Just remember that if you get an Am. titanum, which are routinely for sale both as seed (easy to germinate) or tubers on ebay, they will get to at least 50 pounds before they flower and then can produce a plant that is 15+ feet tall. I have a half-dozen Am. titanum that I have grown from seed and I have kept mine underpotted and poorly fertilized to keep them small as long as possible and my bigger ones are in 15" pots and stand above my head. If mine get much bigger I will have to get rid of them as my house will not hold them....they are nearly evergreen so they need a lot of light over the winter as well. They do go dormant for anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months every now and then when they lose their growth and then grow it back again even bigger than before.....Am. titanum rarely produces offsets, but it is not unheard of. They are fun to grow though so I say go for it.....if you want a few offsets of Am konjac I can send them to you :o) Dan

Well it looks like this it the finally list: TODAY'S UPDATE and FINAL LIST OF MEMBERS: 01. ncgardengirl-Fran***** 02. medontdo-Michele 03. markcase1964-Mark***** 04. lgslgs-Lynda 05. misskimmie-Kim 06. conniesc-Connie***** 07. heatherbon-Heather 08. dirtdiggin-Toni***** 09. gardeningbingo 10. grolikecrazy-Chris***** 11. douglasls-Lisa 12. beverlysc-Bev 13. aphroditelaughs-Ellie 14. sissifriss-Myriah***** 15. chellflower-Chell***** 16. mary_grether-Mary 17. poisondartfrog-Alana***** 18. grovespirit-Iris 19. lindaruzicka-Linda***** 20. angelady-Angela***** 21. dimples31312-Dorothy 22. strmywthr3-Barbi 23. smokymist-Cheryl***** 24. jas_il-Jasmine 25. kristlindgren-Kris 26. ishareflowers-Lisa***** 27. purpleacres-Tracy***** 28. countrygirl_sc-Gail 29. fleethart-Fleety 30. hmacdona-Heather***** 31. echinaceamaniac-Clint 32. lakedallasmary-Mary 33. diana_lynn-Diana Lynn 34. smitties 35. ashle999 36. yotetrapper***** 37. mcbdz-Pattie 38. graanieb-Bea 39. sassybutterfly_2008-Wendy***** 40. threeshyacres-Jodi***** 41. blue_ivy-Tola 42. ibartoo-Linda 43. jaleeisa-Kathy***** 44. molanic-Molanic 45. rane_grow-Iris 46.gardenmom2-Nichol 47. southerncharm1-Kathy SC1 48. kilngod-Tina***** 49. luvgardening2-Nancy***** 50. rbrady-Rhonda***** 51. dessieb-Dessie I will be emailing out my address shortly IF you do not have an email from me PLEASE make sure you email me for my address. Thanks so much I am sure we all are going to enjoy this swap. :) Fran

Morning all! Fran, I put in a bit more postage than what it was for me to mail my package to you. I don't think that I'll get back what I sent because we have a lot of veggie growers here, BUT if by chanace you dont have enough postage I'd be happy to send more if you need it to get my package back to me. I'm so glad that I bought the veggie seeds, I could almost hear how excited people were when I offered them up for grabs! Thank you to anyone who sent flowers in for me, I assure you that every single seed will find a good home. Lisa

I'm glad you found SW Fertilizer already. I had talked to one of their Soil guys a few years ago and explained the two mixes, he was trying to work out how to best to do Bonsai and was very grateful for the head start. But their grit is the Oyster-Shell product as you already found out. Steinhauser's, either the one in Alvin on Hwy 6, or the one out West on I-10, has the Gran-I-Grit in stock all the time. PetCo is where I usually get fir bark, but my own drought-killed pine trees have kept me supplied with bark recently, what a mixed blessing... And if you haven't gone in to Wabash Feed on Washington St yet, you are in for a real treat and I envy you. Get you some Micro-Life fert there or at SW Fert, and thank me later. :-) Potting some volunteer Panzarella Lemon babies this weekend that sprouted from fallen fruit, so stopped in to refresh myself on the Recipes. Let me know if you want a few of these, they are ridiculously huge fruit and very tasty if seedy. Rick