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...
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...
 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...
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...
The baster is also champion for getting the excess water off the trays after the plants have soaked up all they can take!! Â My favorite tool is a sucker...
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...
LOLÂ I hear you Barb!! Â I have my family so trained that they put EVERY container on the counter until I determine if it will be repurposed or not!! Â ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I have been know to buy produce for the plastic container they are in and Yoplait yogurt containers were made for solo cups. Â Alex Texas ... From: Joe Burge...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...