Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

It's odd that you cannot see the air roots, they are usually quite bulky right underneath the pot, but yours are skinny in that spot. I use an indoor watering can with a skinny spout to direct the water along the side of the jar so as not to get the air roots wet. I don't have to lift the large plan...

Air roots are very important. I'm surprised that nobody mentioned them. Don't get them wet either! I killed a plant by pouring water over the air roots. Now I just lift the whole plant up high when I top up. I don't have a clue about EC meters. I have learned that the cheap pH meters don't work. The...

I think that your parsley is dying because you have drowned the air roots. When you start Kratky, you can keep the water level close to the bottom of the net pot so that the roots can be in the water. After the plant has grown and the water level has gone down, you will find the air roots (which loo...

Lolotsung, if your Dad likes the Campari or Certo tomatoes (from Metro), they apparently grow true, but are assumed to be hybrids. I grew Certo one year and they were great compact plants with perfect clusters. However, much as I enjoy these varieties in the winter, there are better varieties out th...

Most plants come true from saved seed - except when they are hybrids! Your dad may have liked a grape tomato from the grocery store, and saved some seeds. However, he might have been very disappointed to find that he had grown a great big beefsteak with tough skin (which took after one of the parent...

Speaking of pricey seedlings. Our Horticultural Society had their plant sale yesterday and I took some of my "extra" tomato seedlings along. Because they were "heirloom", they charged $6 a pot!!!! I thought that was a bit steep, but they all sold. (Some hybrids cost $1 a seed these days, so it's wor...

Holy Molee!!!!!

So sorry for your losses WL lady.

{{{{Hugs}}}}
Linda

Thanks so much for responding Tom. Did you re-integrate her with the others or keep her separate?

I guess nobody wanted to admit that a long-standing case of vent gleet must be incurable.

Feeling very fed up that we have wasted over a month, nursing this chicken as best we could .