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Sep 18, 2013 3:26 PM CST
Name: Jonna
Mérida, Yucatán, México (Zone 13a)
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I think the southern accent is difficult for non English speakers to understand. The accent in Mexico that is similar to the US southern accent is the Yucateco accent here where I live. It's tough to understand, they drawl, they drop letters and they change some letters to others. In Mexico, the accent is considered difficult -actually it is often laughed at - and the people are said to be slow because of the way they speak. It's a human trait to make jokes about "others" I think.

Rick, most recommendations are to use the expanded clay pebbles as a medium. Hydroton is one brand name. It's expensive even in the US and more so here. What I like about the guy in the video is he tries different stuff and tells you when the more expensive stuff isn't worth it. He uses perlite but he's growing in a greenhouse with no wind. He tried big rocks, little rocks and hydroton as well and his conclusion was that there was no difference from the different media. So, because I don't want perlite blowing around everywhere and because it is more expensive in bulk here than river rock, I'm going to use the small river stones. He talks about the media at about 9:29 on the above video.

I haven't gotten much farther. The seeds are planted and hopefully will germinate. The buckets are painted black, I decided it would be a plus to get more heat inside in the winter and if I decide to do this in the spring and summer I'll deal with it then. The trellis is completed for one section. I'm waiting for the seeds to sprout to do more, and for the weather to improve. We've been under the outer bands of hurricane Ingrid and now we have a new hurricane forming to the south of us and we are under its outer bands as well. So, not much sun, lots of rain and cool temps.
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

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