CG>From "Periodic Kingdom" by P.W. Atkins:
CG>        Just to the North of calcium lies magnesium, a region
CG>        with similar but, again, subtly different properties.
CG>        magnesium is less reactive than calcium. ...
     Ahhhh - good stuff.  That answers several questions that were
     hanging around somewhere in the back of my mind.  Thank you
     Christopher.
     I hate to say it though - but for the moment it looks like a moot
     point.  I lost all my AVs, and a few other house plants during that
     power failuer following the ice storm in this area.
     Ready to start again though.
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