Thanks Wayne! I see you're just new here, ..welcome! What area you're in? When I asked the hardy nursery if they have taller then 6 inch Korean Pine, they said,...We do not have taller Korean Pine as they stay this size for the first 5 years. Hard to believe! They might have problems with their soil...when I said that they should grow Evans Cherries, said they do, all theirs have a disease and can't grow them, don't know whats going on. I have bought several plants with soil last year,..hopefully I'm not infecting mine! On the other hand, Rhora's Nut Farm website says,.. Korean Pine - (Pinus koraiensis) Zone 2 - 9 A tall growing tree, reaching a height of 100 ft. plus. Needles are on the average of 8â in length with a light tinge colouring of bluish green, thus presenting a very ornamental appearance. Production starts at 7 - 8 years of age on the average Prefers sandy to sandy loam soil with adequate drainage. Needs inoculant I'm guessing,..they make a secret root booster and call it inoculant. Perhaps it's really what they claim,..can someone enlighten me on this please? It seems to work,...was reading that someone used it and thinks it made a difference.

reallyrandy, HD, Lowe's, & Walmart seem to be the only places to find plants and seeds in rural Fla. I found ordering plants & seeds online to be the only way to find exactly what you are looking for. Tomatoes are difficult to grow in Fl. and requires lots of experimenting to find something that grows well in your particular area and satisfies your taste test(some varieties absolutely suck). Growing blueberries in your area will require 'low chill hour' varieties, Misty(early) & Sunshine blue(mid season)(150Hr) -- O'Neal(early) & Jewel(early)(200Hr) -- Jubilee(mid season)(250Hr) -- Southmoon Blue(mid season) & Sharpblue(year round)(300Hr)to name a few. There are other new named varieties being developed constantly, check online for them and also for instructions on making your potting mix for blueberries(crucial for a good crop in pots). Lou

That's Great, nuwanda! Best Wishes for a GREAT pepper season,.....down under. -Junkmanme (6500 ft high in New Mexico, USA)

There is a world of variables in this that depend on the person, and the conditions that they have. As for me we have two short seasons here with a long hot summer in the middle of them. Our winter weather takes many as just plain strange. It can be 75 and sunny at 5 PM. Then drop like an anvil from the sky to single digit temps in under 4 hours. Then three or four days later it is warm again. I am overwintering 4 plants this year. Space is a factor in that. I have them in my closet that I am also using to germinate seeds in as well. The larger plants go outside on warm sunny days, and are brought in at night. They stay inside if it is going to be cold that day. For starting seeds. I stick to the ones that I can not get from the garden centers for growing from seeds. The ones I can get I buy. It is less trouble for me. The best producers I had last season were the ones that were in the basket planters that were 2 to 3 gallon pot sizes. Once I planted them they took off. I got tons of pods off of them. Each one gave way more than my money's worth back in pods. For the overwintering part I kept one that was a huge producer. It is hanging in. (Large Jalapeno) I cut it way back. One is a Thai that I potted down, and cut way back. Two are scorpion peppers. One of those still has pods on it two months after bringing it in. One is a ghost pepper that also still has a couple of pods left on it. I Potted it up, and trimmed it back. The thing is I have room for them so I am saving them. I am doing it due to the fact that in this area if one wants a large harvest they have two choices. 1: Start with a large mature plant. Pod set starts early, and will continue until the heat shuts it down. Once temps drop it will start up again. Choice 2: Plant more plants, and hope for the best. (This tends to give a few in the early part of the season. Then stops once the heat kicks up. Plants grow in the heat. Just no fruit. Once temps drop they set pods like crazy mad.) The late season is crap shoot for getting ripe pods as once the heat breaks the first frost can happen any day between then, and Halloween.