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October 6, 2010: One of the many tragedies of the war in Iraq was the expulsion of the native Christian population. Before 2003, there were 1.5 million Christians in Iraq. Now there are fewer than 800,000. Many were expelled by Islamic fanatics because they were not Moslem, but there was also Iraqi Moslem hatred of Christians because they were supporters of Saddam. Religious and ethnic minorities are often recruited by tyrants, or foreign invaders, to prop up a dictatorship or colonial rule. When the British took over Iraq, from the Moslem Turks, in the 1920s, they trusted the local Christians (and other religious minorities) more than the majority Moslems, for security chores, and government jobs in general. The Turks did the same thing, but to a lesser extent, because the local Christians were also Arabs, and all Arabs resented centuries of rule by the alien Turks. But Iraqis also hated the fellow Moslems (mainly the four million strong Sunni Arab minority) who supported the Turks, and later Sunni Arab dictators like Saddam. There are over a million Iraqi Sunni Arab exiles as well.
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a multiplicity of formal concepts of time.
NB: This is very much a verbatim transcript of my notes of something I did about 20 years ago, and that was transcribed over 10 years ago, so please don't expect me to have the interminable details in my head.
NB2: What feynman is telling us with this "student excercise" is that the path integral technique is powerful enough to connect classical physics with relativistic quantum physics - but that the way is not necessarily the easiest way. Feynman loved throwing things like this at his students to separate the men from the boys who just wanted to play PhD. He had undoubtedly already done the calculations himself, of course, but I have never even seen a reference to them.
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A One dimensional relativistic problem: Suppose that a particle moving in one dimension can go only forward or backward at the speed of light. For convenience, define the units so that the speed of light, the mass of the particle and Planck's constant are all unity. Then in the xt-plane all trajectories shuttle back and forth with slopes of (± π/4). The amplitude for such a path can be defined as follows: suppose time is divided into small equal steps of length ε (epsilon).
t = t_0 + nε, with n integral.
where R = R(P) is the number of reversals (or corners) of the path P.
NB: For the symmetry trick below it is important to remember that the verticies of the path corners are points taken on the x-axis.
where N(R) (an R-degeneracy function) is the number of paths possible with R corners, and the arguments (a, b) of the kernel K are points of closure of the interior lightcone centered at (0, 0) in the 2 dimensional spacetime with coördinates x and t.
Next, suppose the unit of time is (ħ/mc²), [the reduced Compton wavelength/c]. If the time interval is long and the average velocity is small, show that the resulting kernel is correct for a relativistic free particle moving in one dimension. The result is equivalent to the Dirac equation for that case.
The problem is first to construct the path integral (sum) = probability amplitude for a one dimensional relativistic particle starting from the concept of the Zitterbewegung.
Suppose a particle moving in one dimension can go only forward or backward at the velocity of light. In the x-t plane, the particle shuttles back and forth only in lightlike directions. "The amplitude for such a path can be defined as follows: Suppose time is divided into small equal steps of length ε. Suppose that reversals of path direction can occur only at the boundaries of these steps, i.e., at t = t_a + nε, where n is an integer."
where R' is the number of reversals or corners along the path: bounces off the lighcone.
There are multiple paths with a given number of reversals; simply consider all the permutations of the flight segments of every path.
NB: the elements i^k are those in the strong operator topology, have a limit that is the QM q-p Fourier transform.
where n(R) is the number of paths possible with R corners.
R' → R reduces R' to a number count, R = 0, 1, 2, ...?
and n(R), a corner density: how many paths have R corners.
F&H suggest that it is advisable to calculate four separate K's, namely the amplitude K_++(b, a) of starting at a with positive velocity and coming into point b with positive velocity, the amplitude K_+-(b, a), of starting at the point a with a negative velocity and coming into point b with a negative velocity, and the amplitudes K_-+(b, a), and K_--(b, a) similarly.
Suppose the time quantum is given by the ((1/c)reduced Compton wavelength).
The definition given for the amplitude and the resulting kernel is claimed to be correct for a relativistic theory of a free particle moving in one dimension and is further claimed to be equivalent to the Dirac equation for that case.
An important aspect of the problem to bear in mind is that it is for a 2-D spacetime, and not for the usual 4-D Minkwoski space. Thus, the 24 = 16 dimensional Dirac-Clifford algebra does not come into play. If the context was a 3-D Minkowski space, we would have the Pauli-Clifford algebra of 23 = 8 dimensions.
As it stands the algebra is that of 1x1 matrices, and so there is only one equation, so it will not look like the usual Dirac equation, especially in an approximating form.
Thinking classically, this is a problem of a single particle in a 1-D space, with a disconnected 1-D local newtonian time.
For a free particle of any type, the Lagrangian is the same as the Hamiltonian.
XYZZY Calculate the path integral for a free relativistic particle.
Can the number of corners in a path be associated with some entropic measure?
showing that the probability distribution W(N, M+) is normalized.
where p+ + p-  = 1.
flight problem in its simplest form.
Cf. also, the De Moivre-Laplace theorem [Wilks 1962], p. 274.
Binom(np, npq) -> N(np, npq), asymptotically.
The kernel has the physical dimension of [L^(-1)], as it should.
The maximum number of reversals happens assuming M is positive, (M+ > M-) Crudely, every negative step is associated with two reversals.
R_max  ∼e;  2M-  =  (N - M).
Thus for paths beginning and ending with the same sign of velocity, an even number of reversals is required; for opposite signs, an odd number of reversals is required.
We need only determine n_++(2r), and n_+-(2r-1).
Consider a path contributing to n_++(2r).
while for a path contributing to n_--(2r).
Now consider a path contributing to n_+-(2r - 1) or n_-+(2r - 1).
A distinct flight path with R corners and M+ and M- fixed is determined by giving the ordered sequences of the m_±k, subject to the constraints of their sums. Distribute the M+ and M- flight segments separately.
For R = 2r even, consider the distribution of the M+ unit steps. This is equivalent to the problem of distributing M+ indistinguishable unit steps in r+1 labeled segments (distinguishable and ordered), such that NO BOX IS EMPTY. This is a classic combinatorial problem [Percus 1971], p. 34, 67. The integer valued 's' will, for our purposes, take on the values r and r+1.
Check: the sum of the coefficients of the (M+ k)(M- k) does = 1.
Is it true that using a n(R), K(b, a) can be written in the uniform form?
Σ n(r)  =  (1/2)(N M+)  ?
where the exponent d takes the three values d = 0, 1, 2. If we have the result for d = 0, then the others can be had by differentiation.
Now get the asymptotic expression for (M+ - r)! (M- - r)!
r = M- = (1/2)(N - M).
[We have assumed that M << N and therefore M/N << 1.
In the approximation leading to the (x-t) Dirac kernel, the limit as ε → ∞ is specifically not taken. The limit is one of long waiting times and low velocities (many or heavily weighted moderately wiggly paths). Paths with the most reversals are few in number; similarly, paths with the fewest reversals. The paths with the most reversals are the paths that are most quantum mechanical in nature. The more numerous paths with a moderate number of reversals contribute to an averaging by phase cancellation in the summation defining the kernel in analogy to the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma.
with G_0 the gravitational constant. Intervals of time are naturally measured in integral multiples of τ_0.
Let ε(n) := n τ_0.
Muons and tauons, however, have masses that are already smaller than that of electrons and positrons.
In any case, This inversrse linear mass spectrum, for sufficiently large n, reaches down into the range of real elementary particle masses.
With regard to FCCR, n is the dimension of the Hilbert space that accurately covers particle behavior contained within the known universe. This is a Hilbert space (C*-algebra) of process whose intrinsic time is of the order of 10^(-21) sec. A Hilbert space that is already big enough quantitatively and dimensionally to approximate those of quantum mechanics well.
It is curious that the relativistic limit should be one for low velocities, since the standard relativistic regime specifically embraces velocities close to the speed of light in a vacuum.
Modifications to a standard relativistic quantum theory then occur for short times or high velocities.
is what replaces the action integral in the nonrelativistic formulation. It is the invariant path length integral that is varied in the derivation of the Einstein equations by variational methods.
From the more primitive viewpoint wherein special relativity (the Lorentz group) can be seen as a type of thermodynamic limit, the only velocity is that of c. The fundamental group is then not the Lorentz group but rather the symmetry group of the light cone, E(2).
[Feynman 1965], p. 42. For a nonrelativistic free particle where the Lagrangian is given by the kinetic energy.
components, (x_j) are independent and separable.
of 1 dimensional free particle action integrals.
kernel satisfies the 1 dimensional Dirac equation.
when defining the velocity operator.
Make the transition for FCCR "dynamics".
This is almost the form claimed by F&H to be the correct Dirac kernel. But I think what is meant is that it is the correct Dirac kernel in the low velocity limit.
The difference being the correct absence of the factor of 2 in the denominator of the phase.
In both nonrelativistic and relativistic cases, the kernel form is correct whether or not the infinitely fine grained limit is taken. The model of a grained spacetime gives the same formal result as that of one based on the continuum. Observe, however, that the kernel integrations allow that each variable of integration x_j has a doubly infinite continuous range.
Taken over to the context of FCCR with only convex combinations of |q(n, k)> allowed, the integration limits should be q_min = -q_max to q_max. (q_max)² is approximately proportional to n.
On the other hand, if action is taken as the sum of squares of the individual invariant lengths of the flight subsegments of the paths, then the successive integrations of the kernel can be performed using the F&H equation (3-4), and it appears that specified low velocity approximate kernel of F&H problem (6-2) is the result. We have not derived this form from the rigorously correct relativistic kernel. Explain this.
then approximates the said low velocity Dirac kernel. Note that this kernel form is in no way derived; it is ultimately plunked down as approximating the low velocity Dirac kernel.
Regarding FCCR, we have associated <ψ|G(n)|ψ> with the action of a process. Consider states decomposed on the q-eigenbasis.
transitions of spatial displacements q(n, k).
and decreases with increasing n.
Convex combinations of the |q(n, k)> are timelike or spacelike processes.
while the time path length (as the number of vicissitudes) is given by n.
A process |ψ> is associated with a statistical distribution of lightlike transitions, i. e., a collection of complex weighted lightlike path subsegments. The subsegments are labeled by size and complex weight but are considered to be unordered (commutativity of vector addition). The weighted subsegments are added as interfering alternatives. We are really dealing with a polychotomic random flight problem.
The |α_k|² is the probability of executing a lightlike transition of spatial displacement q(n, k) at any vicissitude. The Hilbert space dimension n therefore limits the transition lengths, consequently the total flight time.
So n is a measure of the total flight time in terms of the number of vicissitudes OR the number of "time quanta" in a waiting time. Vicissitude may be thought of as an uncertainty or hesitation within a time quantum. The actual displacement can be apparent only after the passage of a time quantum, while the possibilities beforehand are the q(n, k).
probably best understood as operators for phase or some sort of "microtime".
|q(n, k)> are the possibilities for a lightlike flight segment.
alternatives for a single segment or process.
A sequence of any number of process vectors.
where each subsegment is Q-weighted but indeterminate.
of a sequence of Q-flight segments.
distance squared "s²" for the k-th flight segment.
any finite n is a complex n-dimensional Lebesgue measure.
du  =   (2/ε)^(1/2) dx , or dx  =  (ε/2)^(1/2) du.
Which is the sum of two double sided Fresnel integrals.
Created 1996, transcribed from work done sometime before 1986.


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For a second straight year, the end-of-season tone carried elements of optimism and disappointment. So it goes when trying to define the 2019 Hawkeyes.
Iowa baseball: Mixed feelings when digesting Hawkeyes' 2019 season For a second straight year, the end-of-season tone carried elements of optimism and disappointment. So it goes when trying to define the 2019 Hawkeyes. Check out this story on hawkcentral.com: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/baseball/2019/05/27/iowa-baseball-hawkeyes-2019-season-college-baseball-omaha-game-ben-norman-mlb-big-ten/1250586001/
Dargan Southard, Hawk Central Published 3:11 p.m. CT May 27, 2019 | Updated 9:21 a.m. CT May 28, 2019
IOWA CITY, Ia. — For a second straight year, the end-of-season tone carried elements of optimism and disappointment. So it goes when trying to define the 2019 Hawkeyes.
If you told Iowa early this year that — with the MLB Draft losses, coaching moves and injuries — it would be in regional talks into May, most would've taken that. Yet, examining the route to Friday's season-ending loss in Omaha reignites a deja vu feeling — and not a good one. Another down-the-stretch sputter is why the Hawkeyes are home in June.
Hence why the exit feeling is a complicated one.
"This season I think we proved we can play with anyone. We beat a bunch of ranked teams — had a lot of great series — we just sometimes had some lapses where we didn't play great and lost to some teams we shouldn't have," outfielder Ben Norman said. "But I do think we set ourselves up to achieve all of our goals.
"It's just toward the end, we fell off a little bit. That's what it came down to in the end. We just had to finish a little bit stronger, and we probably would've extended our season."
Iowa catcher Austin Martin (34) walks out to the plate during a NCAA Big Ten Conference baseball game on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo: Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Regional expectations are yearly in the Rick Heller era, where Iowa has shaken free from its cellar-dwelling status and is now one of the conference's more consistent teams. But with that comes heightened demands.
Without changing much, Iowa in the last five seasons could have four NCAA Tournament appearances — three via the at-large route. That's a loud statement inside the Big Ten, where programs often struggle sustaining lengthy surges.
Instead, the Hawkeyes must settle for a few solid series wins and one Big Ten Tournament upset. The 2019 season was by no means a step back, especially considering the obstacles hurdled. But there had to be some "what-if" thoughts as Monday's Selection Show rolled along with no Iowa love.
"We didn't get it done," Hawkeyes coach Rick Heller said, "but I'm super happy with how these guys competed all year long. They will go down in my memory as a team that overcame as much as any I've coached."
That's because this season could've easily been what every coach fears — a step back amid success.
Before a pitch was thrown, Iowa had to replace its two most potent hitters (Robert Neustrom and Tyler Cropley), its Friday ace (Nick Allgeyer) and its most reliable bullpen arm (Zach Daniels). Throw in early season-ending injuries to Jack Dreyer and Ben Probst — plus stretches without Chris Whelan, Tanner Padgett, Lorenzo Elion, Hunter Lee and others — and Iowa could've been buried early.
Instead, the Hawkeyes dug in and clawed back.
An early-March series win at eventual regional host Oklahoma State made it clear Iowa was sticking around. The way the Hawkeyes bounced back from their first Big Ten series — three losses at Indiana — showcased that Heller resiliency. Iowa finished 10-8 against NCAA Tournament teams, including series wins over Illinois, Ohio State and Nebraska.
"Started with really great leadership from the seniors and our captains," Heller said. Those guys were outstanding and driven to not let us take a step back, even though all of us knew that some of the situations we were faced with were pretty tough."
Iowa's 2019 class ran nine deep, full of pivotal contributors.
Whelan, who first made stops at Bradley and Parkland College, leaves Iowa City after three reliable years in left field. Cole McDonald's freshman-to-senior transformation has been fascinating to watch. It'd be difficult to find someone teammates respect more than Mitchell Boe. Transfers Tanner Wetrich and Jason Foster made impacts in a short window.
"Just a lot of the lessons I learned from a lot of the seniors. I didn't know them a long time, but they just made you feel at home," said freshman Duncan Davitt, a candidate to join the weekend rotation in 2020. "A lot of teaching moments about not just baseball, but just being a good person."
For the first time in three seasons, it appears graduation will hit Iowa harder than the MLB Draft. No Hawkeyes are ranked in Baseball America's top 500. There aren't any clear-cut early departures like a Neustrom or a Jake Adams of seasons' past.
McDonald will be a solid sign next month. A couple other seniors could ink as well. Otherwise, juniors Grant Judkins, Norman and Austin Martin appear the likeliest to bounce. Heller, however, won't know exactly what he's working with until the draft is completed.
If everyone returns, Iowa should be in decent position entering 2020. With McDonald's exit and Dreyer's shoulder issue, solidifying the weekend rotation stands as the biggest key to success.
The Hawkeyes unfortunately learned the hard way what happens when the pitching crumbles. That was the main cog in Iowa's down-the-stretch stumble, which saw the Hawkeyes drop series to Michigan State and Maryland after cracking the top 25 just three weeks ago.
From May 5 to Monday, Iowa's RPI plummeted from 49th to 102nd.
If anything, 2019's circuitous route was another reminder how tight the margin for error is when Midwest and northern programs are vying for NCAA Tournament bids.
"We believed at the end that we'd get to where we wanted to," Heller said. "And unfortunately — for whatever reason — our pitching really faded at the end. Our starting pitching kind of hit the wall the last seven games, and we were a little shorthanded. … Same thing with our bullpen guys. They weren't nearly as sharp as they were for three-quarters of the season coming down the stretch. That's something we'll try to figure out — if there's anything we could've done better to not allow that to happen.
"But these guys really fought every day, and what a great group to coach."
The Hawkeyes gave it their best shot. Digesting the final result carries mixed emotions.
Dargan Southard covers Iowa and UNI athletics, recruiting and preps for the Des Moines Register, HawkCentral.com and the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Email him at msouthard@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter at @Dargan_Southard.
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Coral bells plants (Heuchera) are striking evergreen/semi-evergreen, herbaceous perennials native to North America. These unique, palmate-lobed, low-growing perennials are highly valued foliage plants. They belong to the Saxifragaceae plant family, which itself has around 37 available species. Read on to learn how to grow your own!
All About Coral Bells
Most plants now sold for garden use are the intensively developed hybrid varieties of the Heuchera americana. However, the original "Purple Palace" seedling was first discovered in a seed batch at the Kew Palace, Royal Botanical Gardens in the United Kingdom.
Their mound-forming, rosettes of large leaves come in a variety of colors, shapes, sizes and textures. All produce tall and delicate flower racemes from the early summer months onwards. Before development of these new hybrid varieties, the original heritage Coral bells plants were the lone species, Heuchera sanguinea.
Over the past twenty years or so, horticulturalists have extended the Heuchera genus and succeeded in bringing us stronger and prettier plants. These include the popular, direct crosses between Heuchera and its closely related Tiarella species.
This selection of plants are known as "X Heucherella" and give the garden enthusiast a much wider range of leaf shapes, textures and colors. Moreover, these hybrid varieties also have an extended period of garden interest. As gardeners, this is heaven to our ears!
So, what makes this compact plant family so appealing? Let's take a look at how these easy-care perennials make perfect ground cover plants for almost any space.
Origin of the Heuchera Plant Genus
The Heuchera plant genus was named after Professor Johann Heinrich von Heucher in 1738. He was an 18th Century German physician and university professor, and a good friend of the botanical master Carl Linnaeus. Linnaeus named many plants after his friends and colleagues, many of whom had a great interest in plants and botanical nomenclature.
Coral bells plants are in the Saxifrage plant family. Fellow members are Tiarella ,the foam flower, the rock garden favourite, Saxifraga, Bergenia (also known as Elephant's Ears), Muckdenia, and the broad-leafed Rodgersia.
Heuchera are typically shade-loving plants native and commonly found growing in a diverse range of habitats. For example, "Heuchera maxima" can be found growing on the Channel Islands of California. Not only do these "maxima" species withstand the windswept, rocky ocean shores, they also tolerate the high salt content in both the air and soil.
Meanwhile, species such as "Heuchera sanguinea" are more suited to the warm climates and arid landscapes of New Mexico and Arizona.
Coral Bells Varieties
To give a general round-up of some of the most common Heuchera species, take a look below at their characteristics and origins.
Heuchera sanguinea
A seriously drought- and heat-tolerant species with brilliant, bright blooms, native to the Southwest. Great for a partially shaded site with bold and variegated leaf varieties. Take a look at the fragrant, red-flowered "Firefly", the cream and green mottled foliage of "Snow Angel" , plus the sought-after, deep coral-red blooms of "Coral Forest".
Heuchera americana
This species has a very tidy and compact form, preferring partially-shaded woodland sites with a rich and nutritious soil. Very tolerant of temperature extremes and humidity with a good selection of leaf variegation. Native to eastern and central regions of North America, this American Heuchera generally has highly silvered leaves.
Good examples are the deep purple H. americana "Metallica", the beautiful variegation of H. americana "Green Spice" and the unusually crenate leaf margins of the Heuchera americana "Crispy Curly".
Heuchera villosa
This plant group is native to the more Southern regions of America and tend to be larger in size than their relatives. Their leaves have a fuzzy velvety feel and appearance, while the form of "H. villosa" plants have a more open crown than other Heuchera species.
The "Chantilly" cultivar has large, velvety green leaves and huge flower spikes of pretty cream bells. Similarly, the citrus-coloured "Electric Lime" and "Citronelle" create a bright and refreshing color palette.
Heuchera cylindrica
The "Cylindrica" species is less showy than its counter-parts, but grows shorter, stronger flower spikes. This results in better resistance to windswept coastal sites. Its trademark mat-forming foliage has wavy leaf margins and flower spikes in a more limited, but beautifully muted color range.
Check out the free-flowering Heuchera cylindrica "Hyperion" which has soft, rose-colored blooms on sturdy, short flower stems. A really delicate and beautiful, heritage-style flower.
Leaves of the "Micrantha" species have a wavy, ruffled appearance and are coated in small velvety hairs. Consequently, this species is often used for hybrid varieties with these leaf characteristics. Its native to the American West Coast, with root systems tending to be more tolerant of wetter, heavier growing soils.
That said, however, they're generally found growing on rocky slopes and cliff faces. Their flower inflorescence can reach up to a meter in height, each bearing tiny rounded flowers. "Palace Purple" is the most recognized variety in this species. Its large, shiny, star-shaped purple-black leaves are widely planted in gardens around the globe.
As you can see, there are many species and cultivars to choose from. Below I've listed my 5 personal favorites for striking colored foliage and delicate flower interest.
My Top 5 Heuchera: The Fabulous Coral Bells Plants
Heuchera "Lime Marmalade"
This excellent lime-green Heuchera has a vigorous growth habit and deeply lobed, shiny leaves—each with a ruffled leaf margin. These like shady sites, bringing a zesty splash of color to any dull corner of the garden. I particularly like under-planting larger shrubs and trees with these bold Heuchera varieties.
They can cover a large amount of ground space relatively quickly, producing dainty flower spikes from early summer time right through until September. Growing height of 30 cm, with a spread of up to 45 cm.
Heuchera "Fire Alarm"
As the name suggests, this variety bears some of the reddest foliage of all coral bells plants. Its large, glossy, lobed leaves retain this rosy color throughout the spring, summer and autumn months. From early summer, neat flower spikes produce dainty white bell-shaped flowers, free-flowering until late Autumn.
"Fire Alarm" is a lovely, compact variety growing to around 25 cm in height, with a spread of up to 35 cm. As a gardener's tip, these look great teamed with acid yellow perennials and Acer palmatum "Sango-kaku". A striking color contrast, I'm sure you'll agree!
Heuchera "Bella Notte"
A very pretty evergreen Heuchera with lush, lobed, dark purple leaves, looking almost black in the wintertime. Delicate, deep red flower spikes bear light pink racemes of bell-shaped shaped flowers, and look great planted en masse or bordering pathways. Suitable for partially shades and full sun sites with rich, well-draining soils.
X Heucherella "Golden Zebra"
This direct hybrid cross between Heuchera and Tiarella has the most amazing color combination. Its slightly angular, lobed leaves are a bright golden yellow with a central splash of deep red. Though slightly smaller in size than my other favorites, only reaching a height of 20 cm, this gold and red variety is not to be overlooked.
Dainty flower spikes bear tiny white, bell-shaped flowers through out the summer months, resulting in a bright and compact foliage bonanza.
X Heucherella "Kimono"
Another hybrid variety, well-recognized and awarded the prestigious R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit. "Kimono" is another striking example of breeding brilliance. It bears angular, deeply cut, mint-green foliage with a metallic silver hue.
Deep purple veined markings run through the center of each leaf, turning copper-rose in color in the winter months. Slender flower spikes produce tiny white, bell-shaped, dangling blooms from spring through till late autumn time. All in all, a highly attractive, low-growing foliage plant with a height and spread reaching around 25 cm x 40 cm. Very well-suited to any partial-to-fully shaded site with well-draining soil.
Now that we've touched upon some of the best examples of the coral bells plant, let's see just how easy maintenance they are.
Planting your Heuchera
All Heuchera require well-draining soil. Heavy, clay soils can be the number one reason why your Heuchera plants do not grow to their full potential. With this in mind, it is worth taking your time to ensure your soil is suitable for planting.
If you have heavy soils, dig over an area and incorporate any soil conditioners or organic matter into the existing soil to aid in changing its texture. Alternatively, Heucheras make good container plants when planted in well-draining quality garden compost.
The Perfect Site for your Heuchera
Coral bells prefer soils with a neutral to slightly acidic pH value, though most aren't too fussy so long as your soil drains well. Most perform best in a partially shaded site, however, also many grow well in part sun with filtered shade. Try to choose a site that's shaded from the sun's rays during the hottest part of the day, as intense sunlight will cause your plants to wilt and scorch.
Planting in Numbers
This is one of many plant groups that work best when planted in groups. I tend to plant mine in groups of three, five or seven, depending on the space I have. Try to plant with at least 24 inches from center to center of each plant.
Expert Care Guide for Heuchera Plants
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Once planted, water your Coral Bells plants well and let them dry out between watering. Most varieties are drought and heat tolerant once established, which only takes around 6 months once planted.
There is no real need to use excessive feeds and fertilizers for your Heuchera plants— they seem to prefer a good growing soil and regular mulching.
Heucheras are easy to maintain, only needing a quick prune and spring tidy up. If they start to outgrow their space, give them a little trim to keep them compact.
As your Heuchera plants age, they have a tendency to raise out of the soil slightly. This is a good time to lift your plants and divide them. Division is the simplest way of propagating your mature plants, and the most effective. Use a sharp shovel in early spring and place the divisions in enriched, nutritious soil up to the crown. Once planted, water in well.
Plant Problems
The two main culprits are rust and vine weevils.
Rust is identified by small raised, rust colored patches on the undersides of the leaves and caused by the fungus Puccina heucherae. It's spread by airborne spores and tends to be a real problem during wet, warm summer months.
There are good chemical controls specifically for the control of rust diseases on ornamental plants, these include Provanto Fungus Fighter and Scotts Fungus Clear Ultra. On the other hand, good plant hygiene, correct plant spacing and an early morning watering regime can help to decrease the chance of all fungus diseases.
Vine Weevils can cause real problems. Usually by the time you've noticed a problem, the weevils have usually already caused major damage to the plant's root systems. The adult weevils munch on your plant foliage at night, whilst the grubs and larvae live in the soil, attacking the roots.
Biological controls include introducing the microscopic nematode insect to your affected planting area, where they feed on the weevil larvae. Alternatively, there are effective systemic pesticide controls which can give protection against infestation and drench the soil or compost.
Perfect Companion Plants for your Heuchera
Other shade-loving perennials such as Hostas, Bergenias, Pulmonaria and Hellebores are perfect companion plants for Heucheras. Try out different color combinations by mixing bright greens with deep reds and purple colors. Remember to plant a diverse selection of foliage shapes, sizes and textures for maximum impact.


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The Sound (Øresund/Öresund), located between Sweden and Denmark, forms (together with the Belts) a connection between the brackish Baltic Sea and the saltier North Sea.
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The Sound (Øresund/Öresund), located between Sweden and Denmark, forms (together with the Belts) a connection between the brackish Baltic Sea and the saltier North Sea. Protected areas in the Sound are mostly small, scattered sites, and the area remains mostly unprotected, despite the presence of many special communities and formations such as newly discovered bubbling reef in the northern part of the Sound.
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The expedition is funded by a generous grant from the Swedish Postcode Foundation.


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- 4 Day Gypsy Jazz Guitar full immersion, in the heart of Tuscany, with music, lodging and food all included in one super advantageous price!
Even w/o the lessons and the guitar playing this looks to be a great experience, especially since Dario lives in the area. I wonder if I can talk my wife into letting me go. The cost of this trip once you make it to Tuscan is terrific.
@DarioNapoli Will there be tennis clinics, as well? I know Craig (@Scoredog) and I are both USPTA members. Just kidding about the clinics, but red clay courts and a chance to play with a former tour player would be a bonus.
For the record folks, I've taken lessons with Dario at Django in June and he's an awesome teacher. If you're available to go, jump on this opportunity.


My second order from The Yeast Bay should arrive tomorrow, so this seemed like a good time to return to some of the beers I brewed with my first vial of the saison/brett blend. I made three beers back to back with that first vial, repitching from one to the next. The first was a spelt saison; the second a "traditional" saison; and the last, which I'll get to later in this post, was what you might call a "new world" saison. I'll update the tasting notes on the others later this week, and before I get to the last one I'll give some general impressions of the blend.
As you can see, I'm getting around 90% attenuation every time. Of course these are relatively low gravity beers, and designed to be dry: I did step mashes with all three beers, based on a program from Farmhouse Ales, and also gave the yeast plenty of oxygen. What's more, I expect the bottles I'm keeping to drop a few more points in the next few months as the brett goes to work.
Since all three beers were heavily hopped, there's a lot going on with them, and at first I had a hard time discerning where the flavours came from. But as I taste more beers brewed with the blend, I'm starting to notice what is common between them, particularly as the funk from the brett becomes more pronounced. I think the description of the sacchromyces strain from the website is pretty much spot on: "a delightful ester profile of grapefruit and orange zest and…a long, dry and earthy finish". Its blended excellently with the earthy/floral/citrusy European-style hops I've used it with.
I think I'm beginning to be able to pick out at least some of the flavours from the brett too. Of course, these beers are still pretty young, and I expect them to change considerably over the next few months. But Nick from The Yeast Bay said he'd picked up some funk as early as 6 weeks into fermentation, and I think that fits with what I remember here. The website describes it as "mild funk", and I don't know that I can do much better. J described it as "salty", and I can definitely see what she means: not minerals, but maybe brine or even, sometimes, urine/urinal cake (more on that below). I think it works nicely with the earthy flavours from the hops and yeast in the first two saisons I brewed: the first hopped with Crystal and Sterling, and the second with Sterling and Hallertauer. It was there in both from fairly early on, blended with the general earthiness, and has become more pronounced over the past month.
Actually, I wouldn't be at all surprised if at least one of the strains of brettanomyces in this blend was in the Lochristi blend as well. I recently bottled a grisette brewed with the Wyeast Ardennes strain (3522) and inoculated with Lochristi in secondary, and along with a lovely fruitiness it had the same "salty" funk . It will be interesting to see how all these beers develop over the next several months, especially as the hops start to fade and some of the other aromatics from the brett become more obvious. I wonder if some of the fruitiness I'm attributing to the hops and sacchromyces isn't actually coming from the brett.
I should also mention that I gave the last few drops of my vial to another home brewer who works in one of the labs at the university, and after some experimenting he thinks he's managed to isolate the sacchromyces strain, which is pretty exciting. Hopefully I'll get a chance to brew something with it soon, in which case I'll make sure to compare the results to these beers. I really like the saison strain, and it would be great to be able to repitch it without worrying about the brett cell count getting too high.
With the massive dry hop of Nelson Sauvin, it is definitely one of the most pungent beers I've made. People always talk about grapes and gooseberries when it comes to this hop, but I also get a lot of earthiness and green onion (Chris Quinn from The Beer Temple seems to agree!), and they are both very prevalent here. There's also the same salty funk, which I'm attributing to the brett. J loved it on her first sip, but when she was about halfway through the glass she said it occasionally felt like she was getting a whiff of urine from the beer, and as soon as she said it I knew what she meant. Its not that anyone will take a sniff and think "Gross! Piss!", but once you notice it it can be a bit distracting. I went back to the other two saisons afterwards, and I can pick out the something like this smell in them, but its far less pronounced. I don't know if its the combination with the Nelson Sauvin that does it, or maybe the fact that this was the third beer I brewed from the original vial, which probably meant the brettanomyces cell count was a bit higher.
Anyway, its not by any means a bad beer: I gave a glass to a friend who has good taste but isn't particularly geeky about the beer he drinks (i.e. he doesn't sit there sniffing it!), and he really enjoyed it. Like I said, its certainly pungent and aromatic, and makes a strong impression. I tend to prefer the more restrained character of European hops: but I don't think I'll have much trouble getting through what's left of this.
Smell: Pungent! Berries and grapes, but also earthy, green onion aromatics. Slight funk: underneath it occasionally a faint whiff of urine! You have to dig a bit, but it's there. Still a nice, complex nose though.
Taste: Slight sweetness up front---I think this is from the floor-malted pilsner I used with these beers, and its really nice, although any more would detract from the dryness of the beer. Berries and white grapes next, along with green onions and "salty" funk. Fades to a pretty nice bitterness, but a bit harsher then the other two saisons. I think I can pick out the same profile from the sacch, but its buried beneath all those hops and I might be kidding myself.
Drinkability & Notes: Overall I think this was a success. I don't know if I like it enough to make another batch: after all, Nelson Sauvin are pretty expensive, and this recipe really does use a ton! Also, I don't want to overstate the "urine" thing: its distracting once you start looking for it, but not at all obvious; most of the time its more of a mild funk. Certainly not a complaint about the blend, which is still one of my favourites to date.
Interesting stuff. I am going to brew my first Yeast Bay beer with their Wallonian and the Brussels Brett blend this weekend. It would be interesting to see how the beer you made would come out with another fruity hop, or maybe a combination of a couple of hops.