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At this point I think they are playing jokes on us with these names.

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Might be a few months before any of those are ready.

High end bicycles are usually made in Europe or Japan. Like guitars as an example Chinese made are the worst even the same brand and model Korean maybe Japanese are the best quality while not being too expensive. Mexican is decent but not as high quality as Korean. American made is over priced but there for more expensive models.

It's rare for China to have good quality. Their focus is on quantity and cheap but that may be what you want sometimes and occasionally it lasts.

Practically nothing is made in USA because we have the world's most valuable currency. Without tariffs we can't compete. A Mexican making $8 an hour enjoys the same lifestyle as an American making $25 an hour. The corporations are too greedy to allow tariffs and they donate big money to politicians.

I ride a ton of chinese carbon fiber race frames and wheelsets. I trust my life with them, you would be surprised how good they are at some things. Currently waiting on a  custom painted gravel frame from one chinese company and a custom built to order wheelset from another. Both are considered high quality.

My main ride though is a Trek Madone slr9 gen 7 project one made in the USA but I still love the chinese frame to beat on when needed.

Mike, thanks for keeping the prices low.

Maybe Im not looking in the right place but I only see C-20 (guessing this is Coconut Cream) is patented by Gary. 

Anyone see others?

Quote from: JR561 on February 27, 2023, 01:37:02 PM

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Quote from: Calusa on February 27, 2023, 11:33:31 AM

Hot, dry Springs in Florida are not uncommon. I investigated having an irrigation well installed in my back yard but the $3,500+ cost just to irrigate a few fruit trees nullified that option. So I setup a rain barrel next to my shed with a guttering system attached to the shed to catch the runoff from the roof and through the downspout into the barrel. I'll likely add an additional barrel later on.

Very smart.  We should be doing more of that.

Im actually doing the same.

Some of my plants cant handle the city water at all.

My city water has chloramine added to it which does not dissipate with time, so filling a barrel with the hose and letting it sit for a week to evaporate (like chlorine does) won't work. This stuff kills beneficial microbes in the soil in addition to the fact that it is just not good for the health of the plants. But yeah it's been dry lately - we need some rain!!!

Yeah my barrels are attached to my gutters and Im going to use a pump to irrigate. Going to daisy chain 2 on each side of my house. Might add a few more to my back yard also.

Filling the rain barrels with city water never crossed my mind.

Climate wise yes they will fruit well in Melbourne Beach.  Your main problem if you are right on A1A will be salt spray.  I am four houses West of A1A in Mel Beach.  Before my sapodilla and seagrape windbreak got big enough my mangos would suffer anytime we got hard onshore winds.  I have friends who have given up trying to grow them beachfront, because even on the West side of their house they die after a few days of onshore wind.  Hope it helps.

Would this rootstock help with that?
https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/13-1

Here in west Boynton no shortage of flies and bees.

Thanks again for the great deal.

Ive been waiting a long time to top work a 30 year old seedling.

I had a bunch of these last year from them.

The red is so bright.

No other mamey Ive had comes close to that red.

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I would automatically recommend pickering even with you saying not to.

Not many new compact container varieties out at all really.