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I am so excited I am going to the D.C. Gesneraid convention! I will be able to register this week.......woohooooo! Kristina Missouri ...
KRISTINA SCHMID
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Mar 1, 2009
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40583
you'll love it--it's great. Julie in TN...
Julia Mavity-Hudson
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Mar 2, 2009
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40584
Hi, everyone ~ We're delighted to announce the following AVSA commercial members are bringing their plants and supplies to the 63rd AVSA Convention, Show and...
lynn_lombard
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Mar 2, 2009
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40585
This past weekend I spent a good bit of time potting up babies, repotting and general grooming. The one thing I kept turning to was my little stash of Hat Pins...
T Dominguez
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Mar 3, 2009
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40586
 That's a great tip!  My best tip is to use a phillips head precision screwdriver as a sucker plucker. I needed a screwdriver to tighten my eyeglasses. The...
Terry in MI
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Mar 3, 2009
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40587
I'll have to try that Terry. It sounds like a great tool. Right now I use a chopstick that I've sharpened in my pencil sharpener. When I need to make a...
Janet Stromborg
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Mar 3, 2009
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40588
A meat baster is great for top watering. It provides better control than a watering can and is better for getting under leaves. Laura...
mckitlk
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Mar 3, 2009
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40589
The baster is also champion for getting the excess water off the trays after the plants have soaked up all they can take!!   My favorite tool is a sucker...
Diane Martin
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Mar 3, 2009
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40590
Here Here for the recycle queen! I don't think any of those little plastic containers leave my house without being repurposed for something. I use a sharp...
Barbara Cole
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Mar 3, 2009
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40591
LOL  I hear you Barb!!   I have my family so trained that they put EVERY container on the counter until I determine if it will be repurposed or not!!   ...
Diane Martin
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Mar 3, 2009
6:25 pm
40592
Mine too!!! And if we go to one of the big box stores they are trained to park in the lot nearest the garden center so I can take a look and see if they have...
Barbara Cole
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Mar 3, 2009
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40593
In a message dated 3/3/2009 11:47:41 A.M. Central Standard Time, jodimart123@... writes: My favorite tool is a sucker plucker (got it from cape cod...
worrell007@...
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Mar 3, 2009
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40594
Same here.  They actually now ask me if they can go get the peat or what I need!!   hugs diane ... From: Barbara Cole <bcole@...> ...
Diane Martin
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Mar 3, 2009
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my favorite recycle containers are the Breyer yogurt containers because they have their own lids.  also the Icecream cups in the summer from the custard stand...
Diane Martin
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Mar 3, 2009
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40596
What a wonderful, interesting, string this has become. Janet mentions the chopstick...I too have been using a honed chopstick for years and every time I bring...
The Spyridon's
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Mar 3, 2009
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40597
I use the plastic dish detergent bottles for top watering.  Since they are soft plastic they are easy to use and if you are careful they don't make a mess...
Joe Burge
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Mar 4, 2009
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40598
I'm throwing in with Martha; I actually have several sizes and hardness of paint brushes, to do everything from brushing dust/potting mix from leaves/amongst...
Cara Beserra
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Mar 4, 2009
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I have been know to buy produce for the plastic container they are in and Yoplait yogurt containers were made for solo cups.   Alex Texas ... From: Joe Burge...
alex early
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Mar 4, 2009
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40600
My very favorite for top watering is a hair coloring applicator bottle ( if you are lucky enough to have a sally beauty supply in your city) you can find the...
Betty Bryans
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Mar 4, 2009
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Hello, Everyone, We were traveling this week, so I missed most this discussion. We just arrived in New Jersey and I can catch up. I had heard of many of the...
SAFarnum@...
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Mar 5, 2009
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40602
Hey sylvia,   Where in NJ are you at?  I am out by Atlantic City way!!   BTW I am awesome excited because I am going to the Philadlphia Flower Show all day...
Diane Martin
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Mar 5, 2009
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40603
Hi, Diane and Others, We are at Lake Shawnee, near Lake Hopatcong. We are near the Water Gap, so I guess we are about as far from Atlantic City as you can...
SAFarnum@...
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Mar 5, 2009
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40604
I know exactly where you are!!  I have been there several times.  A friend of mine used to live in that area of NJ!   It is really pretty there in the...
Diane Martin
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Mar 5, 2009
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40605
Hi all, This is a most rewarding discussion, and timely. Last month at our meeting we announced a topic "My favourite tool" with an invitation to members to...
Ruth Coulson
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Mar 5, 2009
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40606
Hi all. one of my favorite tools is a large make-up blush brush it is great in cleaning my african violets. Terri Stirrup [:">] ... meeting we announced a...
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Mar 5, 2009
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40607
Hi, everyone, A co-worker has been rearing a year-old Stargate at our office. It sits atop a file cabinet, directly under fluorescent ceiling lights. It seems...
Laura
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Mar 6, 2009
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40608
what is a stargate? ... From: Laura <mckitlk@...> Subject: AVC Controlling an oversized Stargate To: avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday,...
Rita Fitzsimmons
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Mar 6, 2009
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40609
what is a stargate? ... From: Laura <mckitlk@...> Subject: AVC Controlling an oversized Stargate To: avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday,...
Rita Fitzsimmons
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Mar 6, 2009
11:41 am
40610
Hi Laura! My Stargate gets very large too but I control its size by periodically removing several tiers of outside leaves, cutting off some of the root ball at...
Janet Stromborg
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Mar 6, 2009
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40611
I did the same when I grew Stargate. I kept it in a 4" pot. I didn't have problems with the first two plants that I grew, but later clones did reach for the...
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