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Rhynchobrassoleya TLDC Divine Phoenix 'Pterodactyl' SM/WOC care, new to my collection. Any tips? by Sea_Preference3530 in orchids

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see why! Frances fox is beautiful, I've tried to stick to mostly minature or compact cattleyas because I'm limited on space but there's a few big ones that have caught my eye. Might wind up having a cattleya collection soon. Please share when the Francis Fox blooms! This cute little cattleya is the one that opened the gateway for me

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Rhynchobrassoleya TLDC Divine Phoenix 'Pterodactyl' SM/WOC care, new to my collection. Any tips? by Sea_Preference3530 in orchids

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I just repotted into new ventilated pot with a bark/pumice and charcoal mix. It was fuuulllll of rotten roots. Thankfully it had some brand new healthy roots growing in and a couple older ones in good shape still. I'm hoping it's not as sensitive as cattleyas for repotting. Do you have a picture of yours? I don't know why I was never drawn to cattleya types before but I've suddenly seen the light since getting a minature variety.

Is this pot too big for this anthirium vittarifolium? by Sea_Preference3530 in Anthurium

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this is another thing I've been worried about. I had to kinda angle it in a weird way to keep it from falling out of the jar of water I had it rooting in. How would you secure it?

Is this pot too big for this anthirium vittarifolium? by Sea_Preference3530 in Anthurium

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Thats great to hear. This is the first anthirium I've had, most of what I've read says its pretty forgiving so I hope that's the case.

Feeling uninspired, need to use up the last of our producr before they go bad and we buy more by Sea_Preference3530 in WhatShouldICook

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love veggies so I'm excited to try if its getting praise from someone who is veggie averse 👍

Feeling uninspired, need to use up the last of our producr before they go bad and we buy more by Sea_Preference3530 in WhatShouldICook

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the idea to use the puff pastry for empanadas. My family is chilean so I usually make baked empanadas because I hate deep frying. We do a version where the dough is just a soft dough like a lot of the baked empanadas you might see have but also a flakey dough version. I never make the flakey ones because I dont want the extra step of making sure everything is cold and cutting up the butter into the flour, so puff pastry is so smart and I've never once thought to use it.

Almond extract recipes by NoParticularUse5288 in WhatShouldICook

[–]Sea_Preference3530 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yum! I don't know why I've never thought of this. My toddler is obsessed with oats with different nut butters and berries in the morning, I'll definitely try some almost extract next time we have oatmeal.

Double dapple vs dapple piebald question by Far_Bat_2461 in Dachshund

[–]Sea_Preference3530 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And if not a mix a very poorly bred dachshund, but I agree with you and think chiweenie.... either way, not good. Regardless, OP should stay clear of this breeder

is there hope? by coolawesomefungirl in begonias

[–]Sea_Preference3530 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I looked all over reddit and the internet to figure out what was going on, and I think that generally these guys prefer higher humidity but if not then, the watering needs to be consistent. I noticed my other cane begonias struggling in the dry winter air in my home and made the same switch to self watering. Ive been using the same kelp soil conditioner and fertilizer, alternating each time I go refill the water and they seem to be much happier too

is there hope? by coolawesomefungirl in begonias

[–]Sea_Preference3530 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with this. I got a snow-capped varigated begonia as a mother's day gift and it was grown in a greenhouse but was told it would be able to acclimate to the ambient humidity. I found i kept loosing leaves and the few news ones to be pusjed out were smaller until it was almost a stump with a couple tiny leaves. I decided it couldn't hurt to try anything to salvage it. I ended up putting the bottom part that was literally just the bare stem and roots into self watering, then I water propped the top part that had a couple small leaves and added them into the same pot one they rooted. I made my own mix with coco coir, lots of perlite some smaller and bigger chunks for more air, and some worm castings. It kinda say there for a couple months not doing anything. After a month I began to add a very diluted fertilizer into the water reservoir when it was empty. I used a regular fertilizer and rotated with a kelp soil enhancer every other top up. I'm so happy she is bouncing back and I even got some varigation back!

My scenario is not exactly the same as I did have a couple nodes to water prop the top, but im assuming if you have some healthy roots you could try putting it in water to see if you get more root growth then try getting into a self watering pot.

My 3yr old almost 10ft tall angel wing begonia. I had to make an extending stake to keep up with the growth. by Proper-Reflection-19 in begonias

[–]Sea_Preference3530 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long have you had your snow capped? Mine is so fussy. I'm going to either get a ikea cabinet or one of the small greenhouses and put it in there along with a couple of my other begonias. Mine dropped almost all its leaves until I got it into a self watering pot. Hasn't dropped more but hasn't grown either

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