Funny, nobody from the crabcake area approached me for a friendly bet this week. Maybe some brave cheesesteak will try their luck after this weekend. *Edit: Funny, nobody from the crabcake area approached me for a friendly bet this week. Maybe some brave cacti will try their luck after this weekend.

Intellicast has us peaking this morning @ -17°f - that means others were probably a lot colder.

Hope the "Outback" didn't get much below freezing?????

Funny, nobody from the crabcake area approached me for a friendly bet this week. Maybe some brave cheesesteak will try their luck after this weekend.

Parvifolia looked unfazed but I'll have to look closer tomorrow. Good news needmore - let us know after you look again. The small Parvifolia start I have in my integral garage is also looking the best of all my plants. They are all happy the developer did not level our back yard area yet, therefor ...

Looks like we might have to use the SIZE tags for some of these:

☺ or ☺

♠ or ♠

.....yes, they hate garbage day.

I put a link to list of Alt key codes in my signature if anyone is interested☺....

My thinga magiggie said it was 9°f this morning. (you can also hold the Alt key & the ↓down arrow & type 248 at the same time to get the degree symbol) At least we got a little snow cover last night before it gets worse tomorrow. I'm convinced that if plants are like me, the wind is a killer...

Indocalamus tessalatus or an equivalent - does well in my area and gives a nice tropical look with its larger leaves.

One thing does puzzle me. I can understand the dip around Dec 21st, since it is the shortest day of the year, but why the dip around Jan 15th? Maybe all the jets flying south carrying us north/easterners to warmer places causes the jet stream to dip a bit more bringing in the cold arctic air???? Te...

arctictropical wrote:I am growing a couple varieties, one being P. nuda., divisions I obtained from someone growing about 20 varietes 65-70 miles south from where I live in Layton, Utah, zone 6. Kevin

If his name is Eric, tell him he hasn't posted in a while. Keep us posted.

Rick, The time grows near......am anticipating an invigorating contest.... Yes, I'll send an email w/ my contact info! Maybe a couple calls going Pittsburgh's way helped make it seem easier than it was. Now to beat the Raven's for a third time - that's going to be tough, and Philly smeared the fiel...

monkfunk wrote:If anyone is ever north of Pittsburgh PA "New Kensington pa 15068"
Look me up.

...or if you drive through the Fort Pitt tunnels, you might want to "Look me up".

More on LEDs, cost, options & a video
http://www.earthled.com/zetalux-led-light-bulb.html

Grow lights
http://www.earthled.com/growled-led-grow-lights.html

I'm using the Google toolbar to translate, but it is not hitting the menu. Anybody have a translator that can?