Hi Bev, Happy New Year - you've made a good start, getting your trade list ready on Day 1! I was interested in the Nicotiana mutabilis seed. Would you be interested in trading some for any of these? Corn - Oaxacan Green - an heirloom Zapotec corn with emerald green kernels, from J.L.Hudson Seeds 2010, has been refrigerated Squash, Blue Hubbard - another old variety from J.L.Hudson Swuash, Triamble - French heirloom variety, three cornered, slate grey skin, from J.L.Hudson Squash, Tetsukabuto, a Japanese squash hybrid, dark green skin,yellow flesh, from Pinetree Garden Seeds, 2010, has been refrigerated Plantago psyllium - the plantain from which psyllium fibre is produced, hardy annual, from J.L. Hudson Gaultheria shallon (Salal) - west coast native, evergreen leaves, edible fruit, zone 6-9, from Twining Vine Garden, 2008 (has been refrigerated) Jicama - Mexican tuber, very crisp, juicy, good raw or in stir fries, takes 8 - 9 months to produce large roots so start indoors early! Full sun. From Pinetree Garden Seeds, 2010, has been refrigerated. I've got other seeds as well if none of these items are of interest, so let me know and I'll go through some more. Trying to concentrate on the edible side in this posting! I was going to do the three sisters planting thing last year and never followed through with it, hence all the squash seed, and the Oaxacan Green corn.

Those warm temps and dry air are really encouraging the mites -- but they're encouraging flowers too! I have some plumerias under lights in the basement, and several are still blooming. I thought that by keeping the lights at under 11 hours they wouldn't bloom, but they are anyway. I'd rather they bloom in the summer. Perhaps the warmth (about 75 degrees) in combination with lights and no cool-down at night are keeping them blooming? Any ideas on how I can discourage blooming? I can't cool the room any more than it is. Do you think I should reduce the light period even more? What's frustrating is I have a seedling that has its FIRST INFLOS -- FOUR of them! And I know they're just not going to bloom well.

LatinLady, the seedpod that this seedling came from was on a white NOID plumeria. Sometimes I do see 6 petals, but it is rare. The rest of the blooms off of this seedling have all had 5 pedals. Here is the plumeria where I got this seedling from (mother): And here is an updated photo of the seedling. It looks like more orange/yellow is coming out, maybe due to the heat. Also, this pic is in direct sunlight: Here is a pic of Musk Rainbow, that has similar colors in similar areas on the petals (pink/orange/yellow). Maybe this is the father?

sam -- yes indeed, the older KCTs are quite distinct in winter. Trunk bark up close is also attractive & corky. That's a female tree? Would've thought some pods would still be hanging on.... Tom -- not just Dirr. States & other government orgs got into the "natives only" scare-mongering and started discouraging even Norway spruce! The scare spread to the retail nursery trade and continues today -- not nearly as many NS planted now as in the past. Replaced by foo-foo, short-lived, disease-prone plants that have gaudy flowers for a few days in spring (often right around the peak of spring store-sales) and are nondescript the rest of the yr.