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Don, Have you thought of using TAPCIS instead of CIM? I am quite sure that you will find your online charges go WAY DOWN using TAP. The main difference is that TAP allows you to do almost all of the work offline. This includes things like writing messages, reviewing message…
I'm not clear, are you asking for information on both snapdragons and gloxinias? I can tell you a lot about the florist gloxinia, Sinningia speciosa, just let me know. Ron
Hi Debbie, Nice to see another Ontarian in the forum (I'm near Claremont, just northeast of Toronto). We're are just a few miles north of the Zone 6 boundary (and the boundaries are accurate, Lake Ontario really does moderate those close by). However, most of my perennials are probably hardy…
Violet sources
Message #767
Hi Leeayn, I promised you local suppliers of African Violets, and I'm not going to come through just yet. I've not been into violets themselves for a while, and am not now a member of the African Violet Society — so I don't have the publications that give all the…
Hi Douglas, Baby's Breath comes in both annual and perennial versions, both of which originate in temperate climates with cold winter seasons. The botanical genus name is "gypsophila", from "gypsum" (lime), and implies a penchant for sweet (alkaline), as opposed to acid, soil. I've grown both annual and perennial forms.…
Hey, Howard and Gail! Congratulations! I do look forward to grandparenthood myself, but hopefully not too soon! It's been a while since I had a baby to cuddle. . . R.
Hi Leeayn, It's a new forum, so I don't know how much is going now. Maybe with luck we'll get something worked up soon. I don't grow much in the way of violets these days, but I do grow a bunch of their close relatives (the broader gesneriad family). If…
Hi, I've been looking for gardening software myself. A decent database, with appropriate climate and related information, other cultural stuff, along with garden record-keeping and maybe hybridizing record-keeping potential would be nice. I use an IBM-type 386sx, with ample hard drive capacity. Any suggestions? Or let me know when the…