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[Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>]

What I notice about the local farm stand is that they can grow virtually 
anything in a container - whether it be a summer flower or chrysanthemums or 
'flowering kale' for fall sale.

I know they use a commercial expensive potting mix that comes in bale sizes 
and I suspect, but don't know, if they add conventional fertilizer.   What I 
know for sure is their results are almost always superior, presentable enough 
for gifts and their customers shell out the dollars to buy and take away.

What I'm getting at is I wish I knew what they knew - of course they've been 
doing this for 4+ generations vs. my fooled around with container growing for 
15 yrs or so.  I do grow trees in tubes and am reasonably successful.   I 
wish we had a "fruit growers boot camp" we could all attend so we could 
advance our starting line point in our horticultural endeavors.

I've got to go now;  I'm sore from kicking myself for not having gotten a job 
years ago with them and learning from them the easy way.

Charlie Paradise
Massachusetts