That is unfortunate news in my ears, and I regret that you did not obtain blooms in this long time span. On the other hand I am confident that I shall receive blooms in fall 2007 - provided the plants will now continue for a prolonged time in the magnitude of growth velocity which I actually observe. You certainly know that I administer lukewarm water - but from the bottom, including diluted fertilizer every time ( 1 ml/L of a liquid 6-3-6 brand). I definitely intend to use "Silhouette" for breeding purposes (if you have not guessed this already, too) - and I want to see the seedlings with their center stripe in my balkony box which I use as hippeastrummateous kindergardens, in the wisdom of numerousity - and regardless whether the ligament be creamy or pure white. And certainly you can also guess what knight star lily I have in mind to rendezvous this tiny "Silhouette" with. For now I wrap myself into silence (forgive my likely inappropriate terminology) - nevertheless these respective amaryllis' are overreadily waiting for their time to come, in rather huge containers

" Until then, I pressure can tomatoes without added acid for 75 minutes and I don't worry about it." That is certainly your choice to do however the quality is great;y affected by processing them 2x longer than is required. No one said you must use citric acid. It is merely one option. If possible exposure to 1/2 tsp of GMO corn, which is in all sorts of products in much larger amounts, bothers you that much just use bottled lemon juice or lime juice or vinegar. "Citric acid is derived from GMO corn which means it's full of glyphosate (Roundup) and other pesticides, PLUS you have the unknown side effects of the fact that it's GMO." Let's try to be somewhat accurate here. First, all citric acid is not made from GMO corn. Much of it made from citrus. Not all GMO corn is "full of glyphosate or other pesticides", while most all corn is now somewhat modified as result of centuries of cross-pollination only some of that crossing has been from GMO fields. Not all commercial corn growers spray glyphosate or any other herbicide and/or pesticides and even if they did while the the corn itself has been exposed to those chemical the corn is not "full" of the herbicides or pesticides and there is ample scientific testing to prove that. lastly, as you said, the effects of GMO ingestion are unknown, just that, good or bad - unknown. Don't get me wrong, i am not a fan of nor do I support GMO activities. But I also refuse to buy into all the uninformed hysteria about it. Especially not to the point that I'd get all bent out of shape over 1/2 tsp of a product that might contain an infinitesimal amount of something I don't like. Do that and we might as well give up breathing and eating because we breathe and eat lots of things daily that aren't the best things for us whether we realize it or not. "It makes no sense that we can can meat, green beans and carrots, which are not acidic at all, without added acid, but we can't can tomatoes? Nonsense. Just because the USDA hasn't tested it doesn't mean it's not safe. Show me studies PROVING that is it UNSAFE and i will listen. Until then, I pressure can tomatoes without added acid for 75 minutes and I don't worry about it." You are comparing apples to oranges. Substantially different processing times are required. As for the studies, if you are honestly interested then they are readily available on the NCHFP website under Publications and also available on the USDA website usda.gov/foodandnutrition/research and science. Dave

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Thanks everyone. Eric: I used some zoom. Focused on the cloud and held the camera up high. Shot to the north side of the sun. I try to shade the camera from the direct sun.