the leaves rising above the water. Then the raccoon visited and totally destroyed all of them. I tried to salvage a few but had no luck. I hope this memory will be some help. The end proved to be very frustrating. I will try again someday and have been collecting seeds. This was my third attempt although I had never used that many seeds before.

So, you were offered the job by an LP guy at one hour probably intending a side job under the table. You called your plumber and he declined the job. You called the LP company and they sent their licensed tech and he billed you two hours for a job that took two hours. That about right? Pay the LP company. Their tech did the job according to the dryer manufacturer's instructions and did not damage your Bosch dryer. Changing the orifice is simple. It's getting to the orifice and getting back without damaging anything that takes time. You got what you paid for and besides, do you really want to make an enemy of your LP company? I don't know about you but I expect to be paid for the work I do.

Ae2ga- It's at the top of the page (well, almost the top) where it says gallery and conversations. Here's a link to the post...would love to hear about your gardens and maybe see some pictures! :) Here is a link that might be useful: Link to Conversation side

Super yummy! Johnliu, are you using the Houzz app or your browser? And have you tried the usual things? Being: Close all apps. (They don't close just because you exit) Turn the phone off and on. Reset the phone. Delete and reinstall the app. Install updates to iOS, browser and app. Or maybe since it's working for Sleevendog, it's all better now?