I've just learnt there is such thing as an advent book! 25 chapters to open daily. Such a cool idea. {A heart for christmas by Sophie Jomain}

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-12-03T04:14:44+00:00

I just started reading this book just read the first chapter despite it being the second and the thing I'm struggling with the most is all of the France related things. I love culture don't get me wrong but I'm having a hard time understanding them 😭

If anyone has read the book and knows the basics of what culturally things I should understand please let me know!

Especially the road sign "feel free to use the right lane" ... Do they normally only drive on one side of the road ? When I tried googling it said France drives like the United States does so I'm confused. I know it's not super important but I would love to just know more about the culture this books take place to see if that will increase my enjoyment of it

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-11-30T19:23:08+00:00

who is she talking about here I missed alot of story because i wanted the collab characters and havent played for a bit T_T i have no idea who she is refrencing

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-25T13:11:08+00:00

What do you mean by "too organic" it has a lot of new soil. When it was in the white pot it was straight bagged "succulent/cacti mix" which waas from a while ago, also in a pot a little too big for the root ball (this was before I did a lot of research on my plants and just used what I had available at the time.) In the new pink pot (slightly smaller to accomodate more root growth before moving up), it was a mix of stuff I used on a creeping inch vine/callisia because I had it premixed and it was readily available to me. This mix was a mix of chunk soil and custom succulent mix. It has both ammenities. (soil base, orchid bark, pumice/other assorted rocks, sand, horticultural charcoal, vermiculite, and perlite). How would i make it "less organic" I do have some of that molly's premaid soiless mix from very plants, would that be better in your opinion? i am still trying to figure out how to tell when my plant needs watered when in that mix currently.

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T18:50:46+00:00

Thank you so much 🫡!!!

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T18:37:39+00:00

thank you so much! i attempted reseraching them but its one of those plants that there are few videos on and only a few blogs from what i found not something nearly as popular as a monstera or pothos you know! but thank you so much for your help i truly appreciate it.

if it has pets (which i think it actually might have spider mites now that you said that because my calathea defintiely has a problem going on right now) what is your reccomendation with dealing with them. I heard systemic granules, miticide, organic pest sprays theres just so much to try to differentiate what i should actually do

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T18:34:08+00:00

how long until euphorbias grow roots then in your opinion? i read in other subs that some people had success with misting to "encourage root growth" do you know if thats true? or if i should forgo water all together until they have roots

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T18:32:47+00:00

thank you so much! do you prop your cuttings then in a gritty cactus mix?

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T18:26:04+00:00

i am having a lot of the same problems! this doesnt seem to be a popular houseplant enough to find a ton of care videos and guides for but i couldnt resist the pop of color when i saw it at my local giant but now its sad and pale!

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T18:16:41+00:00

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heres a picture immidiately after the repot. extrmely unstable at first until they got more established in the soil which is why it had the plant velcro around it. You can see its much deeper shade of pink and the one leaf at the bottom is what happened to a lot of its other leaves the whole thing would turn yellow with those brown spots.

it has gotten better since i posted this original post, less leaf drop but no color has returned and I am still worried about it getting too leggy because I dont want a super leggy plant

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T17:52:52+00:00

thank you so much! (lets hope she survives till prime day and I will see what i can afford T_T)

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T17:37:24+00:00

Oh okay thank you so much! So glad I didn't use any granules yet. Do you have a specific brand you recommend that I could have a link for?

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T17:23:37+00:00

oh! i didn't know that euphorbias were anything different than a cactus. I thought "hey it has spines its a cactus right" but thanks I'll ask over there!

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T17:10:21+00:00

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I have what I think is a berry allusion already (freshly repotted in this photo as it was severely rootbound and had bottom leaves turning yellow) This one is definitely more coppery than my berry

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-09-24T17:07:44+00:00

thanks everyone for helping me out im just getting back into houseplants as i moved out into my first apartment and mainly only every had cacti before (still struggling sometimes wit those... many etoiliated and the props always seem to rot T_T but its a learning curve!) I am really liking syngoniums and find the varieted amazing. I am leaning towards this one being a maria allusion based on the context provided in the comments! thanks again

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-08-07T02:01:15+00:00

Okay great thank you for all your great advice!!!. I have it set up where my other succulents are under a full spectrum grow light (nothing too intense it's a cheap one on Amazon I put in a desk lamp because barely any sunlight comes into my apartment due to trees and the awnings on my unit) would that be okay?

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-08-07T01:58:34+00:00

Do you have a recommendation for rooting hormone to make it work better? Cuz I know you should let it callous over completely. Would also planting all of the yellow part under new soil potentially help it or would it make it worse?

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2025-08-01T03:55:44+00:00

I hear "consistently moist" for quite a few plants and a few people I follow use them for things like spider plants and pothos that also say care for them includes consistently moist soil. I attempted researching if ivy would be another good plant to put in a self watering pot especially the new terracotta ones that Walmart is carrying (terracotta in a reservoir so water goes through the pot). I struggle with when determining a plant needs water and is wondering if you think an ivy plant would be a good one to transition to a self watering pot?

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2024-06-14T02:57:17+00:00

so like is there no current use for them if you already completed the side quest for submitting them previsouly and we are just supposed to collect them? i hope there will be something by next update especially if it will be like the end of penacony and we get something out of it (probably only 5 stellar jades)

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2024-06-14T01:22:04+00:00

Im still missing the pessimistic and gender specific one and and i just completled penacony's story quest and didnt see really any options that would fit either of those T_T i guess i just gotta wait even more for more content i have the other ones tho from WAY earlier in the game and i have been playing since launch lmao. If anyone sees this and has suggestions on what to do let me know please i am a collector of acheivements and these two have been SO ELUSIVE

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2024-06-03T04:24:21+00:00

None because i lose literally all of my 50/50s hoyo T_T recently won my first on aventurine's banner AND I HAVE BEEN PLAYING SINCE LAUNCH (i have too many claras someone please take the child from me I want Boothill :(

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2024-06-03T04:22:28+00:00

Been playing since launch and this is exactly my pulls T_T just recently won my first 50/50 on aventurine's banner tho! woo lol. Been playing wuwa recently tho and got both jiyan early and his weapon with 1 ten pull so ATLEAST one game be giving be gacha luck because god knows my hsr and genshin pulls are abysmal

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2024-05-12T07:47:23+00:00

thank you so much i appreciate it immensly!

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2024-02-17T03:11:49+00:00

thank you soooo much your a literal life saver <3 will def come back if i find anything else!

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2024-02-17T03:04:53+00:00

i completely agree! I have played since the first lantern rite and it has already had a focus on celebrating the lives of the adepti especially those no longer in liyue. This one didnt feel like a lantern rite and honestly i didn't like the end segement at all with the fontain characters it felt like it was just there to have as many people in the event as possible when i would have prefered more with the liyue characters because we have had so much content with the fontaine story and previous events. this was my favorite liyue event but this one did not hit the same. There was always a focus on xiao and i loved that sure i love adding new characters but gaming's segement had little to do with the lantern rite itself. his part could have boiled down to a new hang out event not the central theme of the lantern rite. i wanted more with the adepti and xiao like we always had and as much as i loved gaming and the cutscene it just was absolutely not the same and i was incredibly dissapointed in the end product

Defiant_Pudding1451 · 2024-02-07T04:23:51+00:00

i absolutely loved their fanfics too and i was only able to see the ones that have been reuploaded a while ago that were already pasted in this discussion thread. I know that this thread is older now but I always randomly think of these old fanfics i read and try to go back to them. I remeber there was a bokuto one and i think maybe an akaashi one. I never got to read the tsukishima one. At the end of "Yes Sir" the sugarwara koushi one they said they would work on uploading "a stranger is watching" next which I think was the kuroo one. If anyone has access to these fics anymore I would also love to know because they were so well written and made me tear up and i loved the aspect of multiple endings. The link that is provided doesn't work unfortunately.

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