Thank you everybody for responses! I will try to respond to everybody in one post. ltilton, I have no way to have two of them - I will have to destroy another tree for it) Otherwise I would plant 5, not one) Harvestman, I decided to go with harglow because appricot in my yard has to meet several requirements: it has to be dwarf due to the space issue, survive in zone 5b, be somewhat resistant to bacterial canker, and have stone-free fruit for canning. Only apricot I could find that meets all of it(at least in description) was canadian ones - harglow and another one I forgot, but I couldn't find it dwarf. I planted my apricot on the hill, to avoid "wet feet", and I mulched it pretty well with shredded leaves. But we had a week or two around 15F with out a single snowflake, so not sure how leaves could substitute the snow cover. I will research Alfred and see if it fits... john222-gg, I promise to call it the same as soon it shows first sign of life)

This is the hardest corn to grow, but well worth the effort if you can, this year I had to plant it 3 times-the first 1 1/2 plantings would not even germinate. I thought I planted too deep,(2nd knuckle depth) planted some shallow and some nighttime rodents dug up the kernels and feasted, it seems to like hot soil for germination. what little bit I did get I just tried today, 8/22/09. Almost as good as last years crop, but was partially cross pollinated with another Gurney sh2 called Early extra sweet? Pretty sure that was the name if I remember correctly, of which,now get this! gave me a near 100 percent! germination in the same soil that the Gotta have would not grow in. Being an sh2 type one could only imagine the anticipation with the spectacular ease of growth it was showing. I thought I found the ultimate corn, but I didn't, The downside to the Early Extra was the lack of flavor compared to the "Gotta", also did not develop flavor until fully mature-still retained most of its tenderness but no where near as sweet-had much more of a traditional sweet corn flavor, hard to believe it is a sh2 varietal. Just can't figure out the secret to the Gotta have it yet. Germination has been my biggest problem. my plants are around 6-7 feet tall and have 2 ears each, but the poor germination has hurt proper pollination, the ears seem a little too slender, most plants are 2-3 feet apart loosely germinated/dispersed in a 20 foot square. They were originally planted at 2 inch spacing and were to be thinned, but like I stated, only about 5% ever even broke through the soil. I easily planted around 750 seeds and only have about 35 plants to show for it. I waited till around June 2nd for the best results, as my mid May crop was a 99% failure. As too the 3rd mid June planting was poor, but suffered mice/vole attacks as was planted shallower out of frustration on how to get it too grow. (1 knuckle deep) lack of rainfall did not help much either-was very dry here, tried to water 3 times a week. I did have similar trouble in 2008, 2 plantings with a little better germination. All I can say is Gotta Have It becomes an obsession if you can get it to grow, Its so sweet we only brag about it to other gardeners, but hoard what little we can grow to ourselves. My garden is 20 miles SW of Pittsburgh Pa. Any help on this Varietal would be greatly appreciated.

It may need to be in a spot with high humidity. and in shade. Use distilled water or r/o water instead of the aquarium water. I would flood it with distilled water to flush out any residue from the aquarium water. Maidenhair ferns are really sensitive to salts in their soil mix. For a quick fix on maintaining humidity use a large clear bag to cover the plant and pot.

Every photo of this plant you have posted has it in a ceramic pot- one photo it looks like a nursery pot set into a ceramic pot, and here I see just the ceramic pot. One photo even has the pot sitting on wood with no saucer underneath. So I have to ask- does this plant have sufficient drainage so that it is never sitting in any water? If water does not freely and completely drain out of the pot it is in you will have trouble like you describe.