The nice thing about Heuchera, is that fast TC process gives you a mature plant in 3-4 years quite easily. The hybridizer and grower understands what the plant is going to do before it hits market. Year 5 is release. USUALLY it is longer than that, but in the best case when you have a definite winner it can be that quick. While it is very much possible to get hundreds of thousands in 40 months, that's almost never the case. It's always a limited release the first year or 2. At my last job I was the buyer and grower, trust me, it's a TOTAL PITA securing new varieties. Heuchera are easy to grow and IN GENERAL (lets face it, there are always exceptions) all varieties prefer a certain set of growing conditions. So there isn't this terrible need to trial them nationwide for gardenworthiness. Much like hostas, or daylilies... easy to grow if you give them the right conditions. The problem comes in that the gardening public isn't always educated correctly. Not a dig against the gardening public, education is OUR (horticulturists collectively- I do my best) responsibility. Sometimes we do a bad job (IMO my industry failed miserably with the whole hybrid Echinacea thing, and those were definitely a long trial time, despite what people might think). Terra Nova has done a pretty good job with giving what species are in a given variety's background. If it has strong villosa breeding you know it's going to tolerate more heat and humidity and heavier soil. If it is mostly micrantha, it will probably suffer in winter in the far north and in high heat/drought. But in general, Heuchera want gritty soils. They like excellent drainage, period. Even villosa, pubescens, and americana (woodland dwellers) derived varieties really appreciate a gritty soil. The whole Limerock Ruby Coreopsis thing is a whole other story... basically 1 nursery making an entire industry look like Aholes with a capital A by NOT trialing a plant and giving false information about hardiness. It's still hard to sell new Coreopsis, despite some of them being bigtime winners. 2 great ones: Route 66 and Star Cluster. The Plant Geek www.confessionsofaplantgeek.com www.botanophilia.com www.facebook.com/botanophilia

Alan Ferguson's is an interior design firm as opposed to a furniture retailer. They do not carry every furniture brand but they do carry Lee. How do I know? Because I asked them if they carried other brands over the phone and they told me that they are really an interior design firm. They said Lee is the cheapest line they recommend and they recommend it ALOT which is why they are able to give good prices, but their primary business is interior design. Normally, I would not recommend ordering from anyplace other that your local retailer, but I would not hesitate to order from them as you will get great customer service and great prices.

Lancer,you wrote [quote]He recommended to get the Acid from Lowe's or HD and get the Alkalinity decreaser (baking soda) from them to keep the tests free.[/quote], that's the reason for my 'correction' - I think it was a typo, but didn't want you to think that adding baking soda would DECREASE your alk:-)I know that you will do well with Dave's TF -100 kit and as I said, the product and service are first rate!!! Back to the off topic stuff: ME, a water scientist????? The only reason I passed high school chemistry (the only chem class I ever took) was because the final exam was sooo weighted and curved - I just managed to 'cram' a year's worth of chem into my head (for 4 hours) better than 85% of the other students! However, I've been a pool worker for a lot of years and I'm conscious. I also am a voracious reader and manage to retain much of what I read. As such, I still question the 'yo-yo' method. While I will not disagree that all living creatures adapt to their environment and subsequent generations can thrive where their predecessors couldn't (thank you Mr. Darwin), I CAN NOT see how a strain of algae that has adapted to 3 ppm cl would do anything more than redouble it's growth rate at a cl of 1.5. It's not like it NEEDS 3 ppm to survive, only that it CAN survive at a cl level that high, halving the cl would not be toxic to the strain that can survive in 3 ppm. As such, there must be something else going on, my best guess would be cya - when you've experienced these things you are not following the 'scientific method' which says ~ hold all things constant except the 'variable' and any changes you observe are due to changes in that variable -- I'm thinking that you haven't kept a record of cl vs. cya (then again, even if you think you've followed the scientific method, a regression analysis of the data would prove helpful, just in case you missed something) BTW - anyone who hasn't met Jock Hamilton will have to wait for the afterlife - he's caring for God's pool now :( I'm also interested in the beer index - for me, it's when my wife hits me with a frying pan and says 'THAT'S ENOUGH FOR TONIGHT!!!' :D I gotta go change the 'wee-wee' pad (the dog was reading over my shoulder again)

I received this e-mail from Macy's. Looks like they'll take care of it either by request or as a matter of routine: "Upon arrival at your home your 5-Star Delivery Expert will: Use pads and door protectors to protect your home while handling your new furniture Wear shoe covers to protect your floors and gloves when needed to protect your new furniture Review any special requests such as moving like items as needed to another room of your home on the same level (Only like items of those being delivered today may be moved on the same floor/level) When bringing your new Home Furnishings into your home your Delivery Expert will: Vacuum area(s) where your new purchase will be placed Place bed skirt(s) and mattress pad(s) on your new bed Remove all delivery packaging and materials when they leave from your residence."