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Comments (11)I would tend to keep off any form of lime if I were you-especially when dealing with tomatoes, as Lime tends to alter the PH of the compost too much and upsets the natural balance-especially in any form of containers.and should only be used if the compost is very acid like pure peat or ground up bracken ferns-but then most people would not use this on tomatoes anyway, especially in containers. On the other hand at the fear of sounding contradictory -if you are using a balanced container mix straight out of the bag of compost, I don't suppose that adding a little amount of pure Dolomite lime to the mix at the time it is used to fill the containers , would hurt- and perhaps benefit the tomatoes as they grow with no BER manifesting itself later-but on elongated tomato varieties -you will always be taking a chance, in trying to grow them in containers. The only and best form of lime to use -if you can get it -is Dolomite lime but not all garden centers and supplies keep it, they usually only stock the more common form of lime in bags,Dolomite lime contains just the right amounts of Magnesium and other elements to make the conditions in your soil just right, in clay type soil another important element to add is Gypsum which makes a whole lot of difference to clay soils and makes it more friable and manageable. With container mixes if you add a small quantity of Calcium Nitrate to the container mix before using it in the containers it will mostly eliminate the problem from starting in the first place, but if you forgot until BER showed on the first truss-you can add it by watering it in from then on in weekly doses and it will stop it in it's tracks by the time the second and third truss has formed, despite what some sceptics are saying. It is always much harder to stop BER in any type of elongated tomato as they seem to be a BER magnet for the complaint, so this type of tomato must be treated early in order to deal with it. Round tomatoes and Beefsteak tomatoes will also get it too, but are much more easily treated and stopped than the elongated type, cherry tomatoes on the other hand never seem to get it at all- I have yet to see any cherry toms with any form of BER whatsoever....See MoreWe are flooding here in Texas
Comments (13)I am in a small city just inside of Fort Worth. We got hit hard last night, and I rained for about 6 hours today. Not rained, but buckets of water. I just feel awful for the families here. Haltom City is a low area, and when it gets this bad, many are flooded and homeless for many days. I remember a family lost a small child last year to swollen waters and flooding. Water in these conditions is nothing to mess with. Trin...See MoreDevastation evaluated today.
Comments (37)No droopy plants or shrubs now, everything looked weighed down for several days. What is left of the beat up hostas is standing upright too, I’m in a quandary what to do with them. Ken would probably say to leave what’s there to feed the roots, just hard to look at them. The daylily leaves are browning a bit where their leaves were torn so they are looking a bit tired. Another sore spot is I might lose my campanula, a few heuchera and couple perennial geranium. We’ve had so much rain that there are curling leaves and yellowing happening. This garden is definitely having a less than stellar year. Sherry...See MoreDevastated over Cambria USA Counter Top Brittanica
Comments (39)It looks very fresh and new. You can absolutely tie them together well and it will look fabulous. I know how hard it is to have a vision in your head, and then how sad it is when what you end up with doesn't match the picture in your head. But I'd recommend trying to regain some perspective. No one has died, it's done well, and it's going to be beautiful. There is no way in heck I'd pay money to rip that out and start over. However everyone is different with money and I'm sort-of cheap. I save forever for major projects like this and I've learned one has to be willing to roll with the punches on a major reno. Stuff always takes longer, costs more, and looks a little different than what I saw in my head.......See More
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No one is blaming victims. The member who first posted, ”People are remarkably dumb. Apparently the same thing has been happening along this particular river in a state that abhors restrictions. It is only going to get worse. They have football after all for solace.”
was NOT speaking about the flood victims, but more to those in charge of permitting who continued to allow structures to be built in the flood plain (with a reputation for flash floods), and those who agreed to allow one of the camps to NOt have their structure included in the flood plain map danger area.
(Rob, I think you might have confused things).
Even if your camp or house is something like 150 yards from the river’s edge, that is still NOT far enough away if it is at approximately the same elevation as a spot 10 feet away from the river when it is not flooding.
The substrate is very hard limestone (sedimentary ROCK).
I think for those own8ng property and perhaps some of those setting policy, there was a gross lack of comprehansion or understanding about how quickly this tyle of topography could and WOULD be inundated, and by the severity and power of auch flash flooding in essentially a hard paved area constricted by topography. It is essentially a channel.
This has been bothering me and I came up with an example or anology of sorts.
The L A River is a narrow, concrete channel. Dry much odf the time. But you’d better not be in it when there is a flood or heavy rains nearby. It quickly becomes a raging river contained and constricted by concrete floor and walls. A toilet of sorts.
LA River, https://ryangravel.com/2013/12/23/go-river-the-los-angeles-river/
LA River, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Los_Angeles_River_channelized.jpgNice for walking. Some homeless have built structures in the ”LA River”
But, when it floods, watch out!
FILE: In an aerial view, the Los Angeles River flows at a powerful rate as a huge storm slams into the West Coast on Jan. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles.David McNew/Getty Images
The area where the camps were on the Guadaloupe river has a wider channel, but still dangerous and contained by steep bankings. On a larger and wider scale, but the same concept — when carrying fast moving floodwaters from a stalled climatic system that continued to rapidly deposit thousands of gallons of rain in a very short time.
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The pink area is the frank flood plain. The gray area is the steep embankment, much like the concrete walls of the LA River. No kids or other humans are going to be able to navigate this embankment in a flash flood, particularly in the dark. - last year
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The camp area was in a flood plain, with steep bank on at least one side that did not lend itself to quick egress.Flood plain known for intense robust flash flooding.
Elmer wrote:
The LA River has a steep bank because it's a big drainage ditch.
Understood. 
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