Nobody but the hydroponics stores carry ST or even B1 around here including speciality nurseries. I even ventured into a Walmart to see if they carried it and I'd never been in a Walmart before. lol I still buy it online because it's so over priced at the hydroponics place but they do carry loads of other micro nutrients and fertilizers. I go through a lot of ST a season, almost 1/2 gallon, unlike most people that can get by with 4 oz. I don't have any problem finding rooting powder but rooting gel can be a problem. I've seen Quick Start but it's just a 4-12-4 fertilizer and I have fertilizers with similar ratios but I'm glad to hear that it's working well for you.

Computers can be frustrating, maddening, you feel like killing someone sometimes! LOL Got my external drive to try different things to clone the laptop. Spent several days working on it, couldn't even get the laptop to see the hard drive to format the drive. Hard drive tested good by someone else. Then, finally found out the external case electronics was no good. Will have to get a new one. Thank you very much guys for helping. Happy Thanksgiving. dcarch

I will tell you what I go with, for my internal drives I go with Western Digital Black Caviar drives they are more expensive usually but extremely good drives. The last one I got was a 500Gig Black Caviar which I believe I got through amazon. For my external drives I like seagate free agent pro, I like their warranty and features. western digital black caviar

You hear good and bad about all brands. There's many happy LG owners posting on this forum. There's people who have had bad luck with all brands. That's called reality. A heater isn't truly mandatory in my opionion but I think it's a good idea as long as it works on enough cycles to be functional, and raises the temperature of the water, not just maintains the temperature. The Epics have gotten a lot of good reviews, and they should, they're Whirlpools and a proven design. Samsung does not build machines for them anymore - that's old information. I understand your budget concerns and I think you're looking at good models. I do like the suggestion of the Miele though. Now $2000 for the washer is a lot, but considering the amount of laundry you do, you can justify it. However, with any of them, I would suggest you consider NOT getting a matching dryer. Save the money there and put it toward the washer. A large (7.4+) CF Whirlpool dryer can be bought for about $400-$500 or less and they're excellent dryers. I bought mine for $300 and would buy it again in an instant. If you're going HE, and especially with a heater, you need to be prepared for long cycle times. 2-3 hours worth. It takes time to heat the water and the tumbling action needs more time to clean the clothes over an agitator. You sound sold on a FL so I won't suggest looking at the HE TLs. And I haven't found anyone who can give rational reasons for steam either in the washer or dryer. I think the word is "gimmick". If you have a laundry tub next to your washer, you can run the water in the tub to get the hot water close to the washer to have it warmer going into the tub. Keep in mind the tub itself will cool the water down. That's why a good heater could be valuable. But it's not the end all be all either. Advantage sometimes? Yes. Essential? No. People have washed and sanitized clothes for years without them. And as you're looking, get figures on water temperatures in degrees, not ambiguous terms like "hot", "warm" or "cold". What's hot to you may well be cold to me.