Byron wrote: In my 50 years of gardening, I have found that not 1 item works 100% of the time all the time in 100% of the situations. And the best answers is by experimenting in your own garden in your own mircoclim and keeping excellent records of what you have done. --------- Well said! And 100% on target. Nobody can tell another "The Way" to grow tomatoes....or potatoes....or apples...or anything else. The only thing he or she can talk about is what works in his or her own garden. Good garden writers are guides, not experts. Catharine/Atlanta, zone 7b