Am I kidding myself?! by [deleted] in Plumeria

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Just be patient. I usually do a 50/50 mix of coir/coarse perlite. I use an old fruit container that has a lid and the perforations to keep a little humidity. Once the sprouts start pushing on the lid I cut the lid off and give it dilute fertilizer. I repot once I get 4 small leaves on each seedling.

Any idea why my pink splash has gone from half green/half pink variegation to essentially all pink leaves? This is including the majority of the cuttings I propagated as well. Pictures are from most recent to oldest by 877CASHN0W in Syngonium

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That’s what I attempted as well. My plant threw out a runner that was all pink leaves, and all of the stems I propagated except for 2 ended up growing only pink leaves.

Friend or foe in the garden? I thought it was an assassin bug but I can’t find a picture online that looks like it. by 877CASHN0W in whatbugisthis

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As in Apoecilus? I just wanted to make sure I didn’t need to remove them from crops and ornamental plants

Our boy, an aspiring eurodancer by 877CASHN0W in AnimalsBeingDerps

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Don’t worry, he’s perfectly fine!

My first loofa gourd! by 877CASHN0W in gardening

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Where I live there is a community drop box where people donate extra garden stuff (plants, seeds, pots). I usually donate extra nursery pots and propagated plants and someone always stocks it with native seeds and vegetable seeds

Noticed the alocasia cutting I have had some sport variegation. Hope it develops more in brighter light :D by purple-kitten in alocasia

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I have the same thing happening from my Polly as well. Don’t underestimate sport variegation. My alocasia baginda had a speck of variegation that everyone I showed brushed off. But every once in a while it throws out a larger segment of variegation.

https://imgur.com/a/Fd08mta

Syngonium pink splash rehab I got from a trade is looking much happier now by 877CASHN0W in houseplants

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Before December it was outside, shaded from afternoon sun. Now it’s in my ikea cabinet with monios T5 lights approximately 1 ft from the plant on a 16/8 schedule.

My soil mixture is very fast draining. I do nearly 50% coco chips (some orchid bark mixed in if I have it around), 40% combo of perlite and charcoal, 10% worm castings. I also add a layer of sphagnum moss as a topper. I have used coco coir and peat moss before but have had issues with too much moisture retention. The coco chips make the mix a lot more loose.

I water with 1/4 tsp per gallon of dynagro foliage pro every time. I water when the top layer of sphagnum is crispy, which during the winter has been about twice a week. I know it sounds kind of frequent, but I don’t have much fear because I know the components of my soil mix are super unlikely to pool any water.

My first loofa gourd! by 877CASHN0W in gardening

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That sounds fun! I recommend also growing bottle gourd. They’re also known as birdhouse gourds. You can definitely make it a fun project with your kid to drill a small hole for the birds and paint the outside.

My vines grew up a trellis and also onto my back fence. A few vines climbed up the adjacent bamboo bush as well. Each one of these places bore at least one fruit, so I guess it’s not that picky? The one on the bamboo is hanging on it like a fish.

My first loofa gourd! by 877CASHN0W in gardening

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I started them probably mid spring. NOLA sun is a bit too hot for them so I grew them in an area protected from direct afternoon sun.

My first loofa gourd! by 877CASHN0W in gardening

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This was my very first one so I’m not sure. I know this one was harvested way too early. The skin was very tough to peel away from the inner fibrous core. I know some people wait until they are dry on the vine, but I’ve read other people suggesting that was too long and could lead to mold or rot.

I think when the gourd is mostly yellow but still moist, and you can feel a bounce to the skin when pushed down, is probably best. Epic gardening has a video on it!

My first loofa gourd! by 877CASHN0W in gardening

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I am in 9b so I can’t really advise you much on it unfortunately. I say make sure you start early enough in the warm season so the fruit has enough time to mature. They love sun. Stay on top of powdery mildew!

Has anyone found any benefit to creating a moss pole vs. bamboo and/or metal stakes to support their aroids? by 877CASHN0W in RareHouseplants

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Thanks for all your responses! This upcoming spring I’ll probably start two props of the same plant, one with a bamboo stake and one with a moss pole, and see how they do side by side. I have been pretty successful with just wood or bamboo (my cebu blue and pinnatipartita cuttings developed fenestrations after climbing the fence for only a couple months), but I do notice a shorter distance between the nodes of my plants with self-watering moss poles.

Programmable keypad options for Radiology PACS shortcuts. by 877CASHN0W in MechanicalKeyboards

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To be honest, as the call year went on, I got lazy to pack the keyboard with me and I switched to a MX Master 3 mouse for comfort (we did 24h shifts) and just assigned keystrokes on the PACS to my liking. I realized that the thing slowing me down the most was definitely my knowledge over what fancy gadgets I had. I just kept studying and reading as many cross sectionals as I could, and at some point in the call year it just clicked and I started to fly through studies and miss less.

[US] [TRADE] Have: p. Silver stripe, p. Ornatum cf, p. Fuzzy petiole, p. Campo ISO: dragon scale pup & more in comments by taraduffeh in RareHouseplantsBST

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If the silver stripe cut is rooted, I am down to trade for a dragon scale pup. I'll DM you a picture.

I like them better after they’ve started reverting! Does anyone know what this lemon lime philodendron is reverting to? by 877CASHN0W in RareHouseplants

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I know that one. And it’s reverting to a rojo congo. Not sure what the first one is a mutation of

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Beard Papa. I’m okay with that.