Sherry, I seem to be running a "Cat house" here in NE Oklahoma! LOL There is lots of hanky-panky going on. It must be the love season. Guess we could call it the "Love Connection--Butterfly Version".

My goodness what a cute Dog!!! Oh, getting back to trees.. Is there a way you can take a close up of the soil in the pots and maybe a handful in your hand? Most plants usually respond very well to a fresh transplanting after about a month or two....I would be patient and let the sun and a weak feeding of fertilizer do the job...It seems like your soil mix is ok for now, but after a short period of time, watch to see if it collapses and holds more water than it does now..Always think ahead...If it compacts and decomposes into even finer particles than you already have now by winter, you will be asking for problems... I would of made the mix one part of that soil, and 5 parts bark, and one part perlite...This would hold its structure well beyond the winter and not invite "fungus gnats" which can be a pain all winter... Your Ph should be around 6.5 to get the best out of your fertilizer...7.0 may be too high...Use a capful of vinegar in a gallon of water when you water.. I would use Foliage pro or any fertilizer that provides the right ratio and all the minors in it, especially Ma and Ca... Don't be disappointed if some of your leaves reverse to green, since it looks like some are beyond that, but the new growth should be very rewarding too you... Welcome newbie... Mike

I like that one a lot, Tiger. :) I think it's still pretty new on the circuit, so I'm not surprised it's the first time you've encountered it. I would be pretty excited to bump into a basket of it in person! Clearly some plants have such obvious wide appeal that they hit mass propagation F-A-S-T! It seems like only yesterday that people were snapping up ebay pots of it. Haha, loved your KP x wayettii propositon, btw. ;P @ Denise Interesting observations about the reversion. Thanks for sharing!

I believed you when you said, " I replaced (the original tank), wired it as directed." Now, this new tidbit has me concerned about the whole electrical scheme. As I started to read your message, I expected that you were trying to say that there was a circuit taken off of one leg of the line. But you describe it as a line coming into the heater and powering one of the elements. That suggests that the other element is also powered by a simplex, 110-V circuit. If so, this needs rewiring as you have a seriously miswired condition. I suspect this because you said: "I tested the connections numerous times and always came up with 120, never 240" To get 240 V, you need to have two legs of the service wired into the heater. And this would put each (say, the Âblack and the ÂredÂ) on each heater, the upper and the lower. Since each of them has a second terminal, those are wired to the neutral (white) wire. If that is the case, that you have a 3- or 4-wire cable properly connected to the heater, then it means that the one element was not able to be shut down by the thermostat. Moreover, it also appears that the chance wiring has allowed the one element to be powered by 240V via the cord connection. Certainly, removing this cord is the right and the first thing to do. It appears that, for the first six hours, the new heater was being warmed by only one element. When the thermostat attempted to shut down both elements, the miswiring stopped one and started the other at doubled voltage. (Boom!) While a water heater is power with 240V, the elements operate independently at 120V, each. They should never see 240V, unlike the heating element in a clothes dryer. Now, if the unit is properly wired, you can test voltage again and get the following results. If the colors are Black, Red and White (and Green, if available,) the voltages will read as follows: B to R > 240V; B to W > 120V; R to W > 120V; W to G > zero V. For purposes of testing only, you should get the same voltages comparing a HOT wire to either neutral or ground (Green.) The White and Green will only share a terminal in the service entrance panel. (Different, though if the feed is a subpanel.) Please reply. Pinoke