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Re: CT Plant Folk, Conferencing and Apono Seeds
Subject:Connecticut Plant Folk
Steve,
> BTW - I live near Haven, CT (and yes, I think New Haven is as >
> awful a city as you heard, but grad school is only 5 years).
> One of the things I find most difficult at the novice stage of t
> (where I am) is finding sources (of info, of equipment, of tank
> inhabitants...) I am at the point where I am disappointed in th
> I have found in my areas (most are pitiable and misinformed, oth
> only running a business). There may be stores I don't know of,
> I think I really need at this stage is a local guru or aquarium
> (I heard once that New Haven has one, but if so it is not listed
> large FAQ list of them - society that is; there is no guru list
> the FAQs). Thus a list of people who are more or less nearby to
> interest and experience in plant tanks would be a good thing.
I don't know how far you are from Norwalk, but there is a thriving
Aquarium Society there. There is also one in Danbury.
Norwalk is having their annual event on Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, at the
Nature Center in Westport, CT. I will be speaking there Saturday,
the 30th. There will be another speaker as well, although I don't
know who, or what the topic of the other talk will be. If you are
interested in attending, drop me an E-mail, and I'll fill in the
details.
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Subject: FISHROOM discussions on aquatic plants
Shaji,
> I am curious why more people from this list don't participate in
> weekly online discussions on aquatic plants. All you need is tel
> access to Internet.
>
> The currently scheduled time is 9:00 PM GMT, or 4:00 PM Eastern
> (USA) on Saturdays.
>
> Is the time inconvenient for a lot of people? If so, we could m
> the meetings to another time. Maybe we should move the meeting
> weekday? Also, would it help if we had a theme for each meeting
> as "Great algae growth in three easy steps"? :-)
My first reason for not conferencing is that I haven't a clue how
to do it. I'm not even sure if my software can.
Second, 4:00 on Saturday afternoon, I'm usually deeply embroiled
in some family activity, and not thinking about computer stuff...
particularly with the great weather we've had recently!<g> I know
it's tough to find a time that suits everybody. This was even a
problem on Fishnet, and there weren't many people outside the U.S.
involved there.
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Subject: Re: Apon. seeds
Joanne,
> Did you do anything special to your flower stalk? E.g. brush it
> fly around it? I've had several flower stalks come off my Apon
> but nothings ever developed - what's the secret?
The biggest variable is that not all Aponogetons are self-fertile.
I think about 60% of commercial hybrids _are_, but that still
leaves lots of hybrids, and many species (not that you often see
them commercially) that are not.
Karen Randall
Aquatic Gardeners Assoc.
Boston, MA