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Comment by kayteasouth on June 25, 2012 at 7:08am

Hay Marty why not kiwi? You need a male & female but most nurserys sell them in the same pot.

Comment by TCLynx on June 20, 2012 at 8:51pm

Most fruiting vines I know of are not going to be evergreen.

Jasmine is evergreen though, or at least the stuff at my old house is.

Comment by Margaret on June 20, 2012 at 8:32am

Marty what part of central FL are you in? Would the heart vine work for year round there? I think if I were still there I might want to go with wisteria also.. but it takes such a strong trellis... and there is always grapes or muscadines. I am not certain that I know of an evergreen vine. Tomato tree has been known to be good also.

Comment by marty lininger on June 20, 2012 at 7:28am

I'm looking for good vine to grow in central FL.  i mainly want to produce shade, and was going to transplant some vines that seem pretty hardy on my property, but then i wondered why not grow something that produces a product in addition to shade.  the problem is, i need it to last throughout the year, or at least not die off each winter and have to start from scratch.

  any suggestions?

thanks

marty

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on June 18, 2012 at 5:04pm

Phil: LOL! 

I wouldn't say don't do it, just be aware that there is a risk. When we do things, we should evaluate the risk and do what we think is best, accepting the consequences whether good or bad. If bad, we accept the lesson learned. The key is to have as much information as possible to make the best-fit choice.

You're blessed to live in an area that has ample natural water that gets renewed often. We don't have any nearby waterways except for an irrigation canal that we wouldn't want to mix with our AP system.

We keep a mesh bag full of lava rock in our tanks. If a friend starts a new system, we share some of the rock with them so they have a jump start on the bacteria. In our area, this is a safer way to start quickly.

Comment by Phil Slaton on June 18, 2012 at 3:22pm

Sheri - My breeding pond full of a lot of good bacteria,  My catfish in it are very health and ''rigorous.''  They they are so ''rigorous'' that I am about to sell the water in pint bottles to replace Viagra!

Comment by Mike Sangrey on June 18, 2012 at 3:05pm

I'm still on the new side of "new-here", but I thought I'd offer a bit of an underscore to Sheri's comment.

If I were thinking of getting some "natural pond" water, I think I'd go a step farther and get water from a healthy stream.  Here in Pennsylvania, I'd go with a stream that had trout, kingfishers, lots of crayfish, and frequently seen blue heron and egrets.  That would tell me it's healthy.   O!, and fisherman, too.  :-)

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on June 18, 2012 at 11:21am

Another problem with a wet media top is algae. We had to address that once; a black slime that took over in a day and blocked all oxygen from the plants. That was in a F/D system, not constant flood. 

Also, if you pull water from a natural pond, you can get bad bacteria as well as good, so caution is advised.

Comment by Phil Slaton on June 17, 2012 at 4:13pm

I use lava rock.  Go to a garden center to buy it.

Comment by TCLynx on June 17, 2012 at 3:13pm

beware, pea gravel only describes the shape/size, you want to make sure what ever gravel you use, that it won't affect pH.  Limestone or marble will affect pH.  Most quartz type river rock is safe though.  You can always do a Fizz test to check.

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