i can't lose the peat moss, the soil will dry up too fast and become hard crust. that's what happened before i used peat moss, i know now that humus is a good alternative, but i don't have any and peat should work fine as long as i add the [I]right[I] amount of lime to it. i've heard similar tales of superthrive being crap. i agree. the shit wasn't designed by a gardener, that's for sure, directions say add one drop per gallon, yet the bottle has a screw on cap, with no dropper, what a pain! anyway, the only reason i was using superthrive was to help keep the stress down from the extreme heat issues. i got some cal-mag plus in the mail yesterday finally, so that should take care of the problems with using distilled water. thanks for all the help folks.